Across
- 4. believable
- 7. sad, dreary
- 10. to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
- 11. holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
- 13. to jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark
- 14. to take the place of, supersede
- 16. complicated; difficult to understand
- 19. poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
- 20. overly neat, proper, or formal; prudish
Down
- 1. never stopping, going on all the time
- 2. slavery; any state of being bound or held down
- 3. hardworking, industrious, not lazy
- 5. easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
- 6. exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
- 8. frightful, horrible, deathly pale
- 9. occurring or published after death
- 12. to make up for
- 15. to hold back
- 17. grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
- 18. to pay for