Across
- 4. gradually spread through or over
- 5. adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life)
- 9. move or cause to move in a circle or spiral, especially quickly
- 10. a device for viewing oscillations, as of electrical voltage or current, by a display on the screen of a cathode ray tube
- 12. a plot or scheme
Down
- 1. a person who is honored with an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement
- 2. a small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession
- 3. a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method
- 6. treating complex issues and problems as if they were much simpler than they really are
- 7. any of a number of prickly scrambling shrubs, especially the sweetbrier and other wild roses
- 8. a soldier stationed to keep guard or to control access to a place.
- 11. a coniferous tree with bunches of deciduous bright green needles, found in cool regions of the northern hemisphere