Across
- 2. adj. easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined
- 3. adj. being sharply insistent on being heard
- 5. adj. surprising greatly
- 6. adj. very harsh or strict, especially when dealing with others
- 7. v. search haphazardly
- 9. adj. very perceptive
- 12. adj. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
- 13. v. speak haltingly
- 15. adv. with one leg on each side
- 17. adv. in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
- 18. v. draw back, as with fear or pain
Down
- 1. adj. greatly annoyed; out of patience
- 3. adj. being very thin
- 4. v. laugh quietly or with restraint
- 6. n. eyeglasses
- 8. adj. being or made softer or less loud or clear
- 10. n. a bunch or cluster of strands, as of grass, hair, etc.
- 11. v. poke or thrust abruptly
- 14. adj. unwilling or reluctant
- 16. adj. having the color of tanned leather