Key Vocabulary for The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, Chapters 12-

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Across
  1. 1. to delay or be tardy in acting or doing.
  2. 2. stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave.
  3. 6. based on or in accordance with reason or logic.
  4. 8. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor.
  5. 11. a type of ghost or evil spirit from the Carolina coast.
  6. 12. water) slightly salty, as is the mixture of river water and seawater in estuaries.
  7. 13. the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity.
Down
  1. 1. walk or move wearily or reluctantly.
  2. 3. the art, practice, or sport of shooting at targets with rifles
  3. 4. impossible to perceive.
  4. 5. wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body.
  5. 7. relating to birds.
  6. 9. painful or laborious effort.
  7. 10. feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.