The refusal

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Across
  1. 1. to deny
  2. 2. yes
  3. 5. barren
  4. 8. request
  5. 9. fixed/ stiff
  6. 11. the narrator's father
Down
  1. 1. happiness
  2. 3. an adjective of except
  3. 4. chief tax-collector.
  4. 6. balcony
  5. 7. clearly/overtly
  6. 10. city that's the seat of the government