Across
- 2. the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives, friends, or associates, especially by giving them jobs.
- 6. an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy.
- 7. an unexpected or astonishing event, fact, or thing.
- 9. a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office ore select delegates to attend a convention.
- 12. a number that is one more than seven.
- 13. the formation of a word from another word or base as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix.
Down
- 1. a lizard-like amphibian with an elongated body and tail and short limbs, once thought able to endure fire.
- 3. a thing which is part of a set of three copies or corresponding parts.
- 4. a particular point in events or time.
- 5. distribute or provide a service or information to a number of people.
- 6. less important than but related or supplementary to something.
- 8. an observance analogous to but not reckoned among holy objects.
- 10. a group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group and typically consisting of members of that group.
- 11. a meeting at an agreed time and place.