This is a crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. A loud noise or outcry.
  2. 3. The process of being heaved upward.
  3. 4. To deflect or ward off.
  4. 8. A projecting part of a fortification.
  5. 10. A countercharge.
  6. 11. To express sharp criticism regarding (an act, for example).
  7. 13. A change or variation.
  8. 15. A long angry speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe.
  9. 16. Modest and reserved in manner or behavior.
  10. 17. Totally or offensively conspicuous or obtrusive.
  11. 18. Having an abundance or excess of flesh or fat.
  12. 21. A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break.
  13. 22. A great noise, as of a crowd.
  14. 23. Stringy and tough.
Down
  1. 2. Is a sea serpent noted in theology and mythology.
  2. 5. difficult to understand or interpret; impenetrable.
  3. 6. To walk at a leisurely pace.
  4. 7. So absurd or incongruous as to be laughable.
  5. 9. To complain or whine tearfully.
  6. 12. Not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
  7. 14. A ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion.
  8. 15. Implied by or inferred from actions or statements.
  9. 18. Any of various tropical marine gastropod mollusks chiefly of the family Strombidae, having edible flesh and a large spiral shell often with a flared lip.
  10. 19. Unable to speak.
  11. 20. Emitting light, especially in the dark; shining.