- A story with an unhappy ending, particularly for the protagonist.
- Out of sight; hidden.
- A fanatically committed person.
- Easily discerned; unsubtle; transparent.
- The termination or extinction of something.
- Difficult or impossible to foretell or foresee.
- A note prefixed to a work of literature or art, signifying affection or esteem for a person or group.
- To intentionally cause the death of another.
- A tube-shaped optical instrument that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs.
- A rock fragment foreign to the igneous mass in which it occurs.
- Fear, hatred, or distrust of foreigners.
- The spirit of the time; the taste and outlook of a time period or generation.
- Used to indicate the second of two alternatives.
HORIZONTAL
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- The beginning; that which precedes all others.
- A formal speech.
- A number between ten and twenty.
- A long, heavy coat.
- To impede or hinder.
- An agent of sure downfall.
- A persistent, often melancholy, desire, craving or longing.
- A writer, investigator, or presenter of news stories.
- An element, soft, bright and silvery, used as an X-Ray source - atomic number 70.
- A variation on a traditional shift cipher, using an alphabet key for more secure encoding.
- A colorless, odorless gas - atomic number 54.
- In a contrary or counterclockwise direction.
- A liquor made from anise, with an extremely high alcohol content, allegedly toxic.
- Something which is unknown.