Across
- 3. bawdy, risque
- 6. optical illusion
- 7. craven, dastard, chicken
- 9. fetid, noxious, vile, loathsome
- 11. chain of command, pecking order
- 12. ringleader, initiator, barometer
- 13. insensible
- 17. accomplished fact
- 20. kind of, semi, as if
Down
- 1. decadent, enfeebled, outmoded
- 2. banter, persiflage
- 4. associate, addition, accessory
- 5. thumbnail sketch, anecdote
- 8. fanciful, visionary, quixotic, pie-in-the-sky
- 10. prone, prostrate, inert
- 14. ceremony, observance
- 15. bog, quagmire
- 16. intolerant, inflexible
- 18. whine, wail, screech
- 19. novice, neophyte