Across
- 4. a showy gesture
- 6. wear off or die down
- 8. to climb awkwardly
- 9. secret and sly
- 11. to draw back with fear or pain
- 15. to move in a twisting or contorted motion
- 16. spread by scattering
- 17. a bottomless gulf or pit
- 21. utter meaningless sounds
- 22. make light, rapid, and repeated sounds
- 23. beat through cleverness
Down
- 1. to throw or toss with a quick motion
- 2. a movement upward
- 3. pay close attention
- 5. rise rapidly
- 7. ask to come
- 9. sink below the surface
- 10. feeling great delight and interest
- 12. carry with difficulty
- 13. secret or hidden
- 14. an excited state of agitation
- 15. have and exercise
- 18. move up and down repeatedly
- 19. strict and demanding
- 20. not wide