Across
- 1. greatly dismayed or horrified.
- 3. according to the rules of logic or formal argument.
- 7. enter somewhere forcibly or suddenly. Or (of a bird or other animal) migrate into an area in abnormally large numbers.
- 8. sentenced to a particular punishment, especially death.
- 12. an animal lacking a backbone
- 13. without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel.
- 14. giving rise or likely to give rise to controversy or public disagreement.
- 15. an unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage. Or a thing causing trouble or irritation.
- 16. deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.
Down
- 2. remarkable or exceptional, especially exceptionally good.
- 4. someone who competes with or opposes another in a contest, game, or argument.
- 5. (of a substance or object) capable of being decomposed by bacteria
- 6. kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.
- 9. (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.
- 10. intensely painful.
- 11. the state or process of having no living members.
- 12. relating to or of the nature of an icon.