"Library": HTML5 Crossword

Across

5. He did not __ e __ __ __ in the drunken laughter of bars but he did appreciate the reverberating – and sometimes, stifling – quietude of the library. (5)
8. The library __ o __ __ __ __ knowledge, but more than that, it cradles aspiring Rowlings, Doerrs and Fitzgeralds. (6)
10. 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)
11. 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)
13. Professor McDonagall carefully __ u __ __ __ off an old tome from the Dark Magic section of the library. (5)
14. As he walked in, he saw antique, mahogany bookshelves __ o __ __ __ overhead, holding court over the engrossed readers and students below. (5)
16. Familiar sounds __ r __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ a daily rhythm for the librarian, from the turning of pages to the distant chime of a clock. (11)
19. Immediately, the woman snuffs the dangerous thought, remembering how regret __ w __ __ __ __ __ her from times before. (7)
20. 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)

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)
2. Lucy had heard about the people __ o __ __ __ __ __ __ out by desk jobs; they were no better living than dead. (8)
3. 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)
4. 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)
6. There is a silent hall in the Boston Public Library that __ e __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ with lamps that glow as vividly as photoshopped Northern Lights. (10)
7. His eyes and fingers __ i __ __ __ __ on the book's spine, as if trying to understand it. (6)
9. She __ u __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ to the allure of the novel, letting it take her on a journey far more exciting than any fractions worksheet. (10)
12. Knowing that she wasn’t getting any younger, she __ o __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ dropping her writing and getting a real job. (12)
15. The allure of wild fictional worlds and rich, hardwood floors __ n __ __ __ __ all who venture near the library. (6)
17. Her heart __ c __ __ __ with the beauty and tragedy found within the pages. (5)
18. Two marble lions on pedestals __ u __ __ __ the entrance, their regal gaze reinforcing the quietude. (5)