Across
- 3. to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion
- 5. any of numerous small, slender parrots
- 7. something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech
- 10. a person who seeks an office, honor
- 11. to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office
- 14. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit
- 16. to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret
- 18. to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping
- 21. one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower
- 22. something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder
- 23. an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice
- 26. to lease again
- 27. occurring within a short time; happening speedily
- 28. flowing like water
Down
- 1. to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement
- 2. to charge with the fault, offense, or crime
- 4. adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances
- 6. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge.
- 8. a person who is on an opposing side in a game.
- 9. to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like
- 10. to hide; withdraw or remove from observation
- 12. to distend; swell or puff out
- 13. a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance
- 15. a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about
- 17. to pledge, as by signing an agreement
- 18. to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death
- 19. the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand
- 20. to take place; come to pass; occur
- 24. to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully
- 25. mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence