Becoming the Luminary
Across
- 2. Well meaning and kindly; serving a charitable rather than a profit-making purpose.
- 3. Having an excessive interest in oneself and one's physical appearance.
- 5. Impossible to stop or prevent; like the march of time or gravity.
- 8. A place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven; used metaphorically for a bad workplace.
- 11. A public declaration of policy and aims, often political or artistic.
- 12. A strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway; the magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction.
- 13. An action that is performed as a response to a stimulus and without conscious thought.
- 15. A person who inspires or influences others, literally a body that gives light.
- 17. Dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner.
- 18. A very steep rock face or cliff; a hazardous situation verging on disaster.
- 19. A device that regulates temperature; metaphorically, a person who sets the emotional tone.
Down
- 1. A place of refuge or safety; a nature reserve.
- 4. A person or thing that precipitates an event or change without being involved in the consequences.
- 6. A thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy; gradual decline into disorder.
- 7. The action of making the best or most effective use of a resource or situation.
- 9. Relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.
- 10. Performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of another.
- 14. An inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism.
- 16. Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance; lacking comfort.
- 20. The dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds; a person void of vitality.