Across
- 2. Arctic whale with a long tusk
- 6. Mexican salamander that stays aquatic
- 9. Egg-laying mammal of Australia
- 10. Wild goat with long curved horns
- 11. Seemingly contradictory truth
- 12. Emotional release through drama
- 15. Harsh mixture of sounds
- 16. Desert antelope with straight horns
- 18. Ending passage in music
- 19. Pleasing sound
- 20. Person who knows multiple languages
- 22. Spirit of the times
- 23. Word formed by rearranging letters
- 25. Common bird known for murmurations
- 27. Forest giraffid with zebra stripes
- 29. Fastest falcon species
- 31. Rhetorical reversal of grammatical structures
- 34. Study of being
- 35. Brightly colored streamside bird
- 36. Calm and peaceful
- 37. Tall four-sided stone monument
- 38. Mild word in place of harsh one
Down
- 1. Vague or ill-defined
- 3. Large ocean bird with long wings
- 4. Burrowing marsupial of Australia
- 5. Witty concise saying
- 7. Using very few words
- 8. Vocabulary of a language
- 13. Of doubtful authenticity
- 14. Introductory section of a play or book
- 17. Happy accident of discovery
- 21. Board for mixing paint colors
- 24. Wall painting on wet plaster
- 26. Artwork in three panels
- 28. Word or phrase that reads the same backward
- 30. Concluding section of a book or play
- 32. Self-evident truth
- 33. Bitter, abusive speech or writing