ACROSS

3. to break up into parts or fragments
7. blunt or sudden rejection
10. like an evil omen; threatening
12. to grant or yield, as a right or privilege

DOWN

1. that which is handed down from the previous generations or from the past
2. to make sore by friction or rubbing
4. to search, forage or gather with effort or difficulty
5. showing a lack of interest or enthusiasm
6. bed of stream; gully
8. to swell out
9. a feeling that something evil or bad is going to happen
11. scarcely adequate amounts, insufficient