Across
- 2. an irregular arrangement of patches of color; colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
- 4. a line that indicates a boundary
- 5. favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
- 6. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- 7. injurious to physical or mental health
- 8. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; show to be invalid
- 9. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Down
- 1. any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae); sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
- 2. effusively or insincerely emotional
- 3. a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857; a bump on a ski slope
- 5. belonging to or active during the night; of or relating to or occurring in the night
- 6. (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance; something causes misery or death
- 8. offensively malodorous; causing or able to cause nausea