Across
- 3. Not quite a villain, but certainly not on your side
- 5. The weapon of the fox, not the lion
- 8. The opposite of uniform; a mosaic rather than a single tile
- 10. What an appeals court does when it overturns a wrongful conviction
- 12. Moves like a glacier; thinks like one too
- 14. What a record-breaker does to every mark that came before
- 17. Recognizes that not all minds follow the same path or pattern
- 21. Describes a lake at dawn before the wind picks up
- 22. What hubris looks like from the outside
- 23. The spark behind every great movement or sudden change
- 27. The quality of a host who never lets a guest's glass go empty
Down
- 1. The kind of opponent that makes even the brave think twice
- 2. The measuring stick used before a winner is declared
- 4. The quality claimed by many, but truly earned by few
- 6. The fate of things left too long in the sun, or heroes who fall in battle
- 7. What the timid avoid and the bold cannot resist
- 9. The tragic flaw that toppled Icarus and countless others since
- 11. What someone does on their knees when asking is no longer enough
- 13. Word part hiding in words about pairs, doubles, and two of everything
- 15. What a careful accountant or meticulous list-maker does with every item
- 16. Word part that connects psychology, science, and the study of the mind's wiring
- 18. What a guide does at the threshold of something new
- 19. What the mind does with regrets, and what residents do in a place
- 20. Driven by an urge to repay harm with cruelty far beyond what is deserved
- 24. The kind of talent that makes others wonder if it's even fair
- 25. The virtue that keeps pride from becoming hubris
- 26. What a mapmaker does to borders, or a writer does to a complex idea