Words Their Way on Thursday

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Across
  1. 2. to explain a word's meaning
  2. 4. how soldiers greet each other
  3. 5. to argue a point
  4. 8. Where is the __ control?
  5. 9. to take over someone's territory
  6. 11. girly, delicate
  7. 12. coloring tool
Down
  1. 1. in a lighthearted way
  2. 3. moving like water in a river
  3. 4. the person who is speaking
  4. 5. a disagreement
  5. 6. to write something
  6. 7. to stop doing something
  7. 10. to rot or decompose