Crossword time!

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Across
  1. 1. an expert and well read person
  2. 4. something that has occurred not long ago
  3. 5. calm and deserving respect
  4. 7. happy and full of energy
  5. 8. writing on something
Down
  1. 2. an example
  2. 3. soft or very young
  3. 5. great pleasure
  4. 6. a young child who appears poor and wears dirty clothes