Across
- 1. a trick that deludes
- 3. any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia
- 4. a suspension of fighting especially of considerable duration by agreement of opposing forces
- 6. a food allowance for one day; to distribute or share equally
- 8. an implement used for mowing grass, grain, or other crops and composed of a long curving blade fastened at an angle to a long handle
- 9. briskly cold; noticeably neat; notably sharp and clear; easily crumbled
- 11. a part broken off, detached, or incomplete
- 13. any of numerous widely distributed tropical birds; a person who echoes someone else's words
- 15. to smile or laugh in a scornful or jeering manner
- 16. to do away with completely; to use up; to spend wastefully
Down
- 1. to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner
- 2. something composed of miscellaneous or incongruous parts : HODGEPODGE, pieces of cloth of various colors and shapes sewn together to form a covering
- 5. distasteful or distressing to the mind or tastebuds
- 7. a piece or fragment of a brittle substance
- 8. to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame); STEAL
- 10. a tract or plot of land, a parcel of real estate, a wrapped bundle : PACKAGE
- 12. a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns
- 14. attack, assault, beginning, commencement