Modal Verbs

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Across
  1. 3. Suggestion or future action (mainly British English)
  2. 6. Polite request or hypothetical action
  3. 7. Strong prohibition or necessity not to do something
  4. 8. Past ability or polite request
  5. 10. Ability or possibility in the present
  6. 11. Strong obligation or necessity
  7. 14. Possibility or missed opportunity in the past
  8. 16. Formal denial of permission
  9. 18. Prohibition or advice against something
  10. 19. Speculation about a past event
Down
  1. 1. Impossibility in the present
  2. 2. Inability or impossibility in the past
  3. 4. Hypothetical situation in the past
  4. 5. Advice or expectation
  5. 9. Future action or intention
  6. 12. Regret or advice in the past
  7. 13. Formal permission or possibility
  8. 15. Moral obligation or advice (similar to "should")
  9. 16. Less certain possibility
  10. 17. Logical deduction about a past event