BRUISER BY: Neal Shusterman Crossword

Any interdependent or mutually beneficial relationship between two persons, groups, etc.
Someone or something that consoles.
Force or the power to use force in gaining compliance, as by a government or police force.
Something revealed or disclosed, especially a striking disclosure, as of something not before realized.
Something fictitious or unsubstantiated that is presented as fact, devised especially to gain publicity and accepted because of constant repetition.
To destroy a great number or proportion of anything.
A container, device, etc., that receives or holds something.
Indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
To make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc.
An interposing or pleading on behalf of another person.
A wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction.
Very impressive or significant; strongly marked; striking.
Producing or uttering a howling noise.
Nautical. to haul (an offender) under the bottom of a ship and up on the other side as a punishment.