Across
- 3. sweet-talk or coax to gain a desired end
- 5. impute or credit
- 6. poise or composure
- 7. offense or pique
- 9. banal or trite
- 10. penchant or propensity
- 12. special privilege or perk
- 15. flimsy or insubstantial
- 17. to dissuade or protest
- 21. accidental
- 25. laudable or commendable
- 26. insinuation or indirect reference
- 27. cozy up to or curry favor with
- 29. to accelerate
- 30. cagey or unwilling to take a position
- 31. alliance
- 32. resulting from chance
- 35. entreat or implore
- 36. to redeem or make amends for
Down
- 1. immature or inexperienced
- 2. gruesome or ghastly
- 4. abstract or archetype
- 8. amend or improve
- 10. to hurl down from a great height
- 11. to bid or charge
- 13. adaptation
- 14. irritable or testy
- 16. fawning or insincere showing of sincerity
- 18. meandering or indirect
- 19. sarcastic or bitter
- 20. mitigate or appease
- 22. to harangue or make a violent attack in words
- 23. intervene or mediate
- 24. surpass or outstrip
- 28. stern or rigorous
- 33. evoke or extract
- 34. inherent