Across
- 1. Surround a place with armed forces
- 3. A written statement that falsely harms someone's reputation
- 7. Clothing worn on the body
- 9. Lacking skill or competence
- 10. The writer's attitude toward the subject or audience
- 13. Extremely hungry
- 14. A clumsy or unintelligent person
- 15. The emotional atmosphere created by a literary work
- 16. Happening or done in an instant
- 18. To annoy or irritate
- 20. A feeling of doubt or concern
- 21. Publicly declare something as wrong or evil
- 22. To move back or withdraw
- 24. A state of uncertainty or excitement about what might happen next
Down
- 2. Providing a benefit or advantage, especially financially
- 4. To make something smaller by pressing it
- 5. A meal or feast
- 6. A literary device hinting at events to come
- 8. Clever, inventive, and resourceful
- 11. Stated clearly and directly
- 12. To abandon or give up something
- 17. Extremely large or vast
- 19. To drench or extinguish with liquid
- 23. To send off to a destination for a purpose