Becoming the Luminary

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