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Across
  1. 6. the quality or state of being calm or peaceful
  2. 7. highly seasoned ground meat that is stuffed in casings which are tied shut at both ends
  3. 9. knowledge of a particular event or situation
  4. 10. an extraordinary stroke of good or bad luck
  5. 13. to give a sign of respect, courtesy, or goodwill to
  6. 14. notably excellent of its kind
  7. 17. excessively eager
  8. 18. left untilled or unsown after plowing
  9. 19. one that watches or guards
  10. 20. not readily comprehensible; mysterious
  11. 22. country in Asia in southeastern Arabia bordering on the Arabian Sea; a sultanate; capital Muscat
  12. 23. places offering favorable opportunities or conditions
  13. 25. the shelf above a fireplace
Down
  1. 1. a yellowish semisolid mass used primarily as a base for ointments and as a protective dressing (as for burns)
  2. 2. a stipulation (as a clause in a statue or contract) made in advance
  3. 3. a denial or disavowal of legal demand for compensation, benefits, or payment
  4. 4. tending to cause annoyance, trouble, or minor injury to others
  5. 5. a right granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor
  6. 8. any of the several deers that inhabit the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America that are often domesticated and used for drawing sleds and as a source of food
  7. 11. concealed one’s true motives from (someone) by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
  8. 12. a state or country governed by a king or ruling sovereign especially of a Muslim state
  9. 15. a copy of an original work of art
  10. 16. the portion of an insect body that is the middle of the three chief divisions
  11. 21. thick slices of green plantain that are fried, flattened, then fried again
  12. 24. a small egg-laying aquatic mammal of southern and eastern Australia and Tasmania