Across
- 4. the avoidance of reality by absorption of the mind in entertainment or in an imaginative situation, activity etc.
- 5. unable to be happy or satisfied, from not having achieved one’s desires or full potential
- 7. (especially of something bad) to happen to (someone)
- 10. to have imperfections
- 12. nonetheless; notwithstanding; however; in spite of that
- 13. to be crazy; insane; mad.
- 15. to be facing continual trouble or distress
- 16. to be physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain etc
- 17. shallow; not profound or thorough
Down
- 1. to be occupying a commanding or elevated position
- 2. having fallen below a normal or desirable level, especially in physical or moral qualities
- 3. to evoke a feeling of shared emotion or belief with someone
- 6. to appear endless or apparently endless
- 8. to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise
- 9. widely or constantly encountered; widespread
- 11. to shrivel, fade or decay
- 14. an effort to secure or attain; quest