list 9a

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Across
  1. 2. arid land with sparse vegetation
  2. 3. to select freely
  3. 4. relating to them or themselves as possessors
  4. 8. condition of knowing
  5. 12. to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief
  6. 13. not dependent
  7. 14. to cause self-conscious distress
  8. 15. process of perspiring
  9. 17. an examination
  10. 18. object of choice or divine favor
Down
  1. 1. non commissioned officer ranking in the army and marine corps
  2. 4. abbreviation for they are
  3. 5. clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef
  4. 6. everyone as a group
  5. 7. person employed to drive a motor vehicle
  6. 9. wholly, completely
  7. 10. the science of numbers
  8. 11. in or at that place
  9. 12. body of persons usually employed
  10. 16. process of separating