Across
- 1. balanced, suspended; calm, controlled; ready for action
- 2. to delay; to stop or prevent from happening
- 3. shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more
- 5. ready for use, at hand
- 8. allowing light to pass through; easily recognized or understood; easily seen through or detected
- 11. absolutely necessary, not to be neglected
- 13. filled with resentment or anger or something unjust, unworthy, or mean
- 14. to satisfy the needs of, try to make things easy and pleasant; to supply food and service
- 15. risk, peril; to expose to danger or harm; to gamble
- 17. usual, expected, routine
- 18. to persuade not to do something
Down
- 1. an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths; a wide spread evil; to annoy or bother
- 2. the killing of one person by another
- 4. to apply oil or grease; to make smooth, slippery, or easier to use
- 6. a lack of interest or concern
- 7. a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business
- 9. to throw a stream of things; to strike successively; to hurry
- 10. wholly unharmed, not injured
- 12. a piece of burning wood; a troublemaker; an extremely energetic or emotional person
- 16. a government in power; a form or system of rule or management; a period of rule