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