AVES Spelling Bee 2023

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Across
  1. 3. extremely dark or black
  2. 5. a usually imaginative narrative of an event
  3. 9. to carry by hand : bear on the person
  4. 13. a member of an American Indian people of northern New Mexico and Arizona
  5. 15. a brief piercing spasm of pain
  6. 17. the act of declaring
  7. 20. the overhead inside lining of a room
  8. 22. of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky
  9. 23. country in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic coast south of the mouth of the Congo River
  10. 25. mountain system of South America extending along its western coast from Panama to Tierra del Fuego
Down
  1. 1. used to certify the interoperability of wireless computer networking devices
  2. 2. a usually cylindrical container with a handle
  3. 4. an aromatic preparation (such as a healing ointment)
  4. 6. to press (something, such as food) into a pulp or a flat shape]
  5. 7. on many occasions
  6. 8. marked by ill temper
  7. 10. having qualities (such as placidity or dullness) characteristic of oxen or cows
  8. 11. DOLL
  9. 12. a square or oblong usually fabric garment or wrapper used especially as a covering for the head or shoulders
  10. 14. to join in marriage according to law or custom
  11. 16. a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay
  12. 18. a close friend especially of long standing
  13. 19. to break up the organization of
  14. 21. to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor
  15. 24. to cause (something) to move by pulling or drawing : to exert traction on
  16. 25. the place where one lives