Across
- 2. To drop sharply and abruptly
- 4. Easily made sick; queasy
- 6. A shot in basketball made from near the basket, usually by playing the ball off the backboard
- 7. Sharp or severe in effect; intense
- 8. A temporary replacement; substitute
- 13. Bouncing off at an angle
- 15. A final contest or series of contests to break a tie
- 16. Showing a readiness to attack
- 17. A quality of thing that can be used to advantage
- 20. Classify; to put in a category
- 21. A conversation held privately between two people while one or more other people are already speaking
- 22. Restless, fidgety
- 23. An agreement of pledge to do something in the future
Down
- 1. Firm or fixed intention
- 3. A state of hopelessness leading to extreme recklessness
- 5. Humbling: extremely self destructive to one's self respect or dignity
- 9. Work done by the hands or by oneself
- 10. A barrier usually made in a hurry for protection against attack or for blocking the way
- 11. To complain with grumbling
- 12. Lively, determined, and courageous
- 13. To go from place to place without direction
- 14. A word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation
- 18. Slow in movement or reaction
- 19. The force or speed of an object in motion