Cwords 120526

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Across
  1. 4. Disturbance that interrupts a process.
  2. 6. Small-group diplomacy involving only a few nations.
  3. 9. Ability to be maintained at a certain rate.
  4. 10. Basic physical systems (Grid/Roads).
  5. 14. Geopolitical dominance.
  6. 15. Practical problem-solving; engineer's intuition.
  7. 17. To reduce the severity of a problem.
  8. 18. Discouraging action through fear of consequences.
  9. 19. Combining parts into a whole.
  10. 20. To make something less severe.
Down
  1. 1. Liable to change rapidly and unpredictably.
  2. 2. Having backups in a system to prevent failure.
  3. 3. More important than anything else.
  4. 5. A state of not moving or growing.
  5. 7. Rising and falling of levels (Voltage/Prices).
  6. 8. An exclusive right or privilege.
  7. 11. Combining ideas to form a new theory.
  8. 12. The capacity of a system/grid to recover quickly.
  9. 13. A mutual connection between two things.
  10. 16. Distortions in electrical current.