The House of the scorpion

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Across
  1. 2. to make foul, dirty, or unclean;
  2. 4. water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air
  3. 7. a state of intense happiness and self-confidence
  4. 9. a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion
  5. 10. to humble oneself or act in an abject manner
  6. 11. taken; surreptitiously or by stealth; secret
  7. 13. neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language
  8. 14. great warmth and earnestness of feeling
  9. 15. boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted
  10. 17. endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship
  11. 18. cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous
Down
  1. 1. deprivation of companionship; loneliness
  2. 2. depression or lowness of spirits
  3. 3. without emotion; apathetic; unmoved
  4. 5. forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes
  5. 6. to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper
  6. 8. a small group of people or things
  7. 12. feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust
  8. 13. a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance;
  9. 16. to place in proper or desired order