Across
- 4. stretched or pulled tight; not slack; (especially of muscles or nerves) tense; not relaxed; (of writing, music, etc.) concise and controlled
- 6. (of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting
- 8. 1) not being what it purports to be; false or fake; 2) (of a line of reasoning) apparently but not actually valid
- 9. forming or following in a logical order or sequence; (computing) performed or used in sequence
- 10. 1) (noun) the preliminary assessment of patients or casualties in order to determine the urgency of their need for treatment and the nature of treatment required; (verb) conduct a preliminary assessment of (patients or casualties) in order to determine the urgency of their need for treatment and the nature of treatment required; 2) the process of determining the most important people or things from amongst a large number that require attention; assignment of priority levels to tasks or individuals to determine the most effective order in which to deal with them
- 11. 1) severe or bare in appearance or outline; 2) complete; sheer
- 12. (noun) a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something; (verb) represent in a false or distorted way
Down
- 1. 1) superficially plausible, but actually wrong; spurious 2) misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive
- 2. equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as
- 3. excite pleasurably; touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
- 5. a violent windy storm; a violent commotion or disturbance
- 7. (verb) reject with disdain or contempt; (noun) an act of rejecting with contempt
- 11. (adj.) tending to induce drowsiness or sleep; (noun) a drug or other agent that induces sleep