Across
- 4. meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
- 6. to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : FLUSH, FILL
- 7. something that foreshadows a coming event : OMEN, SIGN
- 9. having or showing liveliness and enthusiasm : BOILING, AGITATED
- 12. something that foreshadows a future event
- 13. to descend to a less formal or dignified level : UNBEND
- 15. a feeling that something will or is about to happen : PREMONITION
- 18. to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title
- 20. the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : ENVIRONMENT
- 21. aggressively self-assertive : BELLIGERENT
- 23. to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : DISCONCERT
- 25. easily flexed
Down
- 1. capable of being bent or folded without creases, cracks, or breaks : PLIANT
- 2. Lazy or board : ARROGANCE
- 3. an overabundant supply : EXCESS
- 5. deserving imitation : COMMENDABLE
- 8. white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
- 10. archaic past of SIT
- 11. of, relating to, or resembling twilight : DIM
- 14. a deserved rebuke or penalty : DESERTS
- 16. the quality given to a sound by its overtones
- 17. to violate a command or law : SIN
- 19. an act or instance of depriving : DEPRIVATION
- 22. to hold back from action : CHECK
- 24. to permeate or influence as if by dyeing
- 26. Sole ruler
