star girl crossword puzzle

2. - loud and enthusiastic approval, typically to welcome or honor someone or something.
6. - a former member of a group, company, or organization.
7. - a person who is interviewed.
10. - walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace.
12. - grant or bestow
13. - a person who studies or is an expert in the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.
16. - persistently avoided, ignored, or rejected.
20. - be astonished or overwhelmed when trying to imagine something.
22. - enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing.
23. - a spiny tree or shrub of the pea family, native to arid regions of southwestern US and Mexico. It yields useful timber, tanbark, medicinal products, and edible pods. The timber is used for fencing and flooring, and burned in barbecues as flavoring.
24. - any of several usually low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves.

1. - a troublesome wild animal.
3. - an absurd pretense intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance.
4. - broken and useless; no longer working or effective.
5. - bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy
8. - decorated with frills or similar ornamentation.
9. - a spiny scarlet-flowered desert shrub of the southwestern US and Mexico, which is sometimes planted as a hedge.
11. - think about (a fact, proposal, or request) deeply and at length.
14. - difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
15. - relating to the art or practice of public speaking.
16. - settle or move into a warm, comfortable position.
17. - regard or represent as being of little worth.
18. - depart hurriedly
19. - move effortlessly, glide with a swaying motion.
21. - move swiftly and lightly.