Across
- 2. a ditch or watercourse
- 5. a fertile soil of clay and sand containing organic material
- 6. one of a troupe of comedians, usually white men in blackface, joking, portraying negative racial stereotype
- 11. coated in a glossy protective surface
- 13. to forcefully press or pack something down
- 14. an abundance or large quantity of something
- 15. having or expressing little or no feeling
Down
- 1. delicate and intricate ornamentation
- 3. a clown or buffoon
- 4. relating to the sense of smell
- 7. layers of rock in the ground
- 8. dull, heavy, or slow
- 9. a paste or powder for cleaning the teeth
- 10. a harsh discordant mixture of sounds
- 12. a long flexible snout as of an elephant