Across
- 2. ill–tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
- 3. a person’s specific area of interest, skill, or authority
- 4. very satisfactory or acceptable; fine
- 6. to avoid; shun
- 7. to flow out or empty, as water from a channel
- 9. of, relating to, or constituting a person whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name or something, such as a city or historic time
- 10. to make or become better; improve
- 13. a string or garland, as of flowers, suspended in a loop or curve between two points
- 14. one that serves as a leader or as a leading indicator of future trends; (origin) the leading sheep of a flock, with a bell on its neck
Down
- 1. having or showing (characterized by) great knowledge or learning
- 3. a babbling foolish person
- 5. of or like twilight; dim; becoming active at twilight or before sunrise
- 8. to pull up by the roots; uproot / to displace from one’s native or accustomed environment
- 11. lasting for a markedly brief time; living or lasting only for a day
- 12. acid indigestion; anxiety, stress, or aggravation