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Across 1. He may be an _____ dodger but he's never a bore. 4. disfigurement; defect; flaw; fault 5. despotic; dictatorial 8. With defeat imminent, the rebel army ____ to hash out a peace treaty. 9. severe; demanding; strict; binding; constraining

Down 2. to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time; to avoid an answer 3. distortion of the face to express an attitude or feeling; anger; disapproval 5. The ______ law did not make a clear distinction between the new and old land boundary. 6. sounding jarring; discordant 7. The monastery is filled with _______ who have devoted their lives to religion.