Across
- 3. a graded series of stages or levels in status; a hierarchical order of position or rank
- 8. something taken for granted; a supposition
- 9. time free from the demands of work or duty, when one can rest, enjoy hobbies or sports, etc.
- 10. firmly fixed; deep-rooted; inveterate
Down
- 1. incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful
- 2. frankness, directness.
- 4. the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate
- 5. to restore to assurance or confidence
- 6. tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory
- 7. to have a powerful and irresistible effect, influence