Across
- 1. A serving cart for displaying pastry desserts to restaurant patrons
- 3. The area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century
- 6. Large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
- 8. A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part
- 9. Skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood
Down
- 2. Free from confusion or doubt
- 4. An ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government.
- 5. The study of myths
- 7. aninitial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)