Across
- 1. demonstrating skill and cleverness.
- 3. damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel.
- 6. raise doubts or objections or show reluctance.
- 7. to wither away
- 9. the measurement around the middle of something, especially a person's waist.
- 15. to dry up or cause to dry up
- 17. ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.
- 19. to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
- 21. the woolly covering of a sheep or goat.
- 22. to dislike utterly
- 25. the closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body.
- 28. publicly declare to be wrong or evil.
- 30. rhetorically exploit (an issue) for political purposes in a way calculated to appeal to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people.
- 31. to belittle, say uncomplimentary
- 32. a scarcity or lack of something.
- 33. understand after much thought
- 34. to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate
- 35. showing fearlessness and determination.
Down
- 1. to scatter in various directions; distribute widely
- 2. great disaster; a complete failure
- 4. to dislike strongly, to regard with intense aversion or loathing
- 5. stern, as in manner; without excess unadorned, severely simple & plain
- 8. long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs
- 10. to tease, annoy
- 11. pretend to be affected by
- 12. quick in discernment; shrewd, clever, keen
- 13. make (an action or process) easy or easier.
- 14. to grow or cause to grow increasingly more irritating.
- 15. an official order issued by a legal authority.
- 16. hard to understand
- 18. to shorten; to condense; to diminish
- 20. give a servile display of exaggerated flattery or affection, typically in order to gain favor or advantage.
- 23. soothe; to make less severe; to satisfy, ease, lessen
- 24. to drive away, to dissipate
- 26. an inanimate object worshiped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit.; obsession
- 27. fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn.
- 29. to foretell a prophecy; to infer, to guess
- 33. changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties, interests, or affection.