Across
- 4. hidden recesses
- 8. large fire
- 9. piece of land staked out by a miner
- 10. based on guesswork or uncertain evidence
- 14. the reason behind a character's actions
- 16. branches and debris washed ashore by a stream or river during the warm months, when water is high
- 20. in a commanding, anticipatory manner
- 21. fear or anxiety; dread
- 23. repeated
- 27. a sudden, overpowering feeling of fear
- 28. of great importance; essential
- 30. in Roman mythology, the messenger of the gods who is depicted wearing winged sandals and cap
- 31. powerfully struck
- 32. the time and place in which a story occurs
Down
- 1. medication that causes a loss of sensation of pain
- 2. without choice or logical organization
- 3. unable to be defined or understood
- 5. painfully affecting feelings; emotionally touching
- 6. scolded
- 7. Chinook jargon for "newcomer" or "tenderfoot"
- 11. unusual
- 12. alcohol thermometer used in places where the temperature often drops below the freezing point of mercury
- 13. something attached to another object
- 15. message about life that the author presents in a piece of literature
- 17. in small pieces or steps
- 18. in a sudden, violent manner; fitfully
- 19. with little interest or concern; indifferently
- 20. overspreading atmosphere of gloom and depression
- 22. literary movement influenced by scientific ideas that portrays human destiny as out of an individual's control
- 24. the outermost or farthest point of a portion; the hand or foot
- 25. literary movement that presents life objectively and without sentimentality
- 26. move sideways
- 29. genre of prose fiction that is shorter than novels and novellas