Across
- 3. a police officer usually ranking next below a superintendent.
- 4. the reduction of a reflex or other activity as the result of an antagonistic stimulation.
- 7. a statement that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth:
- 8. the part of a painted or carved surface against which represented objects and forms are perceived or depicted:
- 10. the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- 12. a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals.
- 14. a crown of fresh flowers.
- 17. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change:
- 18. having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- 20. the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools:
- 22. to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in)
- 23. the transportation of goods.
Down
- 1. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc.
- 2. a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- 5. the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect.
- 6. (in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- 9. a person who fights destructive fires.
- 11. the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
- 13. compulsively committed or helplessly drawn to a practice or habit or to something psychologically or physically habit-forming
- 15. generally approved; usually regarded as normal, right, etc.:
- 16. the degree to which something is prevalent or widespread, especially a disease, disorder, or pathogen:
- 19. Also called port of entry. Law. any place where persons and merchandise are allowed to pass, by water or land, into and out of a country and where customs officers are stationed to inspect or appraise imported goods.
- 21. the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached.
- 22. Physics. the process in which two or more light, sound, or electromagnetic waves of the same frequency combine to reinforce or cancel each other, the amplitude of the resulting wave being equal to the sum of the amplitudes of the combining waves.