Across
- 2. stinginess; parsimoniousness
- 4. harmful; damaging
- 7. ignorant, stupid person; dunce; dolt; dullard; nincompoop
- 9. quick, witty, or sharp reply; answer
- 10. injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage
- 12. preceding; previous
- 15. refuse to take notice of; disregard
- 17. inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved
- 18. untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured
- 20. lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking
- 21. friendly; amicable
- 22. sabotage; undermining
- 24. interfere with or slow the progress of; hinder; obstruct
- 25. preservation from loss, injury, or waste
- 27. one who advocates the conservation of natural resources
- 28. obedience
- 31. destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level
- 32. answer; reply sharply or angrily
- 33. something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle
- 35. overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine
- 36. peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquility; concord
Down
- 1. not producing, or tending to produce, cancer
- 3. sickly or disabled person
- 5. idleness; laziness
- 6. not binding in law; have no force or effect; void; nugatory
- 8. become better; make better; improve; enhance
- 11. unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted
- 13. restraint in communicating
- 14. disposed to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic
- 16. improvement
- 19. in an earlier period; previously
- 23. keep from waste, loss, or decay; save
- 26. abolish; annul
- 29. easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding; docile; amenable
- 30. withdraw from active duty or business; go to bed
- 34. introduced from another country; strikingly unusual