Across
- 2. buddy, chum, close friend
- 4. border on, bolster
- 6. rummager
- 7. be of use or benefit to
- 9. invalidate, annul
- 12. slip into, creep into, penetrate
- 15. irritate, vex, nettle, irk
- 16. restrict,scrimp, economize
- 17. deputy
- 18. take a nosedive
- 19. noticeable, discernible, observable
Down
- 1. puzzling, mystifying, enigmatic
- 3. clothing
- 5. hatred, ill-will
- 8. not in agreement, differing, unorthodox
- 10. steady, undiminished, unremitting
- 11. enthusiastic, burning, blazing, scorching
- 13. announce, promulgate
- 14. lean, lanky, all skin and bones
- 16. unresponsive, impassive