Across
- 1. a rebounding especially at an angle
- 3. a manuscript book
- 7. to arrange (something, such as drapery) in sags and droops
- 9. a Zoroastrian descended from Persian refugees settled principally at Mumbai
- 12. the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
- 13. pigtail
- 14. an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm
- 16. mind, reason: such as an intelligent purposive principle of the world
- 19. a free retainer of a lord; holding lands of and performing military service for the king
- 21. lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite
- 23. so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
- 24. a small sled that is ridden in a supine position and used especially in competition
- 26. a hideous giant of fairy tales and folklore that feeds on human beings
- 27. a sharp distinctive flavor; a faint suggestion; a projecting shank to connect with the handle
Down
- 2. an ornamental staff borne as a symbol of authority before a public official; a spiked club
- 4. sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated; the most undesirable part
- 5. a hip-length or longer blouse or jacket
- 6. Persian
- 7. a portable often covered chair to carry one person that is borne on poles by two people
- 8. sarcastic, impertinent, or irreverent in tone or manner
- 9. a plate usually made of precious metal and used to carry the bread at the Eucharist
- 10. a bundle of twigs for flogging
- 11. to examine in a minute way : analyze critically; to divide (a sentence) into grammatical parts
- 15. the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop; an elevated often secluded dwelling
- 17. an ecclesiastical governing or advisory council
- 18. a handle especially of a sword or dagger
- 19. like a potato or yam typically cooked as a vegetable or ground into flour
- 20. the plain or ornamental tag covering the ends of a lace or point
- 22. having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
- 25. hulled grain broken into fragments larger than grits