WORLD 102

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Across
  1. 2. Arctic whale with a long tusk
  2. 6. Mexican salamander that stays aquatic
  3. 9. Egg-laying mammal of Australia
  4. 10. Wild goat with long curved horns
  5. 11. Seemingly contradictory truth
  6. 12. Emotional release through drama
  7. 15. Harsh mixture of sounds
  8. 16. Desert antelope with straight horns
  9. 18. Ending passage in music
  10. 19. Pleasing sound
  11. 20. Person who knows multiple languages
  12. 22. Spirit of the times
  13. 23. Word formed by rearranging letters
  14. 25. Common bird known for murmurations
  15. 27. Forest giraffid with zebra stripes
  16. 29. Fastest falcon species
  17. 31. Rhetorical reversal of grammatical structures
  18. 34. Study of being
  19. 35. Brightly colored streamside bird
  20. 36. Calm and peaceful
  21. 37. Tall four-sided stone monument
  22. 38. Mild word in place of harsh one
Down
  1. 1. Vague or ill-defined
  2. 3. Large ocean bird with long wings
  3. 4. Burrowing marsupial of Australia
  4. 5. Witty concise saying
  5. 7. Using very few words
  6. 8. Vocabulary of a language
  7. 13. Of doubtful authenticity
  8. 14. Introductory section of a play or book
  9. 17. Happy accident of discovery
  10. 21. Board for mixing paint colors
  11. 24. Wall painting on wet plaster
  12. 26. Artwork in three panels
  13. 28. Word or phrase that reads the same backward
  14. 30. Concluding section of a book or play
  15. 32. Self-evident truth
  16. 33. Bitter, abusive speech or writing