Across
- 4. marked by skill in deception
- 5. a severe or painful experience
- 6. skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
- 10. tending to rule in a cruel manner
- 12. a dense growth of trees, shrubs, or bushes
- 13. in a manner of affording no ease or reassurance
- 15. injurious to physical or mental health
- 17. a state of being half-awake
- 19. pale from illness or emotion
- 20. suppress or crush completely
Down
- 1. to become less active, less intense, or less in amount
- 2. deviating from a straight course
- 3. a swaggering show of courage
- 7. in a hesitant manner
- 8. administer an oil or ointment to, often ceremonially
- 9. thin and weak
- 11. reveal its presence or make an appearance
- 14. come to terms with
- 16. the act of physically escaping from something
- 18. capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects