Across
- 5. Polls don't often ____ the actual results of elections, but they do create fear and trepidation in voters before they make their decisions.
- 6. Meet a grumpy person in the morning, and you've met one cranky person. If everyone you meet is surly, then you are the ____ one.
- 8. Senioritis is the official name for soon-to-graduate students who begin to feel ____ about their studies close to the end of their high school careers.
- 9. The neighborhood became ____(d) with grilled cheese restaurants, and the new one couldn't get any patrons.
Down
- 1. Halloween and horror movies are both filled with the ____, making some people thrilled with the blood and guts and some terrified by the violence.
- 2. The bulldozer ____(d) the dilapidated buildings in order to make way for the new construction.
- 3. Parental frustration often leads to a ____ of infractions committed by kids who don't care about being good.
- 4. The accused man ____(d) his previous confession, claiming to be innocent instead.
- 5. There was a ____ of money to fund the actual needs of the Covid pandemic, and so many people now are suffering because they didn't have what they required to thrive.
- 7. Snakes ____ off their skin periodically, creating a fresh new appearance when it's all gone.