Across
- 3. a piece of equipment consisting of a series of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal, or rope, used for climbing up or down something.
- 6. a widely held but irrational belief in supernatural influences, especially as leading to good or bad luck, or a practice based on such a belief
- 7. a very unpleasant or frightening experience or prospect
- 8. a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments
- 10. a person's willingness or ability to believe that a statement is true, especially on minimal or uncertain evidence
- 11. an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof
Down
- 1. attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature
- 2. an object kept or worn to ward off evil and bring good luck
- 4. the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces
- 5. not logical or reasonable
- 9. a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something
- 12. success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions.