Across
- 2. having to do with judges, courts, or their activities
- 3. changing direction frequently; twisting, winding, or crooked, as a path
- 5. a brief, concise statement of a general or basic truth or rule, esp. for proper conduct
- 7. having to do with forces separate from or higher than natural laws
- 11. those who are accomplished in scholarly or literary fields
- 15. of or pertaining to conversation, as opposed to formal writing
- 16. events causing great harm, pain, or destruction; disasters
- 17. river with nine bends
Down
- 1. of or having a great variety of parts, forms, or kinds; many and varied
- 4. the great Way
- 6. extremely rigid and strict in moral or religious matters
- 8. of, or relating to, workers or working-class people
- 9. the process of growth or increase
- 10. a funny saying or action; joke
- 12. a woman who cohabits with a man but is not married to him; mistress
- 13. to attack from all sides; besiege
- 14. skill used in a sly or tricky way