The Pen as a Lever

2. The visual images, symbols, or modes of representation collectively associated with a person, cult, or movement.
4. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime; by extension, a thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and deserves to be condemned.
6. To shock or excite someone, typically into taking sudden, energetic action.
8. Intended to undermine or overthrow an established system or institution, often in a subtle way.
10. Characterized by extreme anger; furious or enraged.
11. To take apart a structure, whether a machine, an argument, or an ideology, piece by piece.
14. A person who advocated for the complete ending of slavery.
17. A simple machine used to gain a mechanical advantage, often used metaphorically for something that provides power to influence a situation.
18. The capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference.
20. The defining spirit, mood, or intellectual climate of a particular period of history.

1. Attractively unusual or old-fashioned in a way that is pleasing or amusing.
3. Relating to or denoting a large-scale and violent event in the natural or social world.
5. The state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.
7. Showing no fear or hesitation in the face of danger or difficulty; resolute.
9. Relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect; a "gut" reaction.
12. An agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action without itself being consumed.
13. The pivotal point on which a bar or other object rests or turns, essential for the operation of the machine mentioned in clue 1.
15. Not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased; permanent.
16. A formal and systematic written discourse on a particular subject, generally longer and treating it in greater depth than an essay.
19. Of enormous proportions or effect; having a profound and far-reaching impact.