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Across
  1. 2. a part of a Shakespearean sonnet; coming after a set of quatrains
  2. 4. the bottom in A/B/O fiction subculture; or the 24th letter in the Greek alphabet
  3. 5. the result of deduction or inference from a rational judgement; also a part of an essay
  4. 6. Sheriff Marcus’ last word said on the bridge
  5. 7. the last installment of a series; the closing act
  6. 8. the apocalypse according to Norse mythology
Down
  1. 1. the most extreme of its kind or the final progression in a series
  2. 3. Daria’s surname
  3. 5. from Augustine to Mercymorn: “Let’s pray for our own _____.”