The Winter People ( crossword Puzzle )

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Across
  1. 2. a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops around them
  2. 4. fired from the shoulder
  3. 6. a small axe with a short handle for use in one hand
  4. 7. the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet
  5. 8. / a deep, narrow gorge with steep sides
  6. 10. / a light axe used as a tool or weapons by north american Indians
  7. 12. the motion of pushing or lunging suddenly or violently
  8. 15. keep from sight; hide
  9. 18. the religious rite of sprinkling water onto a person's forehead or of immersion in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church
  10. 21. make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily
  11. 22. a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, and others
  12. 23. A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily
  13. 24. run or move with a long bounding stride
Down
  1. 1. the action of following or pursuing someone or something
  2. 3. a blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used to stab an opponent in hand-to-hand fighting
  3. 5. scrape or brush the surface of (a shoe or other object) against something
  4. 9. an improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces
  5. 11. deceive or defeat by greater ingenuity
  6. 13. (of a thing) make a quick short movement up and down
  7. 14. (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age
  8. 16. burned and blackened
  9. 17. a hillock, knoll, or mound
  10. 19. ball a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
  11. 20. / the front leg below the knee