The Pearl

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