Across
- 6. Optimistic
- 7. "The wedding was charming, if a little ____"
- 9. Weird and sinister
- 11. Urging someone to do something
- 16. Extreme poverty
- 17. A ____ of deafening alarm bells
- 19. Yearn to possess
- 20. Taciturn
- 21. Slanderous statement; false
- 22. Put forward as the base of an argument
- 23. Discussion or negotiation between enemies
Down
- 1. Greed
- 2. Enthusiasm or passion
- 3. Long, narrow opening
- 4. Containing large numbers or amounts
- 5. Clumsy
- 8. Feeling anxiety or concern
- 10. Having a harmful effect but gradually
- 12. Very, very generous
- 13. Boring and cliche
- 14. Showy but poor quality
- 15. To foster unrest
- 18. Unfriendly and hostile
- 22. To move slowly and heavily
- 24. Pressing and demanding