TALES - CROSSWORD

4. to make a story or description more attractive by adding details, often to make it more interesting or exciting.
6. traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community or culture, often passed down orally.
7. a type of wire used to bind bales of hay or straw; often strong and durable.
8. a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals, especially oxen, to enable them to pull a plow or cart together.
9. a humorous story with exaggerated events and characters, often set in the American frontier, that is not meant to be taken literally.
11. bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative; often used to describe someone who is difficult to deal with.
12. a payment imposed by the government on goods or services, often used to raise revenue or control trade.

1. regarded by society as good, proper, or correct; worthy of respect.
2. to be made angry or annoyed; to stir up feelings of irritation.
3. to be made more serious or severe; to feel exasperated or troubled by a situation.
4. a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is; an overstatement.
5. a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated; often contains elements of folklore.
10. to remember something or to bring back to mind an event or detail from the past.