Across
- 2. set or declare (someone) free from blame, guilt, or responsibility.
- 3. Subside; decrease, lessen,
- 7. not qualified or diminished in any way; total.
- 9. restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something.
- 11. an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit.
- 12. (of a vehicle or other physical object) begin to move more quickly.
- 13. scrape or wear away by friction or erosion.
Down
- 1. difficult to understand; obscure.
- 4. leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft.
- 5. praise enthusiastically and publicly.
- 6. an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit.
- 7. (of a monarch) renounce one's throne.
- 8. encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offense.
- 10. a thing which can be added to something else in order to make it more useful, versatile, or attractive.
- 11. a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome.
- 12. relating to education and scholarship.
