2: Desert plants often reduce their rates of ______ to conserve water.

9: Gymnast's perfect score

10: A substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic.

11: At the present moment.

12: To extinguish; 'Put ______ the fire.'

15: Synonym of 'amusing.'

17: A minor actor in crowd scenes.

19: Of great significance or value.

20: A piece of cloth used to mend or cover a hole.

22: Eden, for one

23: A word that expresses an attribute of something.

24: Synonym of 'clean'

26: Withdraw

28: 'Still __': 1999 rap hit

29: Female possessive pronoun.

31: 'See that ____ nest? I think it contains eggs.'

33: ______, two, three, four...

34: Describes the extreme physical changes that insects go through during the stages of their life.

1: Persons having powers of government.

2: A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.

3: Condition

4: Miscellaneous unspecified objects.

5: Some AOL missives

6: 'Her room is upstairs, ______ mine.'

7: Charged particle

8: Antonym of 'old.'

13: Home on the range

14: ______ showers bring May flowers.

16: A trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects.

18: Opposite of failure

20: Indiana cager

21: To have been put on trial.

23: Synonym of 'expert'

25: The organic process of bearing flowers.

27: The event of being born.

29: That male; objective male pronoun.

30: Decay

31: Synonym of 'ban'

32: Gp. that spawned the Weathermen

33: Surprised cries