Across
- 2. slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
- 4. lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; lacking in knowledge or understanding; overtaken by night or darkness
- 6. having or showing profound knowledge
- 9. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects; academic
- 10. full of hot air; ostentatiously lofty in style
- 11. uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
- 13. characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
- 14. (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner; transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
Down
- 1. clear and bright; transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
- 3. a very long word (a foot and a half long); given to the overuse of long words
- 5. having a secret or hidden meaning; of an obscure nature; having a puzzling terseness
- 7. people very successful at their jobs; standing above others in quality or position; of imposing height, especially standing out above others
- 8. a strict, stiff or old-fashioned teacher; someone who educates young people
- 12. swollen, typically by fluids; ostentatiously lofty in style