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Across
  1. 2. (n): the central part of a telephone system used by a company, etc. where telephone calls are answered and put through (=connected) to the appropriate person or department; the person who worked this equipment
  2. 4. a gun that can be carried
  3. 5. the rules in a language for changing the form of words and joining them into sentences
  4. 7. a person who reports news from a particular country or on a particular subject for a newspaper or a television or radio station
Down
  1. 1. the smallest planet in the solar system, nearest to the sun
  2. 3. to use your power to treat sb in a cruel or unfair way= oppress
  3. 6. to cause sb to have strong feelings, esp of sympathy or sadness
  4. 7. to hold sb/sth gently in your arms or hands
  5. 8. to stop sb/sth from doing sth, esp by using physical force= suppress