Across
- 2. controversy, argument, or debate
- 7. to praise excessively
- 8. pretending
- 10. subtly menacing, dangerous
- 13. emotionally moving; touching
- 14. secret or stealthy
- 17. mystery, puzzle
- 18. deep-seated ill will
- 19. famous, usually in an unfavorable sense
- 20. a person who pays too much attention to formal rules
- 21. unavoidable
- 23. heavily embellished; flowery
- 24. individual
Down
- 1. a sudden disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat
- 3. the act of conspiring to defraud
- 4. done by one person substituting for another
- 5. combine, unify
- 6. observable event, fact, or circumstance
- 9. about to happen
- 11. hopeful
- 12. to recognize what makes someone or something different
- 15. no longer useful, superfluous, extra
- 16. abundance, large amounts
- 22. harmless
- 24. to follow a practice or belief