Anagrams of: CRASSITUDE

• raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip

• burrowing diurnal meerkat of southern Africa; often kept as a pet

• speak unfavorably about

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• go on a crusade; fight a holy war

• bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women

• bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting

• make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect

• sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen