The Golden Years Vocab

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Across
  1. 4. the time when the author sees elderly people walking in the streets
  2. 5. Grace under pressure
  3. 7. Overwhelming shock or dismay
  4. 9. the author's ageless joy
  5. 14. Savory dish with minced meat and mashed potato topping
  6. 16. To yield or give in to pressure
  7. 18. when trekking a muleteer gave the hungry author this vegetable saying it would make him strong
  8. 19. the author's first editor-publisher
  9. 20. Wodehouse - English author known for humorous Jeeves and Wooster stories
  10. 21. Capital city of the United Kingdom
  11. 23. Painful joint condition often linked to rich foods
  12. 24. the cinema where the author used to watch movies
  13. 27. Instinct to protect one's own well-being
  14. 29. the physical activity author loves to do in his free time( not writing)
  15. 30. the equivalent of a mcdonald's in India
  16. 31. State of being alone or in seclusion
  17. 32. the tree where the author learned a lesson of "to the victor the spoils!"
Down
  1. 1. the owner of The Odeon
  2. 2. Charles Dickens' protagonist in a classic novel
  3. 3. Lack of progress or movement
  4. 6. according to the author, the bets cure for loneliness
  5. 8. Wreaths of honor for champions
  6. 10. To place a burden or duty on someone
  7. 11. Famous Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie
  8. 12. One's true calling or career path
  9. 13. what the author's step parents enjoyed to do all the time
  10. 15. Mental strength and courage in facing adversity
  11. 17. colleague of author who gave him his first typewriter
  12. 22. the family's gardener
  13. 25. the author's stern and unbending grandmother's nickname
  14. 26. the author's english teacher in elementary school
  15. 28. where the author met his english teacher again