Puzzle Time!
Across
- 3. having great beauty and splendor
- 4. to make heckling, taunting remarks; mock
- 5. to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt
- 7. incapable of expressing oneself clearly through speech
- 10. to make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition
- 12. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude
Down
- 1. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way; coy
- 2. subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes; the use of exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement
- 6. extremely distressing, disturbing or frightening
- 8. marked by deception; acting or done in a secret or dishonest way
- 9. with little or no preparation or forethought; made up or done on the spur of the moment
- 11. difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill; characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion