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Across
  1. 1. the base or foundation on which something is established
  2. 4. long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process or by a tool
  3. 6. MIGHT an army’s physical strength in warfare [2 wds]
  4. 8. modern or contemporary [2 wds, hyphenated]
  5. 10. a usually curved part of a structure that is over an opening and that supports a wall or other weight above the opening
  6. 11. changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
  7. 12. an ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries (100 men), equal to one tenth of a legion
  8. 13. (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
  9. 16. extremely surprising or impressive; amazing
  10. 18. the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
  11. 19. a long ditch cut in the ground
  12. 22. to state something in a very forceful and effective way [4 wds.]
  13. 23. something obtained from another (e.g., a word or chemical compound)
  14. 25. disgustingly dirty
  15. 26. complex system of paths or tunnels
  16. 27. a thick, flat piece of a hard material (such as stone or wood)
  17. 29. keep guard or control access to a place [2 wds]
  18. 30. another term for one-fourth [2 wds., hyphenated]
  19. 32. dominated; continued to exist
  20. 34. mixture of lime or cement, sand and water that sets firmly; used for bonding bricks and stones of building
  21. 35. wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation
Down
  1. 1. a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
  2. 2. another word for faucet
  3. 3. a group of troops sent on a separate mission
  4. 5. fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
  5. 7. soldier who is a member of a legion
  6. 9. union intended to achieve a practical purpose [3 wds.]
  7. 10. flexibility to fit changed circumstances
  8. 14. precisely measured
  9. 15. excellent, beautiful or creative
  10. 17. a large group of people
  11. 20. a unit of 3,000–6,000 men in the ancient Roman army
  12. 21. the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms
  13. 23. long narrow excavation in the earth
  14. 24. unusually great in size or amount
  15. 27. an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures
  16. 28. shape or form
  17. 29. excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness
  18. 31. conduit (pipe or tunnel) that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley
  19. 32. the metal bob of a plumb line [2 wds.]
  20. 33. plain; obvious