Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- A burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia (plural)
- 4 Across
- A field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
- 6 Across
- Without variation or change, in every case
- 7 Across
- Money extracted as a penalty
- 8 Across
- To arouse or elicit a feeling
- 11 Across
- To catch sight of
- 13 Across
- To become unfit for consumption or use
- 14 Across
- Preparatory school work done outside school
- 1 Down
- Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
- 2 Down
- A rational motive for a belief or action
- 3 Down
- A cry or shout of approval
- 4 Down
- A rapid change in brightness
- 5 Down
- Something considered choice to eat
- 9 Down
- A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour (plural)
- 10 Down
- The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (plural)
- 12 Down
- A close and affectionate embrace
- 13 Down
