Across
- 5. unknown in advance
- 6. a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material
- 9. ready to function or provide assistance
- 11. use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
- 14. an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
- 15. engraving or carving in low relief on a stone
- 17. unauthorized drawings or writing on walls in public places
- 18. cloth canopy that fills with air to slow a fall
- 19. a special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all
- 21. a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
- 22. an elaborate and systematic plan of action
- 23. woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries
- 24. not fake or counterfeit
Down
- 1. an act that does not succeed
- 2. dutifully complying with the commands of those in authority
- 3. of or relating to an account of a person's life
- 4. a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)
- 7. temporary loss of strength and energy from hard work
- 8. moving in time or space without interruption
- 10. the outermost or farthest region or point
- 11. causing or fraught with or showing nervousness
- 12. of or relating to poetry that expresses emotion
- 13. unrhymed poetry, usually in iambic pentameter
- 16. poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
- 20. an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs