1 2 3 4 1 _ _ _ _ 2 _ _ _ _ 3 _ _ _ _ 4 _ _ _ _ ACROSS 1) a strong positive emotion of regard and affection 2) a river in southwestern england rising in gloucestershire and flowing through bristol to empty into the estuary of the severn 3) a landlocked republic in northwestern africa; achieved independence from france in 1960; ____ was a center of west african civilization for more than 4,000 years 4) lose blood from one's body DOWN 1) young sheep 2) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it 3) any of various small mouselike rodents of the family cricetidae (especially of genus microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows 4) a town in north central oklahoma ** Scroll down for solution. ** Are you sure you want to peek? love avon mali bled