Across
- 1. cause (someone) to feel consternation and distress
- 3. annoyed.
- 5. a bottom-dwelling marine ray with a flattened diamond-shaped body and a long poisonous serrated spine at the base of the tail.
- 9. an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
- 11. a compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape.
- 12. attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture than is actually possessed.
- 13. serving as a temporary substitute.
- 14. necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental.
- 16. showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humor.
- 18. the state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed.
Down
- 1. extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
- 2. think about (a fact, proposal, or request) deeply and at length
- 4. predict or estimate (a future event or trend)
- 6. preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
- 7. extremely surprising or impressive; amazing.
- 8. an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, especially against one's conscious wishes
- 10. the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses
- 13. utterly bewilder or perplex (someone).
- 15. greatly dismay or horrify.
- 17. a printed sheet of paper containing information or advertising and usually distributed free.