The Winter People ( Crossword Puzzle )

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