1 2 3 4 1 _ _ _ _ 2 _ _ _ _ 3 _ _ _ _ 4 _ _ _ _ ACROSS 1) a long loud emotional utterance 2) succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in africa 3) a small pond of standing water 4) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots DOWN 1) meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) 2) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter 3) a unit of language that native speakers can identify 4) the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage ** Scroll down for solution. ** Are you sure you want to peek? howl aloe mere sods