Merriam-Webster Words of the Day, Mid-December (plus a lil' November) 2022

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Across
  1. 2. to move like waves
  2. 4. to show or suggest, especially from omens, that something might happen in the future
  3. 5. recklessness, disregard for danger or opposition
  4. 6. to permeate or provide with a feeling or quality
  5. 9. to stun, criticize, or treat harshly
  6. 13. twilight or dusk
  7. 14. to give up a position of power
  8. 15. to depart quickly (informal)
Down
  1. 1. able to be seen or noticed
  2. 3. to nourish; to hold up the weight of; to suffer or endure; to confirm or prove
  3. 7. boastful, swaggering talk or behavior
  4. 8. efficient or prompt
  5. 10. a source of comfort
  6. 11. a close friend
  7. 12. to deliberately destroy or damage property