The Fault in Our Stars Crossword

I was ____ swimming in a paralyzing and totally clinical depression
Pardon the ____, my friend, but there’s something a little worrisome in your eyes.”
He nodded, the tears not like tears so much as a quiet _____, steady, endless.
His dismembered body exploded like a ____ and the screen went red.
I enjoyed being a ____.
it can’t end, then it should at least continue into ____ like the adventures of Staff Sergeant Max Mayhem’s platoon.
“Sadly, the bridge is already under insurgent control due to questionable strategizing by my bereft ____.”
but ___ it to say that the existence of broccoli does not in any way affect the taste of chocolate
The day of the existentially ____ free throws was coincidentally also my last day of dual leggedness.
“That explains the ____ of sophistication.”
“It’s a metaphor,” I said, _____
“Yes, it’s difficult to ____ whether he is trying to arouse her or perform a breast exam.”
I feel so fortunate that an intellectual giant like yourself would _____ to operate on me.
“I fear it like the ____ blind man who’s afraid of the dark.”
I looked away, suddenly conscious of my ____ inefficiencies.