PROFESSIONAL ACTING

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Across
  1. 1. speed of thought/speech → slow to show control
  2. 4. final moment that lands → hold silence after last line
  3. 5. what blocks you → “They don’t believe me.”
  4. 8. how you try to win → “I charm / I plead / I challenge.”
  5. 10. one repeated action → ring twist = anxiety
  6. 13. personal analogy → “As if I’m being accused unfairly.”
  7. 14. shifts in intention → change tactic after new info lands
  8. 15. why it matters → “If I fail, I lose my job.”
  9. 17. what you want in the scene → “I want them to trust me.”
  10. 19. safe memory access → tap a real feeling, then release
  11. 20. body leads emotion → slump to find defeat
Down
  1. 2. what happened right before → enter as if you just got news
  2. 3. movement with purpose → step closer to apply pressure
  3. 6. high/low power dynamic → sit back vs lean in
  4. 7. facts of world/relationship → “We’re siblings, it’s midnight.”
  5. 9. what’s really meant → say “I’m fine” while meaning “I’m hurt.”
  6. 11. respond, don’t recite → repeat their last word, then answer
  7. 12. recall sensory detail → remember cold air to create shiver
  8. 16. where you look changes meaning → avoid gaze to show shame
  9. 18. let thought happen → breathe before the key line