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Across 1. construct in the mind or imagination a story, poem, etc. 5. sharp hooked or curved bony structures at the ends of fingers, toes, etc. 10. grinding, rubbing, or scraping against 12. male horses 13. made; contrived; constructed 16. alert; watchful 17. moving with a twisting or circling motion 19. one who cause pain or suffering; tormentor 20. greatly enjoyed 22. skillfully; cleverly 23. rough; crude; forbidding; cruel; unfeeling 24. condition of pain or suffering; a calamity 26. stretched tightly 27. under a spell or hex; charmed; enchanted 28. standing upright 33. afflictor; one who causes pain or suffering 34. having a bad reputation; notorious 36. white bone-like material of a tusk or teeth; of or like such in color 37. violently savage or cruel; wild 38. protector; one who protects 39. grabbed suddenly 40. gulped down; swallowed hurriedly 41. brag; make claims for one's own prowess, worth, etc. 42. growling fiercely, showing the teeth 43. see; observe 44. cut or bite, wearing away slowly with the teeth

Down 1. survive; endure 2. claws, especially of birds 3. moved along at a steady pace; trotted 4. set in pieces into the surface of another material to form a smooth surface 6. a fleeing or running away as from danger 7. turning or twisting; contorting 8. following; tracking 9. wretched; unhappy; suffering 11. stared open-mouthed in wonder or surprise 14. inherited; pertaining to one's forebears or antecedents 15. trip or journey undertaken for religious purposes 18. at once; without delay 21. the entrance or beginning point of something 25. cringing; drawing back as from fear 29. wanting; craving; wishing 30. causing horror or disgust; grisly 31. muddy; dark; gloomy 32. long boards spanning walls and supporting a roof 35. tendons 41. fens; morasses; swamps; marshes