"Library": HTML5 Crossword

Across

2. He did not __ e __ __ __ in the drunken laughter of bars but he did appreciate the reverberating – and sometimes, stifling – quietude of the library. (5)
5. Here, he pauses and __ l __ __ __ __ off the shelf a book with golden letters stamped into a Smurf-blue hardcover spine and opens it, the friendly fragrance of ink and old paper filling his nose. (6)
10. Familiar sounds __ r __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ a daily rhythm for the librarian, from the turning of pages to the distant chime of a clock. (11)
11. She __ u __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ to the allure of the novel, letting it take her on a journey far more exciting than any fractions worksheet. (10)
12. In the silence, she __ u __ __ __ on her failures, the fleeting nature of life and what it would feel like to freeze time and the world so that she could finally complete her story. (5)
13. Immediately, the woman snuffs the dangerous thought, remembering how regret __ w __ __ __ __ __ her from times before. (7)
17. There is a silent hall in the Boston Public Library that __ e __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ with lamps that glow as vividly as photoshopped Northern Lights. (10)
18. Lucy had heard about the people __ o __ __ __ __ __ __ out by desk jobs; they were no better living than dead. (8)
20. The library __ o __ __ __ __ knowledge, but more than that, it cradles aspiring Rowlings, Doerrs and Fitzgeralds. (6)

Down

1. The palace of pages shelters not just books and words but the weary souls who __ e __ __ __ a breath from the constantly frenetic pace outside. (4)
3. The allure of wild fictional worlds and rich, hardwood floors __ n __ __ __ __ all who venture near the library. (6)
4. Her heart __ c __ __ __ with the beauty and tragedy found within the pages. (5)
6. Every nook and cranny of the library __ h __ __ __ __ __ __ __ memories of days gone by, days when time would freeze as she explored fantasy worlds after school. (9)
7. Professor McDonagall carefully __ u __ __ __ off an old tome from the Dark Magic section of the library. (5)
8. Knowing that she wasn’t getting any younger, she __ o __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ dropping her writing and getting a real job. (12)
9. Two marble lions on pedestals __ u __ __ __ the entrance, their regal gaze reinforcing the quietude. (5)
14. As he walked into the foreign library, he was __ r __ __ __ __ __ by a book perched on a pedestal: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner. (7)
15. In a way, the plot twist __ s __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ her yet it also validated her suspicions all along that Snape was not as clear cut a villain as everybody expected. (10)
16. As he walked in, he saw antique, mahogany bookshelves __ o __ __ __ overhead, holding court over the engrossed readers and students below. (5)
19. His eyes and fingers __ i __ __ __ __ on the book's spine, as if trying to understand it. (6)