Across
- 4. creek, brook, small stream
- 6. stench, unpleasant smell
- 8. ward off, hinder
- 9. shy, modest
- 11. an ordinance, a law
- 13. devaluation, cheapening
- 15. behave; to be in agreement
- 16. flinch, to spring back
- 17. advocate, supporter
- 19. disclose, impart, to tell, reveal
Down
- 1. distort, make unintelligible
- 2. to spend foolishly, waste
- 3. abrupt, disjointed
- 5. quiver, shiver, vibrate
- 7. persistent, stern, without pity
- 9. worsen, decline, debase
- 10. conciseness, shortness
- 12. informed, cultivated, free from ignorance
- 14. terse, succinct
- 18. regain, recover, retrieve