Across:3. | contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited | 7. | a type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, grumble | 9. | a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pace, covenant | 10. | to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers; to collect; to pick up | 13. | floating debris; homeless, impoverished people |
| 16. | frenzied, highly agitated, frantic | 17. | a fortified place, stronghold, citadel | 19. | the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; deterioration; to waste away, to wither | 20. | complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection |
| | Down:1. | to imprison, confine, jail | 2. | disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder | 4. | biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh, acrimonious | 5. | consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money; monetary | 6. | obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of | 8. | in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting, inactive |
| 11. | urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency | 12. | a prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely; to annoy, peeve | 14. | humorous, jesting, jolly, joking | 15. | ridiculous, laughable, absurd | 18. | a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end |
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