Across
- 3. Deserving praise
- 6. Informal networks through which information spreads
- 7. A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation
- 10. To brag or speak with excessive pride
- 13. Certain to happen; unavoidable
- 14. Not visited by many people; isolated
- 15. In its original, unspoiled condition
- 18. Insufficiently strict
Down
- 1. A valuable substance obtained from elephant tusks
- 2. To envy or resent someone
- 4. To make an issue worse
- 5. ...cure (An unproven or implausible solution)
- 8. Perceptible by touch or measurable
- 9. Extremely unpleasant or annoying
- 11. To negotiate the price of something
- 12. off the...path (Not frequently traveled or visited)
- 14. get off one's... (Stop preaching or speaking dogmatically)
- 16. Emit forcefully and abundantly
- 17. take the ... (Decide to commit fully to something challenging)