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Across 7. a woman's tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips, worn to shape the figure. 8. a colorless volatile liquid hydrocarbon present in coal tar and petroleum, used in chemical synthesis. Its use as a solvent has been reduced because of its carcinogenic properties. 10. (of a person) elderly and infirm 11. a confusing and difficult problem or question. 12. hit, kill, or knock down with or as if with a poleax. 16. display or show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate. 18. pliable twigs, typically of willow, plaited or woven to make items such as furniture and baskets 19. harboring infection and disease. 20. a tree of the elm family that has leaves resembling those of nettles, found in both tropical and temperate regions. 21. shake with a quivering motion. 23. . purify (a liquid) by vaporizing it, then condensing it by cooling the vapor, and collecting the resulting liquid. 24. a chest of drawers 25. a thing or collection of things wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by mail. 26. mentally or physically inactive; lethargic 27. (especially of a liquid) only slightly warm; lukewarm. 28. a light fuel oil obtained by distilling petroleum, used especially in jet engines and domestic heaters and lamps and as a cleaning solvent

Down 1. tell (someone) repeatedly to do something 2. annoy; irritate 3. a dress hanging straight from the shoulders and giving the figure a uniform shape, popular in the 1920s. 4. a strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room. 5. the passage by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach; the esophagus 6. an intervening period of time. 9. the art or pastime of embroidering cloth. 13. use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource) 14. a woman's light, loose undergarment hanging from the shoulders or the waist, worn under a skirt or dress 15. of or held by a prince 17. a difference or contrast between similar things or people 22. mark with or form into narrow raised bands. 24. coarse canvas woven from jute, hemp, or a similar fiber, used especially for sacking.