Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Across
  1. 3. forceful exertion
  2. 7. coarse cloth with a bright print
  3. 9. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
  4. 10. filled with or evoking sadness
  5. 11. the distance around a person's body
  6. 12. remove
  7. 13. a building or group of buildings to house military personnel
  8. 16. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
  9. 17. an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority
  10. 18. related by blood
  11. 19. the dead body of an animal
  12. 23. pulled or drawn tight
  13. 24. spoiled by mixture
  14. 26. draw back, as with fear or pain
  15. 27. characterized by intense emotion
Down
  1. 1. stir cream vigorously in order to make butter
  2. 2. slightly open
  3. 4. the most powerful members of a society
  4. 5. a substance believed to cure all ills
  5. 6. matchless
  6. 8. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
  7. 9. marginal consciousness
  8. 14. extremely annoying or displeasing
  9. 15. laugh at with contempt and derision
  10. 16. an army unit consisting of a headquarters and companies
  11. 20. snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown
  12. 21. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  13. 22. a formal exposition
  14. 25. a braid of hair at the back of the head
  15. 26. marked by keen caution and watchful prudence