Across
- 2. tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
- 4. overpowering wonder or surprise; amazement: He looked with astonishment at his friends.
- 7. stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- 8. to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- 11. a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- 12. a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- 14. of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- 16. having or showing good manners; polite.
- 18. total or partial darkness.
- 19. to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- 20. The amount of freedom to move or act that is available.
Down
- 1. to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
- 3. to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
- 5. showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
- 6. used or grown for ornament: ornamental plants.
- 9. an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- 10. a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
- 13. without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- 15. a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- 17. to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
