Across
- 3. cherish, nurture
- 6. imperative, exigent, pressing
- 8. serious, severe, tomb
- 9. arise, stem, originate
- 11. depression, decline
Down
- 1. alternative, choice
- 2. prevent, impede
- 4. postpone, delay
- 5. hold, hold back, reserve
- 7. undertake, deal with
- 10. restart, continue
- 12. definite, clear-cut