Across
- 2. ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver
- 4. buttonhole, approach, confront
- 6. inflammatory, provocative, firebrand
- 9. promptly, peremptorily,abruptly
- 11. ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall
- 12. roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful
- 13. expressing criticism
- 14. briny, saline
- 15. vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult
- 17. affected, stagy, theatrical
- 19. fitness, correctness, decorum
- 20. clear, obvious, manifest, patent
- 21. shortsighted
Down
- 1. an object that serves as a charm
- 3. desecration, profanation, defilement
- 5. rebuke, reproof, criticism
- 7. tranquil, serene, placid, palmy
- 8. keen, enthusiastic, grasping
- 10. asking humbly and earnestly
- 16. a pact, secret agreement
- 18. promptness, alacrity, speed
- 19. suggest for consideration