1. Contrary
7. Lack of difficulty
8. Protagonist
10. Deformed
12. French for "Summer"
13. Female sheep
14. Mature
15. Frequently
17. Pair
20. A woman who milks cows
23. Plunge
24. Initial wager
25. Reincarnation
1. Pause
2. Aggressively self-assured
3. An affirmative
4. Revelation response
5. Feeling or expressing remorse
6. Sketched
7. An uncle
9. Half of two
11. Glad
15. Quirky
16. Carnival
18. Accompanying
19. Lyric poem
21. Confederate soldier, for short
22. Deface