Across
- 4. waved or swung
- 5. someone who dies for their beliefs
- 7. an accusation in response to one from someone else
- 8. a downward slope
- 10. a pause or gap in something (like a sequence or a process)
- 11. with quickness and lightness and ease
- 12. a British spelling for swath, which means a long strip or belt, or a long area of something
- 13. a short period of intense activity of a certain kind
- 14. a cover for a blade or sword
- 15. a rapid movement in a circle or spiral
Down
- 1. the quality of being cheerful and full of energy
- 2. intense and passionate feeling
- 3. a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions
- 6. gently and persistently persuade someone to do something
- 9. in a scornful way that shows disdain