Across
- 2. refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind.
- 3. the state of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or difficulty
- 7. ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience.
- 11. extremely bad; appalling
- 12. filled with or characterised by intense but unexpressed anger.
- 14. the state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.
- 15. sad and depressed; dispirited.
- 16. deserving strong condemnation; completely unacceptable.
- 18. a peculiar aspect of a person's character or behaviour.
- 21. anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
- 23. seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth.
- 24. of common occurrence; widespread.
Down
- 1. having or showing no intelligence or interest.
- 4. abandon or leave.
- 5. preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable.
- 6. severe or strict in manner or attitude
- 8. acking in movement, action, or change, especially in an undesirable or uninteresting way
- 9. tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.
- 10. frivolous
- 13. prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove.
- 15. publicly denounce.
- 17. involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.
- 19. the quality of being open and honest; frankness the quality of being open, honest, and direct in speech or writing.
- 20. a regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, typically at night.
- 22. hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process).