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Across
  1. 3. rebellious; resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory. hard to deal with, manage, or operate.
  2. 7. having a long-established unlikely to change habit or activity - He was an __ gambler
  3. 10. a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
  4. 11. cautious; gentle.
  5. 12. originally referred to someone who destroys religious images or who opposes their veneration. It is now used to refer broadly to anyone who attacks widely accepted beliefs or institutions.
  6. 13. having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle way - The __ influences of the social media
  7. 14. lacking the ability or strength to move
  8. 15. a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost
  9. 17. indistinct or vague; cloudy; from nebula: any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space
  10. 18. exuding fragrance : aromatic
Down
  1. 1. excessively talkative esp. on trivial matters
  2. 2. grain or a batch of grain for grinding
  3. 4. an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behavior. "the __ of the weather"
  4. 5. averse to activity, effort, or movement: habitually lazy
  5. 6. a feudal tenant's or vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord. "they owed __ to the Earl rather than the King"
  6. 8. urgent need or demand - He put financial __ before personal sentiment
  7. 9. just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary - A still __ democracy
  8. 11. grayish white
  9. 16. accustomed to something esp. unpleasant - These children have been __ to violence