Across
- 3. experiment, gamble, plunge
- 4. mumbled, incomprehensible, garbled
- 6. scorn, disdain, derision
- 9. effort, struggle, strain
- 10. vibrant, ostentatious, showy
- 12. average, unremarkable, forgettable
- 13. opponents, competition, enemies
Down
- 1. friendly, sociable, cordial
- 2. loathsome, hateful, vile
- 5. undervalue, underestimate, trivialize
- 7. disgrace, humiliate, dishonor
- 8. engrossed, obsessed, preoccupied
- 9. gaunt, skeletal, scrawny
- 11. sullen, unpleasant, crabby