Across
- 2. Twaddle, gibberish, piffle
- 5. The opposite of: pat on the back
- 8. The opposite of: reasoned, rational, objective, and equitable
- 9. Escape, hegira
- 11. The opposite of: hamper, hinder, obstruct, and impede
- 12. Partner in crime
- 14. The opposite of: unassertive, peaceable, passive
- 17. Bondage, thralldom
- 18. Saucy, bold
Down
- 1. Cursory, perfunctory, slipshod
- 3. Unruly, intractable, incurable, inveterate
- 4. Supreme, primary, dominant
- 6. Hazy, cloudy, foggy, murky, dull, obtuse
- 7. Dormant, inactive, undeveloped
- 10. Submit, die, expire
- 12. Obliterate, decimate
- 13. Stimulus, spur, instigator
- 15. Morbid
- 16. Disprove, confute, shoot hole in
- 17. Still, motionless, inert, sluggish, dull