Puzzle#20

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Across
  1. 3. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion
  2. 6. Merit, excellence
  3. 8. A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth
  4. 9. the act of selling
  5. 11. Worthy of being remarked or noted; notable
  6. 12. Sick people in general as a group
  7. 14. A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle
  8. 15. To ingest; to be ingested
Down
  1. 1. A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with
  2. 2. The claw of a bird or other animal
  3. 4. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
  4. 5. A coming together of two or more people; a meeting
  5. 7. The front part of the head of a human or other animal
  6. 10. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic
  7. 13. One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided