Across
- 4. to trouble or attack on all sides,
- 5. to shorten or condense,
- 7. a skilled craftsperson,
- 9. to increase or make greater,
- 11. not typical or irregular,
- 13. to make someone feel isolated or estranged,
- 14. to relieve or make less severe,
- 15. to touch or join at a border,
- 17. a choice between two possibilities,
- 21. a noisy or heated dispute,
- 23. located in the front,
- 24. an award or mark of recognition,
- 28. belonging to an earlier time,
- 29. to have an ambition or goal,
- 30. to waste away or weaken,
- 31. plain and without decoration,
- 34. to surround or besiege,
- 35. into parts or pieces,
- 37. relating to the countryside or rural life,
- 38. to soothe or calm,
- 41. to produce or bring about,
- 43. someone who loses in a competition,
Down
- 1. very unusual or strange,
- 2. slightly open,
- 3. the consequences or result of an event,
- 4. to harass or pester persistently,
- 5. a deep or bottomless pit,
- 6. a natural attraction or similarity,
- 8. causing dismay or horror,
- 9. to increase in size or volume,
- 10. the study of the flight of projectiles,
- 12. the atmosphere of a place,
- 13. to detest or loathe intensely,
- 16. something that soothes or heals,
- 18. clever or perceptive,
- 19. a written statement made under oath,
- 20. to talk nonsensically,
- 22. something that comes before,
- 24. natural ability or talent,
- 25. to attract or entice,
- 26. to deprive or take away,
- 27. requiring great effort or endurance,
- 28. to regard with disgust or hatred,
- 29. difficult to understand,
- 32. not straight or level,
- 33. something added or connected,
- 36. a heavy club or to hit with force,
- 39. willing to agree or be persuaded,
- 40. lacking hope or joy,
- 42. distant or reserved in manner,