Across
- 2. investigate systematically
- 4. a reason for doing something
- 6. having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something
- 7. imitate the appearance or character of
- 8. an idea or thought that continually preoccupies a person's mind
Down
- 1. highly trained or skilled in a particular activity
- 3. forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence
- 5. set up on a firm or permanent basis