Across
- 1. To speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds
- 2. A longing for something better than the present situation
- 4. [Past tense of] To be fastened to a fixed object
- 7. Uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive
- 9. To chase; run after
- 12. A company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about
- 13. A short swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and handle, used for stabbing
- 15. To reply to, usually in a sharp or retaliatory way
- 16. A close-fitting outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes having a short skirt, worn by men in the Renaissance
- 18. A large fern or brake
Down
- 1. [Past tense of] To kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs;strangle
- 3. To insert between other things
- 5. Become less interesting or attractive
- 6. Thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
- 8. The amount a thimble will hold
- 9. Generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless
- 10. A maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person
- 11. A people who mourn
- 14. Wandering from place to place without ay settled home
- 17. Put down or press the foot, place the foot