Across
- 5. serving to palliate.
- 6. pleasant to the ear, to the eye or the feelings; soothing.
- 8. moral improvement or guidance.
- 10. cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness.
- 12. troublesome; annoying.
- 14. situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- 16. before marriage.
- 17. a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is fluorine, as sodium fluoride, NaF.
- 20. favorable to or promoting health.
- 21. hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused.
- 22. A water-soluble bluish powder derived from certain lichens that changes to red with increasing acidity and to deeper blue with increasing basicity.
- 23. a wonder child or child prodigy.
Down
- 1. to flood or to overwhelm.
- 2. urgent or persistent in a request, sometimes annoyingly so.
- 3. artificial or imitation.
- 4. a name, title, or designation.
- 7. an unmarried young woman, often one who is seeking or preparing to get married.
- 9. a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
- 11. a place for mooring.
- 13. pertaining to the carpus.
- 15. a plural of phalanx.
- 18. the first portion of the small intestine, from the stomach to the jejunum.
- 19. a body of persons employed in an organization or place of work.
