Across
- 8. Describes days too good to last
- 10. Stretch thin or tone down
- 11. The villain’s plan meets its end
- 13. Not yet touched by the city’s charm
- 14. Changing moods like the weather
- 17. When honesty takes a holiday
- 18. Tucked away like a monk
- 19. A writer who’s stuck in mediocrity
- 20. Gazing out with quiet longing
Down
- 1. To lock away, jury-style
- 2. Fearless enough to defy the odds
- 3. A formal way to say “let in”
- 4. A veil you can almost see through
- 5. The polite way to behave
- 6. A whim’s unpredictable cousin
- 7. Counting pennies obsessively
- 9. When pieces form a whole
- 12. A hair color for autumn lovers
- 15. The swordsman’s artful defense
- 16. To call forth a memory or feeling