Across
- 2. spread by scattering
- 4. draw back, as with fear or pain
- 5. pull back or move away or backward
- 7. wear off or die down
- 8. shake with fast, tremulous movements
- 10. an excited state of agitation
- 14. pulsate or pound with abnormal force
- 15. completely and without qualification
- 16. feeling great delight and interest
- 18. to move in a twisting or contorted motion
- 20. without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
- 23. ask to come
- 24. located far away spatially
Down
- 1. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
- 3. a variation in circumstances or fortune
- 6. sink below the surface
- 9. difficult or impossible to understand
- 11. carry with difficulty
- 12. come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
- 13. make light, rapid and repeated sounds
- 17. inviting ridicule
- 19. collect discarded or refused material
- 21. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
- 22. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular