High Tension

A gridlocked state of affairs.
A tense grid focused on the vocabulary of conflict, suspense, and power. Features wordplay, current events, and history.
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Across

  • 1A
    A distinctive vibe, maybe menacing
  • 5A
    Syrian leader in a long-running civil war
  • 7A
    Gets high in a conflict?
  • 9A
    Lured into a trap
  • 11A
    George, director of zombie onslaughts
  • 12A
    Prepared to fire
  • 13A
    Spotted by the enemy

Down

  • 1D
    ___ of aggression
  • 2D
    Lacking a discernible pattern, like chaos
  • 3D
    ___ power, often by force
  • 4D
    A focused beam, sometimes used as a weapon
  • 6D
    Formally break away, as a state might
  • 8D
    Disturbingly strange, like a silent battlefield
  • 10D
    Felled in a fight