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Across 1. soothing 3. assign; attribute; credit 5. correct; marked by propriety and good taste 8. a judge 10. majestic 11. one who is despised 13. to analyze (as an ore); trial; attempt; estimate 14. practicing strict self-denial for personal & spiritual discipl. 15. speed, alacrity. Think "accelerate". 16. mordant; wit used with deadly effectiveness 20. delay; hesitate 23. disposed to point out trivial faults to confuse in argument 26. to discriminate; to discern 27. random, aimless, marked by a lack of plan or purpose 28. thickness esp. of paper, cardboard or tree 30. annul 31. an object of ridicule or scorn 32. an ornamental cord or ribbon; stringcourse 33. jurisdiction; responsibility 34. secret; mysterious; obscure 36. instrument for measuring thickness 37. a tumultuous break up of ice in a river 38. clever; dexterous 39. to adjust or measure precisely for a particular function 42. a period or outcome that is less significant than expected 43. cheerful 44. roughness; harshness; acrimony; irritability 45. to aver, allege, or assert 47. a shortened version of 49. accrue 50. beg; sponge 51. irregular; unusual; paradoxical 54. raising consumption of goods is economically desirable 55. to mock 57. morally strict 59. a concise statement of an original thought 60. slab forming the uppermost part of a capital of a column 61. rude or insensitive person 63. to declare positively 64. worldly 67. slow to grant, accept or expand 68. able to do good; a generous gift 69. one who abandons long-held religious or political beliefs 71. dear; treasured 73. to slander, make a false accusation 75. omen; portent 76. a machine used to separate substances 77. harmful 78. press a frictional material (as a break pad) 80. an object that causes clotting, curdling, mass or group 81. to select by lot and kill every 10th man of 82. to ponder or meditate on intensely; think 83. pretentious or inflated speech or writing 84. to feel or express sympathy; condole 85. promptness in response; cheerful readiness 86. to defame 90. salacious, lustful, lascivious 92. diligent, hard-working, sedulous 93. capable of floating 95. to find fault without good reason 96. vulgar; difficult to work or deal with; boorish 97. intermingle; mix 99. disuse 100. believable; relevant 101. a saying that embodies a common observation 102. to dimisish the intensity of 103. to cause great destruction or harm to 104. lacking due thought or consideration; rash; heedless 105. an illusion 106. coax (esp. thru gentle flattering words) 107. tendency

Down 1. a thing added to another thing but not truly a part of it 2. austere in appearance, manner, or attitude 4. short & abrupt to the point of ungracious manner 6. fond of feasting, drinking, and good company 7. that which provokes or speeds change or action 9. pastoral; relating to typical rural life; idyllic 10. an instrument for performing calculations 12. responsible; obedient 17. a line of people enclosing an area to prevent passage 18. desalt; the process of removing salt 19. coming about seemingly at random not by law 21. an outcome or solution 22. to distort 24. to comingle; debase by mixing with something inferior 25. rout; a violent disruption (as of an army) 29. to drain of intellectual or emotional vitality 30. a period of inactivity; suspension 32. rapidly or often superficially performed; hasty 33. knowledge; awareness; notice; acknowledgement 35. to tolerate 36. trickery; deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry 38. uncultured; crude; natural 40. adventurous; wreckless; bold; rash; original 41. sprout; bloom; flourish 42. to mix 46. insubordinate, rebellious 47. an elaborate or intricate pattern 48. miser; a crusty, ill-tempered and usually old man 49. a model of excellence or perfection 50. baffle; frustrate; puzzle; destroy; put to shame; discomfit 51. favorable 52. prudent; careful to consider all circumstances 53. a ruler with absolute power and authority 54. a distinguishing mark or emblem (as a heraldic bearing) 55. fiasco; a great disaster; a complete failure 56. to dry out; dehydrate 58. a state of paralyzing dismay 61. peasant 62. belligerent, pugnacious, warlike 63. being pleasant to talk to; gracious 64. self-important 65. hesitant or vigilant about dangers or risks 66. contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives 68. a compulsory levy by certain English kings 70. reject solemnly; to avoid; to recant 71. an espalier (trellis) trained as a single horizontal shoot 72. dealing with field-crop production and soil mangmt. 73. corrosive; 74. to exact a tax of 10% from 76. insult, scorn, aspersion 79. to suggest sketchily; to foreshadow vaguely or intimate 85. one having sensitivity to the beautiful esp. in art 87. pacify; ease; quiet 88. to polish; lustrous 89. attack 90. to bring up 91. high-ranking naval officers 93. merry; of a happy lighthearted character or disposition 94. climax; zenith 97. to give a false impression; contradict; disguise 98. check the vibration of a sound