Across
- 4. a heap of the game killed in a hunt
- 5. an optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over a hot pavement,
- 8. a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation
- 10. relating to, or being a palace
- 13. a particular body of knowledge or tradition
- 16. person who recognizes what is real or possible in a particular situation
- 18. extreme danger or critical need
- 19. a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
- 21. torn jaggedly
- 22. capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch
- 23. marked by short clear-cut playing or singing of tones or chords
Down
- 1. lively and animated character
- 2. a steep rugged rock or cliff or a sharp detached fragment of rock
- 3. active bodily or mental strength or force
- 6. a plant (such as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem
- 7. capable of being touched or felt
- 9. a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment
- 11. to cast a sidelong glance
- 12. blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light
- 14. to perplex the mind of
- 15. a large country house or Mansion
- 17. to struggle to move or obtain footing : thrash about wildly
- 20. a dark or shadowy place