March 2022

3. "Howdy" for "How do you do?"
6. A song traditionally sung by Venetian gondoliers
8. The acquisition or adoption of middle-class values and manners
10. Surroundings; environment
13. Forming or characterizing a particular period of history
14. A person with broad knowledge
16. (Biology) An undirected movement of a cell, organism, or part in response to an external stimulus
20. The 15th day of March, May, July, or Ocotber
21. A master key

1. Used in the names of libraries or institutions for literary or scientific study
2. A scrap or remainder of food from a meal
3. Of or concerning Ireland (now chiefly used in names)
4. (Of welding) Done either without solder or with a filler of the same metal as the pieces being welded
5. A sandy beach at a seaside resort
7. The arc of the horizon measured clockwise for the south point, in astronomy
9. Used to express gratitude (mainly in Hawaii)
11. The branch of Chemistry dealing with relationships of combining elements, especially quantitatively
12. The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
15. A handbook; a manual
17. (Mainly literary) A formation of vapory clouds driven fast by the wind
18. Give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner
19. A narrow inlet of the sea; an estuary
22. An example