3 of the week

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Across
  1. 3. acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
  2. 5. wordy or diffuse:
  3. 7. to issue denunciations or the like
  4. 8. grand in an imposing or impressive way.
  5. 10. to make more certain; confirm:
  6. 11. lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm
  7. 14. miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
  8. 16. unnecessary or needless.
  9. 18. er-vilely compliant or deferential
Down
  1. 1. blameworthy.
  2. 2. open to or having several possible meanings
  3. 4. limited; meager; not large:
  4. 6. imperious or dictatorial.
  5. 9. acting in a stealthy way.
  6. 12. an act or deed showing mercy or leniency.
  7. 13. full of or showing rancor.
  8. 15. to depart in a sudden and secret manner
  9. 17. to treat (a person) as a celebrity: