Lemon Brown Crossword

"A rush of warm air came in as the downstairs door opened, then there was only an ------- silence."
"Let's look out the window first, see what them ---------- be doing," Lemon Brown said.
You guess so?" Lemon Brown's voice rose an --------- as he started to put his treasure back into the plastic.
"You OK for a youngster," the old man said as he tied the strings around his leg, "better than those ---------- what come here looking for my treasure.
As Greg howled, the light moved away from Lemon Brown, but not before Greg saw him ------ his body down the stairs at the men who had come to take his treasure.
He was an ------ sight, a bundle of rags standing at the top of the stairs, his shadow on the wall looming over him.
"We heard you talking about your treasure." The voice was -----.
Lemon Brown squeezed Greg's hand in his own hard, -------- fist.
The old man looked out, then ------------ frantically for Greg to follow him.
The voice was high and -----, like dry twigs being broken