Across
- 2. a heavy, dull sound
- 4. fasten with a metal fastener
- 5. uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- 8. the quality of providing light
- 9. an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- 11. stopping and starting at irregular intervals
- 12. fall away or decline
- 13. a variety show with topical sketches and songs
- 15. an example regarded as typical of its class
- 17. very intense
- 19. lacking clarity, brightness, or loudness
- 21. a flash of light
Down
- 1. proof that someone accused of a crime could not have done it
- 3. stop moving
- 4. the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- 6. miss a step and fall or nearly fall
- 7. reveal its presence or make an appearance
- 10. a strong hard building material made with gravel and cement
- 14. opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
- 16. a machine that plays records
- 18. a substance that destroys harmful micro-organisms
- 20. look searchingly