Across
- 3. sharply insistent on being heard
- 4. eyeglasses
- 8. having decisive consequences
- 13. very perceptive
- 14. very harsh or strict
- 15. easy to perceive or clearly outlined
- 16. very thin
- 17. having the color of tanned leather
- 18. with great care or delicacy
- 20. unwilling or reluctant
Down
- 1. softened or made less clear
- 2. with one leg on each side
- 5. laugh quietly or with restraint
- 6. greatly annoyed or out of patience
- 7. speak haltingly
- 9. draw back in fear or pain
- 10. poke or thrust abruptly
- 11. a small bunch or cluster
- 12. greatly surprising
- 19. search haphazardly