1 Across RIFLE to search and steal

_______________ _______________ to walk at an easy, gentle pace

_______________ _______________ to steal in small amounts
_______________ _______________ living both on land and in water
_______________ _______________ learned, scholarly
_______________ _______________ a two-hundredth anniversary
_______________ _______________ an inscription on a tomb
_______________ _______________ one of the signs of the Zodiak
_______________ _______________ a loud whistle or cry expressing disaproval or
displeasure at the theatre, a sports match, etc.
_______________ _______________ to fall like a waterfall
_______________ _______________ short-lived, lasting only for a day or so
_______________ _______________ talkative, wordy
_______________ _______________ extremely overweight
_______________ _______________ a task that is unpleasant or boring
_______________ _______________ wreckage found floating ont he surface of the sea
_______________ _______________ a kind of chickory, used as salad
_______________ _______________ to idle, loiter, waste time
_______________ _______________ to defer, delay in doing some necessary act
_______________ _______________ imprisoned, confined
_______________ _______________ slightly hungry
_______________ _______________ a natural sleep of some animals throughout winter
_______________ _______________ a word or sentence that reads the same backwords
and forwards
_______________ _______________ to listen secretly to a private conversation
_______________ _______________ to separate by cutting
_______________ _______________ prone to anger, irritable
_______________ _______________ at the point of death, dying
_______________ _______________ a list of prices and charges
_______________ _______________ a type of small flying insect (like a mosquito) that
bites people
_______________ _______________ a sweet-smelling garden flower
_______________ _______________ smuggled goods
KEY
1 Across RIFLE to search and steal
13 Across AMBLE to walk at an easy, gentle pace
8 Across PILFER to steal in small amounts
12 Down AMPHIBIOUS living both on land and in water
5 Across ERUDITE learned, scholarly
25 Across BICENTENARY a two-hundredth anniversary
17 Across EPITAPH an inscription on a tomb
27 Across CAPRICORN one of the signs of the Zodiak
27 Down CATCALL a loud whistle or cry expressing disapproval or
displeasure at the theatre, a sports match, etc.
3 Down CASCADE to fall like a waterfall
16 Across EPHEMERAL short-lived, lasting only for a day or so
20 Across LOQUACIOUS talkative, wordy
14 Across OBESE extremely overweight
7 Across CHORE a task that is unpleasant or boring
24 Down FLOTSAM wreckage found floating ont he surface of the sea
29 Across ENDIVE a kind of chickory, used as salad
9 Across DWADLE to idle, loiter, waste time
4 Across PROCRASTINATE to defer, daley in doing some necessary act
2 Down INCARCERATED imprisoned, confined
15 Down PECKISH slightly hungry
21 Down HIBERNATION a natural sleep of some animals throughout winter
22 Down PALINDROME a word or sentence that reads the same backwords
and forwards
10 Down EAVESDROP to listen secretly to a private conversation
11 Across SEVER to separate by cutting
6 Down IRASCIBLE prone to anger, irritable
18 Down MORIBUND at the point of death, dying
19 Across TARIFF a list of prices and charges
28 Across MIDGE a type of small flying insect (like a mosquito) that
bites people
23 Down CARNATION a sweet-smelling garden flower
26 Across CONTRABAND smuggled goods