Across
- 3. defiant, rebellious, stubborn
- 6. scarcity of food
- 7. frivolously disrespectful
- 9. a brief amusing story
- 10. very many
- 11. a strong or acrid smell
- 13. to bump or shove
- 14. a supernatural specter, ghost, or spirit
- 16. hazy, vague, indistinct
- 18. window slats
- 20. peddling wares; selling items on the street
- 23. to deviate from a course in writing or speaking
- 24. to meditate or ponder
Down
- 1. to exile or shun from a group
- 2. expressing sorrow; contrite
- 4. husks separated from wheat
- 5. an extremist or fanatic
- 8. to seesaw back and forth between options
- 9. promising success in the future
- 12. undistinguished or uninteresting
- 15. to interpose, intervene, or mediate
- 17. of or relating to worldly nonreligious subjects
- 19. related to the intestines
- 21. having a sense of beauty
- 22. a stand with open shelves