zima's nerd salad

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Across
  1. 4. american novelist known for his straightforward prose and use of understatement; contrasts faulkner
  2. 5. ___ fifth; the devil's interval
  3. 7. in art, strong contrasts b/w light and dark
  4. 8. repetition of initial consonants in 2+ words
  5. 10. m = rise / run
  6. 11. alexei ____; Russian opposition leader who died on Feb 16, 2024
  7. 13. prefix pertaining to stars or celestial bodies
  8. 14. a bio protein catalyst that speeds up a chemical reaction
  9. 15. impressionist painter who painted starry night
Down
  1. 1. largest object in our solar system
  2. 2. in music, a pause of unspecified length on a note or rest
  3. 3. H2O
  4. 6. a cold donut-shaped region of icy objects that circles the outer solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune; two words
  5. 7. carbon dioxide
  6. 9. saturn's largest moon
  7. 12. general ____; a record of all of a company's assets, liabilities, expenses, income and equities
  8. 13. music that lacks any sense of tonal center