I know Why the Caged Bird Sings: chapters 1-3

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Across
  1. 4. to have an opinion which isn't based reason or fairness
  2. 8. a form of punishment; hitting someone with a whip
  3. 9. to speak with difficulty
  4. 10. to use force by compressing
  5. 12. a negative word used to relate to black people
  6. 15. to cause pain and suffering to others by one's will
  7. 16. this can describe beauty of form, movement or speech
  8. 17. a person on the train who sells tickets/takes tickets
  9. 18. to become dim, less bright, loses its shine
Down
  1. 1. a tropical fruit with sweet yellow flesh
  2. 2. to be handicapped
  3. 3. to separate one from the other
  4. 5. a person I don't know or I'm not familiar with
  5. 6. tightly curled/twisted -a black person's hair type
  6. 7. to speak to someone with disrespect
  7. 11. I used this when I blow my nose
  8. 13. shame or maybe the loss of respect
  9. 14. precise/exact