Across
- 2. to resist (a powerful person, authority, etc.) openly and boldly
- 5. to claim (to be a certain thing, etc.) by manner or appearance, esp falsely
- 8. a person who attacks established or traditional concepts, principles, laws, etc.
- 10. To increase; raise
- 11. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation
- 13. To reduce
Down
- 1. Senseless talk; nonsense
- 3. embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
- 4. high status importance owing to marked superiority
- 6. so that it stays (there) forever
- 7. the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
- 9. very eager or unremitting in some activity
- 12. The coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important