Across
- 4. investigate and solve or explain (something complicated or puzzling).
- 5. a self-contained living unit within a larger building.
- 6. (of an area of land or sea) not mapped or surveyed.
- 10. make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of.
- 12. deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain.
- 15. a very large quantity of something.
Down
- 1. a smooth oily substance that is rubbed on the skin for medicinal purposes or as a cosmetic.
- 2. recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type.
- 3. a structure of wood, marble, or stone above and around a fireplace.
- 7. a way in which two or more things are alike.
- 8. uncertainty or doubt as to whether something is the case.
- 9. constructed in a rudimentary or makeshift way.
- 11. unceasingly intense.
- 13. a piece of grassland, especially one used for hay.
- 14. a malicious or loathsome old woman.