Across
- 3. (adj) negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.; (adj) characterized by negligence or carelessness
- 6. (n) good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries; good fortune
- 8. (adj) presenting favorable conditions; favorable; (adj) favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive
- 11. (adj) full of interest or concern; (adj) careful or particular
- 14. (v) reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; denial; (v) refuse to recognize or pay(a debt), as a state municipality, etc.
- 15. (v) soak thoroughly or completely; (v) become soaked; (v) charge to the utmost, as with magnetism; (adj) saturated
- 18. (n) integrity and uprightness; honesty
- 19. (adj) making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.
- 20. (adj) extremely sacred or inviolable; (adj) not to be entered or trespassed upon; (adj) above or beyond criticism, change, or interference
- 21. (adj) playful or frolicsome; jesting or merry; (adj) done in sport, rather than in earnest; (adj) pertaining to or of the nature of a sport or sports
- 22. (adj) disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved; (adj) reluctant or restrained
- 24. (n) something used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
- 25. (n) the act of guarding, protecting, or guiding; office or function of a guardian; guardianship; (n) instruction; teaching; guidance; (n) the state of being under a guardian or a tutor
Down
- 1. (adj) of or relating to a child or to childhood; (adj) childishly foolish; immature or trivial
- 2. (adj) making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking; (adj) having a shrill, irritating quality or character
- 4. (adj) (usually lowercase) sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere; (adj) (usually lowercase) brave; undaunted; (n) a native or inhabitant of Sparta; (n) a person that is brave and disciplined
- 5. (adj) stubbornly resistant to authority or control; (adj) hard to deal with, manage, or operate; (n) a stubborn and unmanageable person
- 7. (n) a natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition
- 9. (adj) apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible; (adj) pleasing to the eye but deceptive
- 10. (adj) commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative; (adj) of or having the character or form of prose, the ordinary form of spoken or written language, rather than of poetry
- 12. (n) vile, shameful, or base character; depravity
- 13. (adj) impatient of control, restraint, or delay; restless; uneasy; (adj) refractory; stubborn; (adj) refusing to go forward; balky
- 16. (adj) naturally having skin of a dark color
- 17. (n) clothing; apparel; attire
- 23. (adj) capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute; (adj) capable of being occupied, possessed, held, or enjoyed, as under certain conditions