Across
- 3. by means of speech; verbally
- 4. the state of being extremely poor
- 5. be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling)
- 6. a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country
- 10. a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change
- 11. a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation
- 12. a person who writes plays
- 13. very pleasing; delightful
- 14. the distance between the highest and lowest pitches that a singer is able to sing
- 18. maintain (something) in its original or existing state
Down
- 1. a picture or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic effect.
- 2. the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society
- 4. a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment, scholar, thinker.
- 7. a gradual and continuous loss of strength, quality, or value
- 8. extremely important and completely necessary
- 9. a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition
- 10. the ancient past
- 15. propose or formally enter as a candidate for election or for an honour or award
- 16. an act of giving one thing and receiving another in return
- 17. the use of humour to criticize people's stupidity, particularly in the context of politics