Crossword Puzzle 2

1. The section on a roulette table which includes the numbers 1 to 18 or a bet placed in this area (Collins, 2022).
3. Of or relating to medicinal or culinary herbs (Collins, 2022).
6. Consisting or made of birch (Collins, 2022).
9. To drag (something) along the ground (Collins, 2022).
10. The period following a specified event (Baxter, 2022).
12. An evergreen shrub, Catha edulis, of Arabia and Africa, the leaves of which are used as a narcotic when chewed or made into a beverage; kat (Collins, 2022).
14. It means badly (Collins, 2022).
15. A compound from the bark of the Pacific yew tree used in cancer chemotherapy (Collins, 2022).
16. It is a smooth artificial fabric that is made from cellulose (Terman, 2022).
17. Extract of beef in the shape of small cubes which are mixed with boiling water and used for flavouring, as stock, a drink, etc (Collins, 2022).
21. A thin piece of celluloid or plastic so used, as by a burglar (Collins, 2022).
22. A small roadside establishment that plays music and provides refreshments (Collins, 2022).
23. An artificial yttrium aluminium garnet used in jewellery and in lasers (Collins, 2022).
27. A stupid person; fool (Collins, 2022).
28. A tawny brown North American thrush, Hylocichla fuscescens, with a slightly spotted grey breast (Collins, 2022).

2. A vinegar resulting from the fermentation of ale; sour ale (Collins, 2022).
4. Any large nonvenomous snake of the family Boidae, most of which occur in Central and South America and the Caribbean. They have vestigial hind limbs and kill their prey by constriction (Collins, 2022).
5. A small round usually inflamed swelling of the skin (Collins, 2022).
7. A statement of praise or approval; accolade; compliment (Collins, 2022).
8. Designating a family (Polemoniaceae, order Solanales) of dicotyledonous plants, including Jacob's ladder (Collins, 2022).
11. An abbreviation for ritardando (Collins, 2022).
12. Another word for quagmire (Collins, 2022).
13. An electronic heat sensor able to detect and display on a TV-like screen a distant scene despite darkness, smoke, etc.: used esp. in military aircraft (Huston, 2022).
14. Any of various trees or shrubs of the widely distributed genus Ilex, such as the holly and inkberry: family Aquifoliaceae (Blanchan, 2022).
18. Ao stare or gape at (Collins, 2022).
19. Any of various types of Russian and former Soviet fighter aircraft (Collins, 2022).
20. A young cow (Collins, 2022).
24. A foolish person (Collins, 2022).
25. To hurry or hasten (Laurens, 2022).
26. To pay the penalty for; redeem (Collins, 2022).