Across
- 1. The action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties.
- 5. The quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.
- 7. A bird with iridescent black plumage, used metaphorically in the story to describe a character's voice.
- 9. A hindrance or obstruction in doing something, like the speech impediments used in the story.
- 10. To counteract or cancel the effect of something.
- 12. Something that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.
- 13. An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
- 14. To adjust or mark something so that it can be used in an accurate and precise way.
- 17. Feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
- 19. Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention.
- 20. The use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize people's stupidity or vices, especially in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Down
- 2. To crouch down in fear.
- 3. An imagined society that is dehumanizing and unpleasant, often under totalitarian rule.
- 4. Cruel and oppressive government or rule.
- 6. A disadvantage or restriction placed on someone to limit their abilities, often to enforce equality.
- 8. To make things equal in quantity, degree, or value.
- 11. A device that sends out signals or messages, often used in the story to limit people's thoughts.
- 15. A change or addition to a legal or statutory document, like the amendments to the U.S. Constitution mentioned in the story.
- 16. Restrictive or controlling, especially of freedoms or rights.
- 18. An electronic device that makes a buzzing sound, used in the story to disrupt people's thinking.