Across
- 3. sparkling or shining brightly.
- 5. having nothing likely to provide cheer, comfort, or interest.
- 7. not having (something usual or expected).
- 9. brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression.
- 10. a ludicrous figure.
- 13. strict, precise, and exacting.
- 15. the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom.
- 17. investigate and solve or explain.
- 18. brisk and cheerful readiness.
- 19. make subservient to or dependent on something else.
- 20. write or create.
- 22. hanging straight and limp without spring or curl.
- 23. a view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an opinion.
- 24. a person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about someone or something.
Down
- 1. feel intense dislike or disgust for.
- 2. feel irritated or resentful.
- 4. a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.
- 6. a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area.
- 8. amusement, especially as expressed in laughter.
- 11. having or displaying a passionate intensity.
- 12. without effort or premeditation.
- 13. the highest attainable level or degree of something.
- 14. form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence.
- 16. not conforming to a high moral standard.
- 21. outstandingly bad.
