Across
- 3. provide support or a firm basis for.
- 5. leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others
- 6. spread and promote (an idea, theory, etc.) widely; breed specimens of (a plant or animal) by natural processes from the parent stock.
- 7. surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way.
- 9. analyze (a sentence) into its parts and describe their syntactic roles.
Down
- 1. not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.
- 2. carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently
- 4. talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way.
- 5. clear the throat noisily.
- 8. a hindrance or obstruction in doing something; a defect in a person's speech, such as a lisp or stammer.