Across
- 5. advancing by steps
- 6. disdainfully tedious task of bending & plucking
- 10. having infinite bounties of love
- 12. your "pearl" of wisdom
- 14. "God is gracious," "so the last will be first"
- 16. a 2nd "name" for a unit of measurement
- 17. crispy "staff of life"
- 18. woman represented by three generations of children
- 21. firstborn rules with power & wisdom
- 22. moving in a rhythmical way
- 23. extremely clever or astute
- 26. favourite place where gritty land meets the ocean
- 29. suggesting exultant happiness
- 30. 67 year resident of
- 31. one who discerns by exercising good judgement
Down
- 1. facial expression signaling joy
- 2. orderly groupings of pretty plants
- 3. birth place
- 4. a must-do before a word puzzle
- 7. physically and mentally sound
- 8. benevolent
- 9. profession of your life-giving unit
- 11. a "goodbook," timeless wisdoms & stories of truth
- 13. aesthetically pleasing
- 15. puzzles solved by clues to intersecting words
- 16. a giving heart
- 19. benighted cocoa
- 20. likely to dunk these in a cuppa
- 24. a likely fraction of a favourite nibble
- 25. spirited, feisty
- 27. committed to faith & family
- 28. optical instrument used to perceive by sight