Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.

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Across: 1. natural accumulation 3. classic example of 7. bodily jerking 9. powerful 11. noticeable 12. cut short 13. mark up 14. sodium chloride 15. active hostility 19. harmful 20. cut off 21. dig into 23. guilty 25. thick... dull-witted 28. Before Christ or Before Common Era 30. skill in conducting any human activity 31. as a verb: to be of use -- as a noun: an advantage 33. giving an omen 34. medical scan 35. nymph in love with her own voice 36. Athena's animal 37. impressive 40. human-hater

Down: 1. likely 2. part of the self 4. Scottish plaid 5. wisdom and good judgment 6. shiny and bright 8. impossible/hard to understand 10. Insistent 14. servile 16. humbly patient or docile 17. to distort; depict unfairly 18. source of misery 21. to cover, coat, spread, or plop down 22. lack 24. worthy 26. cheat 27. Vincent van Gogh's missing organ 29. to persuade 30. to accumulate 32. pointed tool 38. Not renting 39. two singers singing