What 17 Across 62 Across 10 Down Or 35 Down Does

• a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)

• the act of rotating rapidly

• a short drive in a car

• rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral

• a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• stream in jets, of liquids

• cause to spin

• make up a story

• form a web by making a thread

• work natural fibers into a thread

• twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation

• prolong or extend

• having or capable of producing colors

• any material used for its color

• (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

• interest and variety and intensity

• the timbre of a musical sound

• a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

• an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

• the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

• modify or bias

• decorate with colors

• give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

• affect as in thought or feeling

• add color to

• change color, often in an undesired manner

• To control or limit access to something.

• To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.

• (by extension) To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or activity, usually due to undue resentment or overprotectiveness