Across
- 3. the trunk of the human body.
- 7. deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness
- 9. (of a knife, pencil, etc.) having a worn-down edge or point; not sharp
- 14. awful;terrible
- 15. cut off the limbs of a person or animal.
- 17. able to read and write
- 18. the killing of animals for food.
- 22. resistant to a particular infection or toxin owing to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells
- 23. a notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person
- 25. remove or obliterate
Down
- 1. an analgesic and narcotic drug obtained from opium and used medicinally to relieve pain.
- 2. divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly
- 4. a long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic
- 5. the service of Christian worship at which bread and wine are consecrated and shared.
- 6. make a rapid succession of slight cracking noises
- 8. (of an incident or a person) said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality
- 10. (of a person) having been martyred
- 11. the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable.
- 12. able to use the right and left hands equally well
- 13. the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody, especially as a political prisoner
- 16. a minor wrongdoing
- 19. caused by or relating to an allergy
- 20. erase or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant)
- 21. run at full speed over a short distance
- 24. belonging to a foreign country or nation.