Across
- 2. to restrict the progress of
- 3. to presuade not to do something
- 5. to frighten
- 6. to refrain from action
- 8. to slow the progress of
- 12. the voluntary avoidance of something
- 14. to hold back from doing
- 16. hold
- 17. to present an obstacle to
Down
- 1. to stop something before it is able to succeed
- 3. something that acts to discourage
- 4. to urge
- 7. from
- 9. something that works to impede progress; a hindrance
- 10. to make less
- 11. sparing or moderate in consumption
- 13. uncertain
- 15. to slow the progress of, to block