Across
- 3. hidden; secret
- 5. irritable; difficult to control
- 9. careful; diligent; painstaking
- 10. trickster
- 12. serve as a typical example; personified
- 15. stubborn; holding to a firm purpose
- 17. gaudy; over the top
- 18. shortness of time; duration
- 19. easily angered
- 20. prevent; frustrate
- 21. listen to; give careful attention to
- 22. courage; bravery
- 23. fall suddenly and steeply
Down
- 1. brief amusing story
- 2. difficult to understand; obscure
- 4. delay; put off
- 6. dull; unvarying
- 7. unharmed; without a scratch
- 8. prove right; remove blame
- 11. tribute; honor; praise
- 13. cannot be wiped out
- 14. echoing
- 16. restrained; holding something back; uncommunicative
- 23. equality