November 2-7, 2020

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Across
  1. 2. having a quarrelsome or combative nature
  2. 3. to give comfort to in grief or misfortune
  3. 8. one who aspires
  4. 9. using or given to coarse language
  5. 11. the most undesirable part —usually used in plural; the last remaining part
  6. 12. to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
  7. 14. to cause (a person or thing) to seem little or less
  8. 15. marked by baseness or grossness
  9. 16. a mock blow or attack on or toward one part in order to distract attention from the point one really intends to attack
  10. 17. an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt
  11. 19. done in haste without regard for consequences
  12. 20. inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness
Down
  1. 1. a person whose age is in the eighties
  2. 4. a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior
  3. 5. to make timid or fearful
  4. 6. to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration
  5. 7. a torn and ragged wound
  6. 10. capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch
  7. 13. promptness in response : cheerful readiness
  8. 18. intense usually wild and often disorderly compulsive or agitated activity