Across
- 5. An authoritative command or order
- 7. A natural talent or ability; quickness in learning
- 8. To give forms of verbs in a fixed order.
- 9. Severe; constricted; tight.
Down
- 1. An added part not essential to the whole.
- 2. A serious state of affairs.
- 3. To conquer; to dominate completely.
- 4. Harsh; severe.
- 5. Without skill
- 6. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.