Across
- 3. to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person.
- 9. a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. The temperature of two systems is the same when the systems are in thermal equilibrium.
- 12. of much or great significance or consequence
- 13. to expand with force and noise because of rapid chemical change or decomposition, as gunpowder or nitroglycerine (opposed to implode ).
- 16. to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- 18. remove goods from (a vehicle, ship, container.
- 19. a person who trains or has charge of an animal, in particular a police officer in charge of a dog.
- 20. teaching; education:
- 22. unfasten the buckle of (something, especially a belt or shoe).
- 23. always right or accurate
- 24. perform a surgical operation
Down
- 1. a rank of non-commissioned officer in the army or air force, above corporal and below staff sergeant
- 2. somebody who oversees military paratroopers or civilian parachutists and decides when they will jump from an aircraft
- 4. gradually permeate or become a part of
- 5. a state in NE Australia. 670,500 sq. mi. (1,736,595 sq. km).
- 6. to explode with suddenness and violence.
- 7. the act of detecting
- 8. a garment incorporating trousers and a sleeved top in one piece, worn as a fashion item, protective garment, or uniform
- 10. express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.
- 11. Brisbane.
- 14. to direct with specific authority or prerogative; order
- 15. come or go back to a place or person
- 16. that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon.
- 17. not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- 21. to go on after suspension or interruption.