Across
- 4. to call upon to do something specified.
- 5. violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason
- 8. fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed
- 9. the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
Down
- 1. grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood
- 2. any of numerous fish- or insect-eating birds of the family Alcedinidae that have a large head and a long, stout bill and are usually crested and brilliantly colored.
- 3. the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.
- 6. a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits, etc., as in a park or fair.
- 7. a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.