Across
- 2. It’s a sin to kill a ___
- 4. a basic principle or element or a fundamental skill
- 6. The current United States President
- 9. First word in the name of this newspaper
- 10. a person who leads a secluded or solitary life
- 11. an established preference for something
- 12. Proper attire for a lady
- 15. expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively
- 16. to reduce the violence of
- 19. to make a definite or systematic statement of
Down
- 1. the act or state of disapproving
- 3. rashness, recklessness
- 5. a noteworthy statement
- 7. done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed: surreptitious
- 8. marked by baseness or grossness: vile
- 13. marked by compact precise expression without wasted words
- 14. productive of harm or evil
- 17. marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger
- 18. tending to be troublesome