1: This time of year

8: By chance.

9: Hearing distance

11: To arouse strong feeling in; circus performers know how to get the audience ______.

14: After a long period of time or long delay.

15: Synonym of 'alert'

17: Antonym of right.

20: Bettors' aids: Abbr.

22: Some baseball cards

24: Synonym of 'retaliate'

26: Synonym of 'skinny'

27: Synonym of 'quit'

29: Devout image

32: Author of The Old Man and the Sea

1: Involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; chemicals can be ______ unless you know what you're doing.

2: Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training

3: One taken at random.

4: Opposite of fickle

5: Charge

6: Taj __

7: Tattered and torn

10: Synonym of 'refresh'

12: An expenditure, effort, or loss; 'It ______ more to live in the city.'

13: Rocky hill

16: Synonym of 'change'

18: Eggplant-shaped

19: Study of the earth's surface.

21: Past tense of 'save.'

23: Symbol of easiness

24: A number or letter indicating quality, especially of a student's performance.

25: A line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive.

28: Book before Esth.

30: Royal son of comics

31: Hauling something by means of a hitch or rope.