Across
- 5. appointing family to powerful positions
- 13. vocabulary
- 15. brisk and cheerful readiness
- 16. not showing hardships or stress
- 17. neat and trim gentleman
- 19. blood red
- 20. alicia
- 21. a tyrant
- 24. sweet voice
- 25. fraud
- 27. veronica
- 29. samik
- 31. me
- 32. designed for usefulness rather than looks
- 34. volatile and changing mood
- 35. roam around
- 37. sahara
- 40. referred to in a proverb
- 42. funeral song
- 43. excessively obedient
- 45. jody
- 46. old and in bad condition
- 47. suck up
- 48. dubious and skeptical
Down
- 1. debut
- 2. the condition of being spontaneous
- 3. modest and shy
- 4. to kneel and beg
- 6. terse; concise
- 7. vines
- 8. taken without the person's knowledge
- 9. showering deep unhappiness
- 10. bad-tempered
- 11. assess wounds to see who needs help first
- 12. excessively harsh
- 14. appointing friends to powerful positions
- 18. second to last
- 22. ayan
- 23. hasini
- 25. harsh mix of sounds
- 26. eagerness (not truculent)
- 28. sweet and juicy
- 30. devya
- 33. outcast
- 36. literally a caveman
- 38. muscle memory
- 39. carried out with minimal effort
- 41. muscular
- 44. keshav