Across
- 5. a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by American Indians
- 7. a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits
- 9. a steep or rugged cliff or rock face
- 10. load (a ship or other vessel)
- 12. to shoot into the air during a duel, in order deliberately to miss one's opponent
- 14. traditional Japanese masked drama with dance and song
- 15. to ride on a bicycle as a passenger
- 17. buttocks or backside
- 19. the position of a participant in a tournament who advances to the next round without playing
- 20. variant spelling of kamala
- 21. a telecommunications company
- 24. a hill or rocky peak
- 25. used to express good wishes on meeting or parting
- 26. a bird of the crow family with boldly patterned plumage, typically having blue feathers
- 27. short for honey
Down
- 1. stupid (mentally slow)
- 2. one of two filaments of silk combined by the silkworm to form a strand of silk
- 3. the basic monetary unit of Iran and Oman
- 4. go in a specified direction, typically slowly
- 6. a female fish (as a herring or salmon)
- 8. a World War II gliding bomb
- 9. to attach a rope to the corner of a sail
- 11. a type of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface
- 13. (plural) an animal that lives on the body of another animal, especially as a parasite
- 16. (in Chinese mythology) the phoenix
- 18. a variant spelling of 'khat'
- 19. a whirring sound
- 20. (plural) an ulcerated chilblain
- 22. containing or resembling lime
- 23. (plural) a seabird related to the gulls, typically smaller and more slender
