The Ransom of Red Chief

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Across
  1. 2. burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected.
  2. 4. lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy
  3. 6. not showing due respect for another person; impertinent
  4. 8. an unusual or unexpected sight
  5. 12. too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
  6. 13. not harmful; non-injurious
  7. 14. tending to produce offspring
  8. 15. a group of men who held and cultivated small landed estates
Down
  1. 1. (of food or drink) pleasant to taste.
  2. 3. produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation)
  3. 5. give (a baby) a Christian name at baptism as a sign of admission to a Christian Church.
  4. 7. very noticeable or marked; conspicuous
  5. 9. important; famous
  6. 10. smallholders and agricultural laborers of low social status (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).
  7. 11. a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.