Across
- 5. to occur; to happen; to take place
- 7. one who lends money, at interest, especially at an unusually or unlawfully high rate
- 9. formal, serious, and dignified; lacking humor
- 10. liveliness; energy (physical and/or mental); full of spirit; vigor
- 13. immoderate desire for wealth; greed
- 15. something justly deserved; taking revenge or correcting a wrong
- 16. warmly and pleasantly cheerful; being warmly friendly
- 18. lacking in amount, quantity; meager; not adequate
- 20. to beg urgently
- 21. full of wishful yearning or longing, usually with sadness
- 22. gloomy; sad
Down
- 1. to pass through; seep into; to saturate; to spread
- 2. the face or front of a building; 2. A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant; a front
- 3. lacking energy or sluggish; deficient in alertness or activity
- 4. to walk or stroll with leisure
- 6. helpful or advantageous; favorable
- 8. disorder; confusion
- 11. display meant to impress others; boastful showiness
- 12. an indirect hint or suggestion about a person or thing, usually of an insulting or offensive nature
- 14. believing the worst about human nature; distrusting, criticizing, or mocking the motives of others; pessimistic; glass is half-empty mentality
- 17. to damage, ruin, or deface; to make imperfect
- 19. showing gloomy irritation or ill humor usually manifested by a glum silence