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Across 1. my coach elicited one of these from another team 5. shade cast by trees;foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power;offense 10. a team that transcends might do this at nationals 11. if you use the same one of these every year it hackneyed 13. to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench 16. to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning 17. to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of 19. a paid bid to this is prerogative rather than an at large bid 20. someone who might be petulant when the team messes up at competition

Down 2. a coalition of 36 girls 3. the team that won got a meritorious by the crowd because they did this amazing 4. something that will lurid to someone 6. a hiatus in the routine will push one of these to lower your score 7. decline, decay, or deterioation; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self indulgence 8. pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward 9. to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go inbetween in a disagreement 12. excessively smooth or smug; trying to hard to give an impression of earnestness,sincerity, or piety 14. a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference 15. the team knew they were successful because the approbation from the crowd 18. wearied, worn-out, dulled