Water For Elephants

2. A group of people attending or surrounding an important person.
3. A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.
8. A very large mammal with thick skin, esp. an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus.
9. The loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body.
11. Not able to be calculated or estimated.
13. Cheerful and friendly.
17. An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.
18. With hands on the hips and elbows turned outward.
20. The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself.
22. An unskilled or casual labourer.
24. Vehement or clamourous.

1. A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition.
4. Use gestures, esp. dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words.
5. Not pleasant to taste.
6. A late 19th century patent medicine that provided a convenient way to bypass Prohibition laws, since it contained between 70-80% ethanol by weight.
7. Not perturbed or concerned.
8. Able to be touched or felt.
10. Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous.
12. Intended or likely to placate or pacify.
14. A stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top, set up as a monument or landmark.
15. Food, esp. dried hay or feed, for cattle and other livestock.
16. Have sexual intercourse.
19. Not allowing something to pass through; not penetrable.
21. A keyboard instrument resembling an organ but with the notes produced by steam whistles, used chiefly on showboats and in traveling fairs.
23. A man's felt hat having a narrow curled brim and a tapered crown with a lengthwise indentation.