Across
- 2. moral excellence: integrity of character: uprightness of conduct
- 4. a group of dancers and usually singers supporting the featured players in a musical comedy or revue
- 5. any of various ruminant mammals of Africa and southwest Asia that differ from the true oxen by a leaner and more long-bodied build, horns directed upward and backward, and great variability in size
- 7. the flashing of light produced by a discharge of atmospheric pressure
- 10. the mid-region of the human torso; especially: its external abdominal aspect
- 13. completely or crassly obvious; especially: brazen
- 15. a singular strongly marked capacity or aptitude: notable talent
- 16. resounded with repetitions of sounds caused by reflections of sound waves
- 17. employing forces (as paratroops) that are transported by aviation
Down
- 1. a conflict between antagonists: a moral or physical contest: a dispute
- 3. one who performs (as on a trapeze or bars) gymnastics feats or exercises
- 6. the obscuration of one celestial body by another
- 8. something that enters into a compound or is a component part of any combination or mixture
- 9. be or appear like: resemble in external appearance
- 11. a confection made from corn syrup, sugar, albumen, and gelatin; beaten to a light creamy consistency, and usually rolled in powdered sugar when partly dry
- 12. a piece of material that serves to screen, divide, protect, conceal, or decorate
- 14. appoint (one) to a post or duty