Across
- 4. asking humbly and earnestly
- 5. to express grief for or about
- 9. to bring under control, especially from a military force
- 12. abrupt and discourteous manner
- 13. expression of the face
- 14. unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
- 16. to mislead by a petty trick or fraud
- 20. to walk in a laborious, heavy-footed way
- 21. manifesting or feeling contempt
- 22. a lack of energy or vigor
- 23. to hum or sing softly
- 24. characterized or filled with indignation
Down
- 1. to reject with disdain or contempt
- 2. the matching of a man or woman to one of inferior rank or condition and against the rules of decency
- 3. requiring great effort, energy, or exertion
- 6. a military attack or maneuver that is meant to divert attention away from an appointed attack
- 7. to move like waves, or in a wavelike motion
- 8. a soft, moist mass of bread, clay, meal or other adhesive substance
- 9. one that keeps guard
- 10. in a plaintive manner
- 11. covered or covered over
- 15. the part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides
- 17. a wall or embankment raised as a defensive fortification
- 18. an often secret action taken by 2 or more parties to achieve an illegal or improper purpose
- 19. loyal and resolute