Across
- 3. Appease, assuage, temper
- 5. Assiduous, punctilious, unflagging
- 7. A short trip to take care of some business
- 9. Immovable, especially in opposition
- 10. Acquiesce, assent
- 11. Calamitous, dire, inimical
- 12. Difficult to the point of exhaustion
- 15. Desultory
- 16. Bungle
Down
- 1. A schedule period of work or duty
- 2. Minion
- 4. Hamper, hinder
- 6. Late
- 8. Dally, dillydally, linger
- 13. Dour, solemn,somber
- 14. Incompetent, lacking in appitude/suitability