Outsiders 5-8

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Across
  1. 2. (adj) the blackest black, usually highly polished
  2. 5. (n) muscular strength; sturdiness
  3. 7. (v) touching in a snarl; connected together in a disorderly way, a fight
  4. 9. (n) a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping
  5. 11. (v) speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds.
  6. 14. (v) avoided or escaped by cleverness or speed
  7. 17. (n) confusion resulting from failure to understand
  8. 18. (adv) in a pleading, begging manner
  9. 20. (n) brilliant or heroic acts or deeds; adventures
Down
  1. 1. to occur again or repeatedly
  2. 3. (v) hesitated or stumbled
  3. 4. (n) people (especially young people) who commit a crime
  4. 6. (adj.) filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror
  5. 8. suspicious, wary
  6. 10. (adv) without respect; in a disdainful manner
  7. 12. (v) to send out rays; to beam or shine
  8. 13. (adv) persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious
  9. 15. (v) to distract
  10. 16. (adj) confused, sluggish, or dizzy, as from lack of sleep
  11. 19. (adj) depressing, discouraging, harsh, cold, barren, offering little hope