Across
- 2. Pointlessness or uselessness
- 5. The sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts or feelings
- 8. Something granted in response to a demand
- 9. Based on personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
- 11. quo The existing state of affairs
- 16. To read or study carefully
- 17. Practicing fighting or debating without real harm
- 19. Lowly or unskilled work
- 21. Poor urban areas where minority groups live
- 22. Extremely careful and precise about details
- 24. Representing the most perfect or typical example of something
- 26. Emotional release through art or expression
- 27. Unlicensed bars or taverns
- 29. Officially cancelled or withdrawn
- 32. Artificial or deliberately created rather than natural
- 34. Always; without exception
- 35. Taking action to prevent something before it happens
- 39. A solvent distilled from pine resin used in paints
- 40. Showing wild or excited energy
- 42. No longer close or affectionate; alienated
Down
- 1. An original idea or invention conceived by a person or group
- 3. Violations of a rule or law
- 4. To put an end to something, typically by force
- 6. A person living outside their native country
- 7. Changes made to improve a system or institution
- 10. Worn out or shabby from use
- 12. A total or whole formed by combining several elements
- 13. To worry or be constantly anxious
- 14. Wastefully extravagant
- 15. Familiar with and at ease in many cultures and countries
- 18. Accepted an idea or belief as one’s own
- 20. People who mindlessly follow others
- 23. Secretively or stealthily
- 25. Having a huge appetite; very eager or enthusiastic
- 28. Informal township shop selling everyday goods
- 30. Kind and generous; desiring to do good to others
- 31. Traveling or roaming about for pleasure
- 33. A small orange citrus fruit
- 36. The Christian ceremony commemorating the Last Supper
- 37. Regular customers or supporters of an establishment
- 38. Betrayed someone by informing on them
- 41. Strong hostility or resentment