Across 1. stiff fabric used in garments, hats, and bookbindings. 5. to stay or fall behind 6. partial or total darkness; a sad mood 9. alone 13. a trying or difficult experience 15. back of the neck 16. vomiting 17. to faint; to sway or drift gradually 19. charm or magic spell thought to keep away the evil spirits or haints 20. ghosts; haunts; evil spirits 24. a straw filled mattress; a small, hard, or temporary bed 25. something stated in a bold way; something proclaimed 27. restlessly 28. a piece of furniture for holding dishes, silverware, and table linen 29. growing gradually smaller; fading 30. not flexible; stiff 33. a small carved or wooden figure 34. a cotton clothing fabric in plain weave 37. likely to change frequently without good reason 38. to move about busily or noisily 41. having a rugged, weather-beaten appearance 43. a minor fight between small bodies of troops 46. a woman or girl’s dress 47. pants 48. to answer back; reply sharply or angrily

Down 1. a weapon like a dagger made to fit on the muzzle end of a rifle 2. humorous 3. a small container for carrying liquids 4. to grow well; thrive. To make large, sweeping gestures 7. feeling or showing a timid desire 8. family 10. fearful of what may be coming 11. a group of plants and especially trees, planted and cared for 12. the act of consuming; the wasting away of a body due to disease 14. a large body of troops 18. goods smuggled or forbidden by law to be brought into a country 21. easily made sick; queasy; easily shocked or disturbed 22. any of a family of tendril bearing vines; a hard shelled, many seeded fruit 23. alliance made up of the 11 southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 and 1861 26. eagerly desiring 29. n. a bet; v. gamble 31. to make fun of someone 32. a castrated animal, esp a male horse 35. to make or become a tangled mass 36. n. slope; v. to be drawn to an opinion or course of action 39. plants for feeding grazing animals 40. a person born or living in the northern US 42. to think or suppose 44. a noisy disturbance or quarrel 45. extreme, violent anger