1 2 3 4 1 _ _ _ _ 2 _ _ _ _ 3 _ _ _ _ 4 _ _ _ _ ACROSS 1) an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker 2) remove with or as if with a ladle 3) a sign of something about to happen 4) a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold DOWN 1) a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) 2) someone who doesn't understand what is going on 3) a lyric poem with complex stanza forms 4) a yearning for something or to do something ** Scroll down for solution. ** Are you sure you want to peek? ploy lade omen tess