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Across
  1. 1. show to be false, **viral falsehoods about Kamala
  2. 3. make impossible; harsh reality **s blind optimism.
  3. 6. lessen the force of something unpleasant, ask for the **of a punishiment
  4. 8. to travel; ** life was tough on the family
Down
  1. 1. period of bordom/inaction, the economy is in the **s
  2. 2. final list of candidates, **ed for the Nobel Prize
  3. 4. petty objection; let me close with a small **
  4. 5. difference betwn 2 opposites, a ** betwn academic and industrial worlds.
  5. 7. v.skilled (in music), ** of the Rock Guitar