Across
- 6. showing scorn or contempt
- 7. formation of a number of things into a cluster
- 9. an upward motion, or an effort to raise
- 11. expressing disagreement or complaint
- 13. profits
- 14. perceive or recognize something
- 16. of or relating to an empire or emperor
- 20. state of being unable to think properly
- 21. church that is the official seat of a bishop
- 23. people who engage in risky business ventures hoping to make quick or
- 24. a fine, smooth yarn spun from long-staple wool
Down
- 1. cause to happen before desired or expected
- 2. a large, densely packed crowd of people or animals
- 3. making a loud, confused noise; uproarious
- 4. of various kinds; several
- 5. to make beautiful or to decorate
- 7. great suffering, distress, or its cause
- 8. impossible to understand or interpret
- 10. ask urgently and fervently to do something
- 12. lean or haggard, especially because of suffering or age
- 15. to intrude, intervene, or put oneself between
- 17. monarch or ruler, especially an autocratic one
- 18. when speaking of a person’s voice, loud and powerful
- 19. endless
- 21. having a lot of space inside; roomy
- 22. conference between enemies to discuss terms of a truce or agreement