The Crosswords.

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Across
  1. 1. to handle very economically or stingily
  2. 2. in a state of financial ruin, to ruin financially, one who has been ruined financially
  3. 5. to defeat in battle or contest, overthrow; to overcome a feeling or condition
  4. 6. bearing a grudge, feeling or showing a strong tendency toward revenge
  5. 8. an inexperienced person, beginner; a young bird about to leave the nest
  6. 10. to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat
  7. 11. wandering, moving about from place to place
  8. 13. to get down from, step down from; to come down from the air, land
  9. 14. to spread throughout
Down
  1. 1. large, important
  2. 3. the central point or heart of the matter, a knob
  3. 4. a play filled with ridiculous or absurd happenings; broad or far-fetched humor; a ridiculous sham
  4. 7. evil, bad, spiteful, having bad habits or an ugly disposition
  5. 8. liable to change very rapidly, erratic; marked by a lack of constancy or steadiness, inconsistence
  6. 9. disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious
  7. 12. a very small part or quantity
  8. 14. to allow too many privileges, be too generous and easygoing toward