Toni's Spelling Bee List #4

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