Across
- 4. Expanding/contracting device for pumping air
- 7. Seriously
- 9. Short sound made by hen
- 11. Had images of plant parts
- 12. In a loyal manner; regularly
- 14. Ground-living songbirds of blackbird family
- 18. Large fish-eating bird with long legs
- 21. Contraction of the word "arithmetic" (numbers)
- 23. Long-legged wading bird of wet meadows
- 24. Followed behind
- 25. Person who makes/repairs iron things
- 26. Dry particles of earth (in this case)
- 27. Covered area in front of house
Down
- 1. Twisted together in a pattern
- 2. Making wrinkles in one's forehead; showing displeasure
- 3. Concerned about some problem
- 5. Idiom meaning, "Oh, come on" (frustration)
- 6. High-pitched weak sound made by young birds
- 8. Was unable to understand
- 10. Moving with short, sudden jerks
- 13. Protective covering worn over one's front
- 15. Positioned with both knees on the ground
- 16. Wove strands of hair together
- 17. Hanging, swinging loosely
- 19. Small lines or folds in fabric or skin
- 20. Short sound made by hen
- 22. Place in a stream that can be crossed on foot
- 23. Without much depth
- 26. Tiny drops of condensed water from the air