Puzzle Time!

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Across
  1. 3. having great beauty and splendor
  2. 4. to make heckling, taunting remarks; mock
  3. 5. to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt
  4. 7. incapable of expressing oneself clearly through speech
  5. 10. to make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition
  6. 12. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude
Down
  1. 1. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way; coy
  2. 2. subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes; the use of exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement
  3. 6. extremely distressing, disturbing or frightening
  4. 8. marked by deception; acting or done in a secret or dishonest way
  5. 9. with little or no preparation or forethought; made up or done on the spur of the moment
  6. 11. difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill; characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion