Across
- 1. to make a very small hole in something with a sharp point
- 3. not important or serious; not worth considering
- 9. decaying because the blood supply to it has been stopped because of an illness or injury
- 10. next to or near something (of an area, a building, a room, etc.)
- 16. any infectious disease that kills a lot of people
- 17. to be too generous in allowing somebody to have or do whatever they like
- 18. an illness that is not very serious
- 19. a set of strips of leather, etc. for fastening something to a person’s body or to keep them from moving off or falling
- 21. a stupid, unpleasant or awkward person, especially a man
- 22. a building in which dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated
- 23. to talk with too much pride about something that you have or can do
Down
- 2. a person who claims to have knowledge or skills that they do not really have
- 4. a sudden short feeling of pain
- 5. very bad; unpleasant (of an experience or a situation)
- 6. to persuade somebody to do something by talking to them in a kind and gentle way
- 7. to go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone (verb)
- 8. to make something last longer
- 11. to walk somewhere slowly when you are tired and unwilling
- 12. lasting or taking too long and not interesting
- 13. to change in the way it develops (of a conversation or way of behaving or thinking)
- 14. to receive money, property, etc. from somebody when they die
- 15. a large, shapeless mass of something, especially soft food
- 16. to decay and smell very bad
- 20. being planned; happening