February 2025

1. A type of short comic Japanese play, often performed between classic dramas
4. A collection of writings published in honor of a scholar
6. A love letter
7. (Of a nose) Hooked like an eagle's beak
8. A ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon
10. A large volcanic crater, especially one formed by a major eruption leading to collapse of the mouth of the volcano
12. (Of Law) Witness
13. To secure or raise with a wedge, keystone or cornerstone
15. A feeling of pride, fellowship, and common loyalty shared by two members of a particular group
17. An Old English bard or poet

2. Lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward
3. A state of being bright and radiant; splendor, brilliance
5. The winged fruit of maples and elms
6. (In art or literature) Construction or creation from a diverse range of available things
8. (Philosophy, Kantianism) Sense-perception
9. (Of the wind) to blow fiercely
11. Bright and lustrous
14. Certainly
16. Dignified, solemn, or proper