Across
- 2. to make something empty or dry by removing the liquid from it; to become empty or dry in this way
- 5. if the value, amount or level of something soars, it rises very quickly
- 7. a thing, amount, word, etc. that is equal in value, meaning or purpose to something else
- 9. a substance that is needed to keep a living thing alive and to help it to grow
Down
- 1. intransitive] to think about something and try to decide what is true, what will happen, what you should do, etc.
- 3. an area of land that cannot be used or that is no longer used for building or growing things on
- 4. to change or make something change from one form, purpose, system, etc. to another
- 6. all humans, thought of as one large group; the human race
- 8. growing thickly and strongly in a way that is attractive; covered in healthy grass and plants