Across
- 3. a health professional trained in the art of preparing drugs
- 6. sordid dirtiness
- 7. a fruit dessert, often topped with shredded coconut
- 9. an authoritative declaration
- 11. brief and to the point
- 12. noisily and stubbornly defiant
- 17. a principle that restricts the extent of something
- 18. in a hesitant manner
- 20. unable to see distant objects clearly
- 21. agreement on a secret plot
Down
- 1. present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
- 2. compulsory force or threat
- 4. not direct, explicit, or straightforward
- 5. cut off from a whole
- 8. a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air
- 10. personal property, as opposed to real estate
- 13. morally degraded
- 14. strange and unconventional behavior
- 15. a party to a lawsuit
- 16. deeply or seriously thoughtful
- 19. the modification of pitch, tone, or volume when speaking