The Pearl

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Across
  1. 4. in a plaintive manner
  2. 7. manifesting or feeling contempt
  3. 10. an often secret action taken by 2 or more parties to achieve an illegal or improper purpose
  4. 13. unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
  5. 15. loyal and resolute
  6. 16. to reject with disdain or contempt
  7. 19. the part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides
  8. 22. the matching of a man or woman to one of inferior rank or condition and against the rules of decency
  9. 23. a military attack or maneuver that is meant to divert attention away from an appointed attack
Down
  1. 1. asking humbly and earnestly
  2. 2. covered or covered over
  3. 3. to express grief for or about
  4. 5. a wall or embankment raised as a defensive fortification
  5. 6. one that keeps guard
  6. 8. requiring great effort, energy, or exertion
  7. 9. abrupt and discourteous manner
  8. 10. expression of the face
  9. 11. characterized or filled with indignation
  10. 12. a soft, moist mass of bread, clay, meal or other adhesive substance
  11. 14. to hum or sing softly
  12. 15. to bring under control, especially from a military force
  13. 17. a lack of energy or vigor
  14. 18. to mislead by a petty trick or fraud
  15. 20. to move like waves, or in a wavelike motion
  16. 21. to walk in a laborious, heavy-footed way