Crosswords Puzzle

Horizontal Words

1. Contracted, shrunk, withered away (13)
3. A mournful expression of grief, like a songbird's call in a deserted forest (6)
5. Descending into hiding, like an animal seeking refuge (15)
7. Darkroom technique, a reversal of tones and hues (16)
9. A phrase describing the depth of darkness (18)
11. Reduced utilization, a decline in usage (22)
13. Feeling of lowliness, after removing the first letter from 'stumble' (6)
15. Column of time with no termination (14)
17. Dry, parched, lacking in moisture (4)
19. Musical genre evoking a sense of impending catastrophe (9)

Vertical Words

2. Measure of disorder or randomness in a closed system (7)
4. Recorded trace of something written or stored away, hidden underground (8)
6. Devolving organism becomes decreasing in quality (12)
8. Rot, decay, worsen gradually over time (6)
10. Process inverting image brightness, seen in photography (19)
12. A loss of sensation, a dullness, an absence of feeling (8)
14. Breakdown of matter, often seen in rotting fruit (5)
16. "To reject, deny, turn down, like garbage thrown away by a city (6)" (6)
18. Lack of H2O leads to this state of being, commonly seen in desert wanderers (11)
20. Severed, disconnected, abruptly ended (7)