Across
- 4. a threat of harm forcing someone to act against his or her will
- 6. a seriousness in manner; a state abstinence from drugs or alcohol
- 8. to about in something unclean
- 10. to approve formally; to sanction
- 11. lying near; adjoining
- 12. to scatter; to distribute
- 15. sincerity; honesty
Down
- 1. causing grief; sad
- 2. awareness and sympathy for the suffering of another
- 3. to annoy; to irritate
- 5. of lower importance or rank
- 7. of or for the people; pertaining to government by people
- 9. pulled, drawn, or stretched tight
- 13. to become inactive or motionless
- 14. a claw of a bird of prey of similar animal