To solve the crossword puzzle, we need to match the clues with the corresponding words that fit into the grid. Let's go through each clue and find the appropriate answers.
Across Clues:
1.
Stinks
- Answer: SMELLS
3.
Second son of Adam and Eve
- Answer: ABEL
5.
Slack
- Answer: LOOSE
6.
Twinkle
- Answer: SPARKLE
9.
Scottish dagger
- Answer: DIRK
11.
Heron
- Answer: EGRET
13.
Not closed
- Answer: OPEN
15.
Eccentric
- Answer: ODD
16.
Knock with knuckles
- Answer: RAP
18.
Abstract being
- Answer: IDEA
19.
Group of six
- Answer: SEXTET
20.
Pitch
- Answer: THROW
Down Clues:
1.
Stink
- Answer: ODOR
2.
Run-down part of a city
- Answer: SLUM
3.
Chopped
- Answer: CHOPPED
4.
Brush with tongue
- Answer: LICK
7.
Large tree remnant
- Answer: STUMP
8.
Period of human life
- Answer: AGE
10.
Cereal grass
- Answer: WHEAT
11.
Planet
- Answer: EARTH
12.
Flirted
- Answer: TEASED
13.
Writer of lyric poetry
- Answer: LYRICIST
14.
Artless
- Answer: SIMPLE
17.
Plague
- Answer: PLAGUE
Filling in the Grid:
Using the answers above, let's fill in the grid:
```
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 S M E L L S
2 O
3 A B E
4 D
5 L O O S E
6 I
7 S P A R K L E
8 R
9 D I R K
10 K
11 E G R E T
12 T
13 O P E N
14 H
15 O D D
16 R
17 R A P
18 A
19 S E X T E T
20 T H R O W
```
Final Answer:
The completed crossword grid is as follows:
```
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 S M E L L S
2 O
3 A B E
4 D
5 L O O S E
6 I
7 S P A R K L E
8 R
9 D I R K
10 K
11 E G R E T
12 T
13 O P E N
14 H
15 O D D
16 R
17 R A P
18 A
19 S E X T E T
20 T H R O W
```
Thus, the final answer is:
\boxed{SMELLS, ABEL, LOOSE, SPARKLE, DIRK, EGRET, OPEN, ODD, RAP, IDEA, SEXTET, THROW, ODOR, SLUM, CHOPPED, LICK, STUMP, AGE, WHEAT, EARTH, TEASED, LYRICIST, SIMPLE, PLAGUE}
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