Across
- 3. – Rhythmic beat or flow
- 5. – Secretive or mysterious in behavior
- 7. – Precise or exact
- 10. – Deceptive maneuver in chess
- 11. – Condition of being forgotten
- 14. – Having multiple meanings
- 15. – Ancient weapon for hurling stones
- 16. – A sudden insight or realization
- 17. – Study of word origins
Down
- 1. – Slippery fish, metaphorically tricky
- 2. – High point or culmination
- 4. – A spell of dry weather
- 5. – Indirect or roundabout
- 6. – Ancient writing system of Mesopotamia
- 8. – Mythical bird reborn from ashes
- 9. – Geological time unit
- 12. – Lacking energy or enthusiasm
- 13. – A fixed allowance or share