Across
- 2. Pleasing and fortunate.
- 6. Having a sharply strong taste or smell.
- 9. A member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains.
- 13. Founder of the Joy Luck Club
- 14. Having a pleasant or sweet smell.
- 16. A large branched candlestick or holder for several candles or lamps.
- 17. A long, narrow cut or depression, especially one made to guide motion or receive a corresponding ridge.
- 18. Lost daughters representing hope and reunion
- 20. Waverly's mother
- 22. Symbol of unrealized dreams carried across cultures
- 24. An imitation diamond used in costume jewelry and to decorate clothes.
- 29. Object reflecting identity and self-perception
- 30. Intensely irritated and frustrated.
- 32. Protect oneself against loss on (a bet or investment) by making balancing or compensating transactions.
- 33. Passive wife whose failing marriage forces her to finally assert her own voice
- 34. An inhabitant of a parish, especially one who belongs to or attends a particular church.
- 37. Fill with air and swell outward.
- 39. Lasting mark tied to a childhood lesson in strength
- 43. A ghost or ghostlike image of a person.
- 44. A covered litter for one passenger, consisting of a large box carried on two horizontal poles by four or six bearers.
- 46. (Of hair, threads, smoke, etc) fine; feathery.
- 47. City where the original club is formed
- 48. Cultural enclave bridging Chinese and American lives
Down
- 1. Bad-tempered and uncommunicative, especially on account of resentment.
- 3. War-torn Chinese setting of an origin story
- 4. A tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground.
- 5. Tile game symbolizing fate and storytelling
- 7. A claim, especially a false or ambitious one.
- 8. A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
- 10. A sitting room in a private house.
- 11. Having rough, sharp points protruding.
- 12. A small picturesque cave, especially an artificial one in a park or garden.
- 15. Cycle of life, suffering, and rebirth alluded to in themes
- 19. Form (hair or other material) into a plait or plaits.
- 21. American-born daughter of Suyuan
- 23. A deciduous Chinese tree related to the conifers, with fan-shaped leaves and yellow flowers. It has a number of primitive features and is similar to some Jurassic fossils.
- 25. Short moral story embedded in each narrative
- 26. Dinner symbol revealing pride and self-worth
- 27. Of the cerebrum of the brain.
- 28. Woman raised on imbalance who repeats it in a marriage built on strict equality rules
- 31. A tuft of loosely hanging threads, cords, or other material knotted at one end and attached for decoration to home furnishings, clothing, or other items.
- 35. A pair of eyeglasses having lenses with two parts with different focal lengths.
- 36. A decorative curl or twist in calligraphy or in the design of an object.
- 38. Instrument representing pressure and failed expectations
- 40. Chess champion who clashes with her mother
- 41. A large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam.
- 42. A liquid made of shellac dissolved in alcohol, or of synthetic substances, that dries to form a hard protective coating for wood, metal, etc.
- 43. Daughter who learns strength after her mother sacrifices herself to gain respect in the family
- 44. A summerhouse or other decorative building used as a shelter in a park or large garden.
- 45. Mother who believes she passed her inner “tiger spirit” to her daughter after a traumatic past