Across
- 3. A company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about
- 4. To attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision
- 7. Put down or press the foot, place the foot
- 8. The amount a thimble will hold
- 9. A longing for something better than the present situation
- 12. A people who mourn
- 13. The state of being vacant; emptiness
- 15. Uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive
- 17. A short swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and handle, used for stabbing
- 18. [Past tense of] To kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs;strangle
- 19. [Present participle of] Wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water
- 21. To involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously ad unwantedly
- 22. [Past tense of] An unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason
- 24. To assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically
- 26. To speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds
- 27. Generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless
- 28. A former bronze coin of Great Britain
Down
- 1. To condemn or censure openly or publicly
- 2. Thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
- 5. Given inquiry , research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious
- 6. Become less interesting or attractive
- 7. [Past tense of] To be fastened to a fixed object
- 10. A close-fitting outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes having a short skirt, worn by men in the Renaissance
- 11. Wandering from place to place without ay settled home
- 14. A respectable bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body
- 16. To insert between other things
- 20. To chase; run after
- 21. A maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person
- 23. A large fern or brake
- 25. To reply to, usually in a sharp or retaliatory way
