Across
- 5. alert - to be in a state of heightened awareness or vigilance
- 7. - the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character
- 8. - consistently good in quality or performance; trustworthy
- 12. - worth having or wanting
- 13. - to succeed in gaining possession of something
- 15. - a strained or uneasy feeling caused by a difficult situation
- 17. something in common with - to share characteristics or qualities with something else
- 18. - to be given or provided with something
- 19. - to make something better or more effective
- 20. - to become fully developed or ripe
- 21. on - to require (someone or something) for support, supply, or success
- 23. - to establish the truth, accuracy, or validity of something
- 29. - the results or effects of an action or condition
- 30. - to be present at an event or occasion
- 31. - a measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against another quantity or measure
- 32. - a powerful or major influence or effect on something or someone
- 34. - a person who carries out academic or scientific research
- 35. - refusing to change one's opinion or course of action
- 37. - a strong feeling of support or allegiance
- 38. - to fasten or connect one thing to another
- 39. - to state or assert that something is true, especially without proof
- 40. - the characteristics determining who or what a person or thing is
- 42. - belonging to the present time
Down
- 1. - to make something smaller in size, amount, or degree
- 2. - to receive willingly
- 3. - to present something for acceptance or rejection
- 4. - to form or mold into a particular form or character
- 6. - a person or thing that tries to equal or surpass another
- 9. - designed to be worn on the body
- 10. - the ability to wait or endure without becoming annoyed or anxious
- 11. - to put forward an idea or plan for consideration
- 14. - a person who creates or produces a new device, product, or process
- 15. to - to be inclined or more likely to do something
- 16. - to make or become solid or firm
- 22. - to bear the weight of, or to hold up
- 24. - a new device, product, or process that has been created or produced for the first time
- 25. - to acquire or obtain something
- 26. - to state or describe the exact nature, scope, or meaning of something
- 27. - a person who takes part in an event or activity
- 28. - not likely to change or move
- 33. be compared to - to liken one thing to another
- 34. on - to depend on with full trust or confidence
- 36. - to behave towards or deal with in a particular way
- 41. - to create or produce something new for the first time