nonfiction reading packet

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Across
  1. 2. implore (someone) to do something
  2. 6. not able to be forgotten or removed
  3. 7. a person who is easily taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something
  4. 9. the possession of assets in excess of liabilities; ability to pay one's debts
  5. 12. relating to or in the period preceding puberty
  6. 15. college that Pete went to
  7. 17. the fact of being advertised or publicized in a particular way
  8. 19. adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life)
  9. 21. name of new team that retired Pete's number
  10. 22. sport that Pete played
  11. 25. bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or trying to please them
  12. 26. causing one to feel unsettled
  13. 28. second team that Pete played for
  14. 29. diligent and hard-working
  15. 30. self-willed and obstinate
Down
  1. 1. in a bold and shameless way
  2. 3. support or strengthen; prop up
  3. 4. (of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible
  4. 5. a formal or authoritative announcement or declaration
  5. 8. (especially of a person) having an untidy or disheveled appearance
  6. 10. Pete's last name
  7. 11. city of team the drafted Pete
  8. 13. Pete's dad's nickname
  9. 14. a slow-moving creek or a swampy section of a river or a lake
  10. 16. length of Pete's NBA career in years
  11. 18. filled with or characterized by intense but unexpressed anger
  12. 20. Pete's wife's name
  13. 23. the recorded ancestry, especially upper-class ancestry, of a person or family
  14. 24. animal of team team in Atlanta
  15. 27. talk at length; chatter