Across
- 6. to make up for; expiate
- 7. grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic; mordant, acerbic, wry
- 8. to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to; chop; hack, fell, adhere, conform
- 9. to jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark; ridicule
- 10. believable; plausible, acceptable, likely
- 12. to pay for; bear the cost, foot the bill
- 13. holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent; obstinate, stubborn, dogged
- 16. neat, proper, or formal; prudish; fussy; fastidious; squeamish
- 17. hardworking, industrious, not lazy; assiduous; sedulous
- 18. easy to understand; clear; rational, sane; limpid; intelligible
- 20. never stopping, going on all the time; ceaseless, constant, uninterrupted
Down
- 1. to hold back; hinder, obstruct, impede, inhibit
- 2. exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess; surplus, supererogatory
- 3. complicated; difficult to understand; convoluted
- 4. frightful, horrible; deathly pale; dreadful, appalling, grisly
- 5. sad; dreary; sorrowful, mournful, dolorous
- 11. slavery; any state of being bound or held down; servitude, subjection, dependence
- 14. take the place of, supersede; replace, displace, oust
- 15. occurring or published after death
- 19. poor, in a state of poverty; depleted; destitute, indigent