Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Section 1)

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Across
  1. 3. to warn, to reprove mildly, to exhort
  2. 4. extremely or excessively careful about details; scrupulous or finicky
  3. 7. overbearing, arrogant, etc.; urgent; imperative
  4. 8. heavily ornamented; showy
  5. 9. secret or furtive action; of or using technology that prevents detection by enemy radar; achieving some aim by going undetected
  6. 12. a conceding; a thing conceded; acknowledgement; a privilege granted by a government, company, etc., as the right to sell food at a park
  7. 14. springing back into shape, etc.; recovering strength, spirits, etc. quickly
  8. 15. to ring slowly; toll; to sound ominously; the sound of a bell rung slowly, as at a funeral, an omen of death, failure, etc.
Down
  1. 1. hoarse; loud and rowdy
  2. 2. to irate; anger; vex
  3. 5. to spend time idly; linger; to move slowly and idly
  4. 6. to get the better or a cleverness
  5. 10. to murder (an accused person) by mob action and without lawful trial, as by hanging
  6. 11. foolish or rash boldness
  7. 13. thoughtful or reflective, often in a melancholy way