Across 1. alone 6. fearful of what may be coming 8. to make or become a tangled mass 10. any of a family of tendril bearing vines; a hard shelled, many seeded fruit 12. alliance made up of the 11 southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 and 1861 14. to stay or fall behind 18. a person born or living in the northern US 20. a weapon like a dagger made to fit on the muzzle end of a rifle 21. family 23. a trying or difficult experience 25. the act of consuming; the wasting away of a body due to disease 28. a piece of furniture for holding dishes, silverware, and table linen 30. vomiting 31. to faint; to sway or drift gradually 32. humorous 34. eagerly desiring 37. easily made sick; queasy; easily shocked or disturbed 39. pants 40. a minor fight between small bodies of troops 43. to think or suppose 44. n. a bet; v. gamble 46. growing gradually smaller; fading

Down 2. to make fun of someone 3. a straw filled mattress; a small, hard, or temporary bed 4. wistfully 5. restlessly 7. something stated in a bold way; something proclaimed 9. a small container for carrying liquids 11. likely to change frequently without good reason 13. plants for feeding grazing animals 15. a cotton clothing fabric in plain weave 16. ghosts; haunts; evil spirits 17. a large body of troops 19. a group of plants and especially trees, planted and cared for 22. a small carved or wooden figure 24. stiff fabric used in garments, hats, and bookbindings. 25. goods smuggled or forbidden by law to be brought into a country 26. to grow well; thrive. To make large, sweeping gestures 27. a castrated animal, esp a male horse 29. having a rugged, weather-beaten appearance 30. a noisy disturbance or quarrel 33. to move about busily or noisily 35. a woman or girl’s dress 36. extreme, violent anger 38. partial or total darkness; a sad mood 41. n. slope; v. to be drawn to an opinion or course of action 42. charm or magic spell thought to keep away the evil spirits or haints 43. not flexible; stiff 45. back of the neck