Across
- 3. a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages
- 6. the liquid metal mercury.
- 10. resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction
- 11. an implement consisting of a heavy frame set with teeth or tines which is dragged over plowed land to break up clods, remove weeds, and cover seed
- 13. formal and dignified
- 16. shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness
- 19. (of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling)
- 20. the fat of sea mammals, especially whales and seals.
- 21. steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder
- 22. talk rapidly and excitedly but with little sense
- 24. printed cotton fabric
- 28. a hard fatty substance made from rendered animal fat, used in making candles and soap
- 29. a mischievous person
- 30. out- scoop water out of a boat or ship
- 32. sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way
- 33. try to sell (something, especially small items) by going from house to house or place to place
- 34. a troublesome wild animal.
- 35. sordid and disreputable
- 36. a beneficed member of the clergy; a rector or a vicar.
- 38. a hut or tent with a domed or conical roof made by fastening bark, hides, or reed mats over a framework of poles (as used traditionally by some North American Indian peoples)
- 40. (of a mob) kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial
Down
- 1. guilty of or involving betrayal or deception
- 2. a dense group of bushes or trees
- 4. create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice
- 5. extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless
- 7. recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type
- 8. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
- 9. walk or run with leaping strides
- 12. a type of bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash
- 14. move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction
- 15. the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.
- 17. form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence
- 18. a ship's allotted place at a wharf or dock
- 23. self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way
- 25. concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character
- 26. an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something
- 27. a place where birds regularly settle or congregate to rest at night, or where bats congregate to rest in the day
- 31. stare in an angry or fierce way
- 37. search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle
- 39. an unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback