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Across 2. stringed musical instrument 3. grabbed or seized suddenly 6. grieving; lamenting 8. mischievous evil spirit 10. very old 11. an advisory group 12. abandoned; forsaken; left unoccupied 16. just; virtuous 17. final outcome or destination 18. banquet; dinner; lavish meal 20. mournings; cries of sadness or despair 25. desirous of killing or maiming 27. a payment of compensation; a making of amends 28. believing with little of no evidence 30. sorrow; mourning 33. held tightly, as in the hand 34. exiled; sent away from one's home or country 36. broad open area, often with bogs 37. bog; fen; morass 39. pushed forward forcefully 41. an evil spirit; demon 42. oaths; formal promises 43. was born; gave birth to

Down 1. fierce; brutal 3. spread out in a wide or disorganized fashion 4. very bad; revolting; ugly; shocking 5. an evil spirit; fiend 7. cures; fixes; solutions 9. became pregnant 13. widespread killing 14. great wretchedness or suffering due to pain, loss, sorrow, etc. 15. strongly inclined or determined 19. argued or talked about; discussed 20. den; refuge; place of hiding 21. made an offering to appease or honor a god 22. pillaging; raiding; stealing 23. causing sorrow, discomfort, or pain 24. unwilling to wait; eager to go, continue, etc. 26. atonement; payment; agreement; disposition 29. splendid; magnificent 31. enjoyed greatly 32. fighters; soldiers 35. pagan; non-Christian 38. family; offspring 40. temporary ceasefire or cessation of hostilities 41. long-running argument or dispute