Across
- 4. mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned.
- 5. (of a sound or voice) high and thin in tone.
- 7. a person's head.
- 9. subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.
- 11. a sweet gum obtained from the manna ash or a similar plant, used as a mild laxative.
- 12. a small object that is decorative rather than strictly functional; a trinket.
- 15. to remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective.
Down
- 1. an unsophisticated person, usually from a rural area; hick.
- 2. (liquor) Jamaica Ginger extract, a late 19th-century patent medicine that provided a convenient way to bypass Prohibition laws, since it contained between 70-80% ethanol by weight.
- 3. a soft, moist mass of material, typically consisting of bran, flour, herbs, etc., applied to the body to relieve soreness and inflammation and kept in place with a cloth.
- 6. a very large plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal.
- 8. of, relating to, or arranged in a particular order or sequence. : happening in a series or sequence.
- 10. with hands on the hips and elbows turned outwards.
- 13. an American keyboard instrument resembling an organ but with the notes produced by steam whistles, formerly used on showboats and in travelling fairs.
- 14. fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.