Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- An event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- 4 Across
- A period of sleeplessness
- 7 Across
- To place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- 9 Across
- In a pithy ___ manner
- 11 Across
- Mentally or physically infirm with age
- 12 Across
- The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired (plural)
- 14 Across
- Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease
- 15 Across
- To be greater in scope or size than some standard (plural)
- 16 Across
- Righteousness by virtue of being pious
- 1 Down
- Having the nature of or resulting from ___
- 2 Down
- To fill to satisfaction
- 3 Down
- The act of pausing uncertainly
- 5 Down
- An intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
- 6 Down
- The trait of being rude and impertinent
- 8 Down
- Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
- 10 Down
- An instance of driving away or warding off
- 13 Down
