Across
- 4. a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
- 6. something that results or follows from an event, especially one of a disastrous or unfortunate nature; consequence.
- 8. profitable; moneymaking; remunerative.
- 11. to determine the meaning of (something obscure or illegible)
- 13. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- 15. to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
- 17. secret and concealed, often for illicit reasons; furtive
- 18. any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
- 19. to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately.
- 22. a point or object from which rays proceed.
- 23. to break or be broken into fragments or constituent parts; shatter
- 25. people or a group of people regarded as disreputable or worthless
Down
- 1. the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision.
- 2. the act of production or manufacture
- 3. characterized by stealth; sly and secretive
- 5. to make weak or feeble
- 7. producing good results; beneficial; profitable.
- 9. the produce of cultivated plants, esp cereals, vegetables, and fruit
- 10. capable of producing offspring
- 12. a cause of inconvenience or petty annoyance.
- 14. having a brilliant or splendid appearance
- 16. anatomy any of the tendons at the back of the knee
- 20. an owner of an unincorporated business enterprise
- 21. a person who perpetrates or commits an illegal, criminal, or evil act.
- 24. something that is discarded as worthless or useless