The Most Dangerous Game One

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Across
  1. 4. a heap of the game killed in a hunt
  2. 5. an optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over a hot pavement,
  3. 8. a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation
  4. 10. relating to, or being a palace
  5. 13. a particular body of knowledge or tradition
  6. 16. person who recognizes what is real or possible in a particular situation
  7. 18. extreme danger or critical need
  8. 19. a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
  9. 21. torn jaggedly
  10. 22. capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch
  11. 23. marked by short clear-cut playing or singing of tones or chords
Down
  1. 1. lively and animated character
  2. 2. a steep rugged rock or cliff or a sharp detached fragment of rock
  3. 3. active bodily or mental strength or force
  4. 6. a plant (such as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem
  5. 7. capable of being touched or felt
  6. 9. a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment
  7. 11. to cast a sidelong glance
  8. 12. blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light
  9. 14. to perplex the mind of
  10. 15. a large country house or Mansion
  11. 17. to struggle to move or obtain footing : thrash about wildly
  12. 20. a dark or shadowy place