Among The Hidden Crossword

complete destruction or obliteration
a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger or a time when a difficult or important decision must be made
an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism.
feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with
mad; insane
extreme scarcity of food
a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else
capture the fascinated attention of
of the nature of an obsession
handle or control (a tool, mechanism, etc.), typically in a skillful manner
unfriendly or threatening in appearance
quick to notice things
with an undesirably strong effect
giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious
a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to God or to a divine or supernatural figure
relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
in a manner that shows a lack of courage or confidence