Across
- 5. - a reason for doing something
- 9. - inclined to argue or debate
- 12. - happening or existing at the same time
- 14. - a large-scale disaster, misfortune, or failure
- 16. - to get ahead of, do better than, exceed
- 19. - to become or make less; a lessening
- 20. - easily read
Down
- 1. - to establish by law; to order or command
- 2. - to put out, extinguish, end
- 3. - cautious, careful, showing good sense
- 4. - a small part remaining behind
- 6. - not usual, not typical, strange
- 7. - disobedient, rebellious
- 8. - to grow, thrive, be prosperous; a dramatic gesture
- 10. - a violent attack; a sudden rush of something
- 11. - to turn aside sharply; a sharp or sudden turn
- 13. - to turn bottom side up, upset
- 15. - the central point or heart of a matter; a knob
- 17. - to drive or throw out, evict
- 18. - to spread throughout