The importance of being conversant

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Across
  1. 1. causing or meant to cause laughter; or relating to or in the style of comedy
  2. 4. clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others
  3. 5. loves archery and cadets
  4. 8. a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self
  5. 10. the performance of various plays, operas, or ballets by a company at regular short intervals
  6. 13. seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution
  7. 14. conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies
  8. 16. the genre is the study of human behavior under circumstances that appear to be purposeless and philosophically absurd
  9. 17. a form of light, often rhythmical verse, often for children, depicting peculiar characters in amusing and fantastical situations
  10. 18. genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting
  11. 22. very strange or unusual
  12. 24. a play of this type is typically set in the world of the upper class, and ridicules the pretensions of those who consider themselves socially superior, deflating them with satire
  13. 25. a comedy which aims at entertaining the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humor of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include word play, and a fast-paced plot
  14. 26. an incongruity between the literal and the implied meaning
  15. 27. says, "I can't spell!"
  16. 29. hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature
  17. 31. (of a stimulus or mental process) below the threshold of sensation or consciousness; perceived by or affecting someone’s mind without their being aware of it
  18. 32. a short, pithy saying, usually in verse, often with a quick, satirical twist at the end
  19. 38. solemn or thoughtful in character or manner
  20. 39. relating to or characteristic of a dandy
  21. 41. a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true
Down
  1. 2. to encode a message
  2. 3. teaches the other class
  3. 4. a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with the creation and appreciation of beauty
  4. 6. an orderly statement of facts; or the act or an instance of revealing something discreditable
  5. 7. something spoken, written, or done with humorous intention
  6. 9. is immersed in NaNoWriMo
  7. 11. plays in the form of man’s reaction to a world apparently without meaning, and/or man as a puppet controlled or menaced by invisible outside forces
  8. 12. a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others
  9. 15. a character is considered this if they induce both empathy and disgust
  10. 19. a genre in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement -although this is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon
  11. 20. an imitative work created to mock, comment on or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of satiric or ironic imitation
  12. 21. a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect
  13. 23. this term refers to a dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions
  14. 28. not expressed or done in a direct way
  15. 30. a form of intellectual humour, which involves the ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny
  16. 33. tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner; or make (something) seem laughably unreal or impossible; or mimic (someone or something) scornfully or contemptuously
  17. 34. of little value or importance; or of a person concerned only with petty things
  18. 35. just recently got braces
  19. 36. teaches this class
  20. 37. any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter
  21. 40. extremely unreasonable, so as to be foolish or not taken seriously