Across
- 2. adult, grown-up
- 4. critical/tricky situation, difficulty
- 7. convincing
- 10. sinful, malevolent, villainous, wicked
- 12. absolutely, totally, wholly
- 13. straightforwardness, honesty
- 14. fall apart, break down
- 16. deny, decline, reject
- 18. open-mindedness, acceptance
- 19. responsibility, liability
Down
- 1. permissive, tolerant, indulgent
- 3. affluence, good fortune, welfare
- 4. heedlessly, irresponsibly, negligently
- 5. abandon, neglect
- 6. exhibition of disloyalty, treachery
- 8. imperativeness, seriousness
- 9. environment
- 11. essential, crucial, fundamental
- 15. timeless, permanent
- 17. affect, regard, involve
- 20. bullying, frightening