Across
- 4. The engage in any business transaction involving considerable risk or the change of large gain, especially to buy and sell commodities, stocks etc…, in the expectation of a quick or very large profit
- 6. Any of various gourds; especially the bottle gourd, lageraria
- 8. An american tree, having egg-shaped leaves and long clusters of greenish-yellow leaves
- 9. A person who oversees; supervisor, manager
- 13. Untanned skin of cattle or other animals
- 14. Fascination; charm; enchantment
Down
- 1. British a slang word for insane
- 2. To scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands
- 3. A variant of missis
- 5. Informal; Mother
- 7. Any rough, prickly shrubs, as the dog rose
- 10. A husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc…
- 11. Sandwich
- 12. An alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries