Across
- 2. : a quicker route that leads from one place to another
- 4. : someone whose job is to study a subject carefully
- 9. : the activity of searching and finding out about something
- 11. the lowest part of something
- 12. : to notice something that is partly hidden or not clear
- 15. : to join or be joined with something else
- 16. : in the end, especially after a long time
Down
- 1. : to make a hole in something with a special piece of equipment
- 3. : continuing to exist or happen, especially for longer than is usual
- 5. : not solid or firm and therefore not strong, safe, or likely to last
- 6. : the front of the neck, or the space inside the neck down which food and air can go
- 7. : to become curved, or to make something become curved
- 8. : a person who is traveling in a vehicle but is not operating it
- 10. make a hole in something with a special piece of equipment
- 13. : a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based
- 14. : to press something very hard so that it is broken or its shape is destroyed