Across
- 5. Of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry
- 6. Slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning
- 7. Judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature;
- 11. Obstruction; hindrance; obstacle
- 12. To crouch, as in fear or shame
- 13. A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature
Down
- 1. Insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth
- 2. Vast; huge; very great
- 3. Causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable
- 4. An impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like
- 8. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner
- 9. Radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright
- 10. State or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness