Things Fall Apart

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Across
  1. 2. make impure
  2. 3. not dense
  3. 5. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
  4. 8. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
  5. 10. move down on as if in an attack
  6. 11. make small or insignificant
  7. 12. marked by a ready flow of speech
  8. 14. attract; cause to be enamored
  9. 15. a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
  10. 16. compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
  11. 18. without knowledge or intention
  12. 19. not provident; not providing for the future
  13. 21. full of juice
  14. 22. affect with wonder
  15. 24. hold spellbound
  16. 26. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
  17. 30. having unsuitable feminine qualities
  18. 31. a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
  19. 33. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
  20. 35. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  21. 37. the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
  22. 38. sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
  23. 39. young and inexperienced
  24. 40. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
Down
  1. 1. burn slowly and without a flame
  2. 4. sink to a lower level or form a depression
  3. 6. overcome by superior force
  4. 7. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  5. 9. relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
  6. 13. a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  7. 17. not lessened or diminished
  8. 20. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
  9. 23. wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
  10. 25. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
  11. 27. destroy or injure severely
  12. 28. move or cause to move back and forth
  13. 29. confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
  14. 32. plausible but false
  15. 34. unwilling to spend
  16. 36. vigorous and animated