Things Fall Apart

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Across
  1. 1. move down on as if in an attack
  2. 5. make impure
  3. 7. destroy or injure severely
  4. 11. having unsuitable feminine qualities
  5. 12. sink to a lower level or form a depression
  6. 13. a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
  7. 14. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
  8. 18. not provident; not providing for the future
  9. 22. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
  10. 23. not lessened or diminished
  11. 26. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
  12. 30. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
  13. 32. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
  14. 33. a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
  15. 34. sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
  16. 36. move or cause to move back and forth
  17. 37. relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
Down
  1. 2. young and inexperienced
  2. 3. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
  3. 4. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  4. 6. hold spellbound
  5. 7. make small or insignificant
  6. 8. confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
  7. 9. marked by a ready flow of speech
  8. 10. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  9. 13. burn slowly and without a flame
  10. 15. attract; cause to be enamored
  11. 16. vigorous and animated
  12. 17. unwilling to spend
  13. 18. without knowledge or intention
  14. 19. overcome by superior force
  15. 20. compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
  16. 21. a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  17. 24. wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
  18. 25. plausible but false
  19. 27. the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
  20. 28. full of juice
  21. 29. not dense
  22. 31. affect with wonder
  23. 35. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar