Murders in the Rue Morgue List 3

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Across
  1. 2. uniformity, lucidity, order, logic
  2. 4. protestation, objection, expostulation
  3. 8. in a tightly sealed or airtight manner
  4. 10. to backslide, regress, degenerate
  5. 12. essential, required, indispensable
  6. 13. side-by-side placement, comparison
  7. 16. determined, stubborn, persevering
  8. 19. sinful, morally corrupted, wicked, evil
  9. 20. wavering, showing indecision, swaying
  10. 22. to hinder, burden, saddle, inconvenience
  11. 24. calm, peaceful, tranquil, appeasing
  12. 25. guilty, blameworthy, answerable
Down
  1. 1. to make expressive gestures, motion, wave
  2. 3. unable to be accepted or resolved
  3. 5. an entrance, access, admittance, entry
  4. 6. being without, lacking, destitute, empty
  5. 7. revolting, appalling, deplorable
  6. 9. claw of an animal, nail, claw
  7. 11. inclination, tendency, predilection
  8. 14. not easily managed, unruly, recalcitrant
  9. 15. to involve in a crime, incriminate
  10. 17. die, perish, terminate, exhale
  11. 18. apartment, rental, resident
  12. 21. isolated and remote, solitary
  13. 23. by hand, hand-operated, physical, mechanical