M-W Words of the Day: December 2022 (1st-19th, plus others)

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Across
  1. 1. unable to be avoided, changed, or resisted
  2. 5. a source of comfort
  3. 7. twilight or dusk
  4. 9. the state of forgetting or being forgotten
  5. 10. a close friend
  6. 11. able to be seen or noticed
  7. 13. to give up a position of power
  8. 15. to permeate or provide with a feeling or quality
  9. 16. to deliberately destroy or damage property
Down
  1. 2. efficient or prompt
  2. 3. swampy ground, or a situation that’s difficult to escape
  3. 4. to stun, criticize, or treat harshly
  4. 6. to move like waves
  5. 8. boastful, swaggering talk or behavior
  6. 11. different from the usual/norm
  7. 12. difficult challenge forcing someone/thing to change
  8. 14. to make dirty or to ruin