Across
- 3. At ease in conversation
- 4. Reinforce, supprot
- 5. Concise, compact
- 8. Conjoined, connected or next to
- 11. Analogy, sort with a hidden meaning
- 12. Preface, before the beginning
- 13. Accurate, relating to real life
- 19. Mockery, exaggerated ideas
- 21. Criticize, attack angrily
- 24. Fearless, unable to be threatened
- 25. Clear, convincing
- 27. Cleansed, lifted
- 29. Disaster, a sudden failure
- 30. Charming, deceptive and manipulative
- 32. Flaw, downfall
- 33. Straightforward, direct
Down
- 1. Lessen, ease off
- 2. Turning-point, sudden changes
- 5. Obvious, lacking originality
- 6. Informal, familiar conversation
- 7. a
- 9. Dreadful, preventing success
- 10. Personality, character presented to others
- 11. Persistent, immovable
- 14. Heroic, long poems
- 15. a
- 16. Disaster, devastation
- 17. Gentle, lacking harmful effects
- 18. Flattery, convincing
- 20. Berating, verbal attack
- 22. Horrid, dreadful
- 23. Pride, excessive self worth
- 26. Competent, skilled in
- 28. Unclear, arguable
- 31. a