Across
- 3. A normal, tranquil mental state or mood
- 4. A rumbling or gurgling noise made by the movement of fluid and gas in the intestines
- 6. To delay in coming or going
- 8. Unduly prolonged or drawn out, too long
- 10. To prevent from happening or succeeding; ruin; wreck
- 12. Come upon or found by accident; fortuitous
- 13. (Anthropology, Philosophy, Sociology) The quality or condition of being different, especially of being fundamentally different from or alien to the sense of identity of a person or cultural group; otherness
- 16. Exclamation
- 17. Suitable to be eaten; edible
Down
- 1. An invented language developed by an individual or a very small group of people, especially by a child or by children in close contact, such as twins
- 2. A word to the wise; no more needs to be said
- 5. Feeding on wood, as certain insects or insect larvae
- 7. A self-evident truth that requires no proof
- 9. A state of nervous excitement, haste, or anxiety; flutter
- 11. Lacking courage and resolution
- 14. Individual identity
- 15. A cutting tool that has a thin arched blade set at right angles to the handle and is used chiefly for wood shaping