Crosswords Puzzle

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  1. Dry, parched, lacking in moisture
  2. Severed, disconnected, abruptly ended
  3. A phrase describing the depth of darkness
  4. Breakdown of matter, often seen in rotting fruit
  5. Devolving organism becomes decreasing in quality
  6. Lack of H2O leads to this state of being, commonly seen in desert wanderers
  7. Reduced utilization, a decline in usage
  8. Recorded trace of something written or stored away, hidden underground
  9. Musical genre evoking a sense of impending catastrophe
  10. Column of time with no termination
  11. Measure of disorder or randomness in a closed system
  12. Rot, decay, worsen gradually over time
  13. Descending into hiding, like an animal seeking refuge
  14. Feeling of lowliness, after removing the first letter from 'stumble'
  15. A mournful expression of grief, like a songbird's call in a deserted forest
  16. A loss of sensation, a dullness, an absence of feeling
  17. Process inverting image brightness, seen in photography
  18. "To reject, deny, turn down, like garbage thrown away by a city (6)"
  19. Darkroom technique, a reversal of tones and hues
  20. Contracted, shrunk, withered away
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