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Across
  1. 2. avoid or escape
  2. 3. obtain
  3. 4. scornful
  4. 5. a preference
  5. 8. untalkative or uncommunicative
  6. 10. to shut or keep out
  7. 13. moral disapproval
  8. 17. promising and favorable
  9. 18. inclined to make trouble
  10. 19. feature
  11. 20. similar
  12. 21. lacking zest or interest
  13. 22. to ease or make less painful
  14. 23. a limit on an inheritance of property
  15. 25. zealous and excessive
  16. 27. gloomy or gruesome
  17. 28. foolish or stupid
Down
  1. 1. to assert opposite to something
  2. 4. payment
  3. 6. courteously and graciously
  4. 7. unavoidable
  5. 9. improvement or enlightenment
  6. 11. deep and mysterious to understand
  7. 12. an annoyance
  8. 14. curious or seeking knowledge
  9. 15. commit
  10. 16. noisy and rowdy
  11. 22. address
  12. 24. exhibiting ill will
  13. 26. to settle a dispute
  14. 29. pursue