Across
- 2. in few instances : rarely, infrequently
- 4. intellectually alert : having or characteristic of a quick penetrating mind : shrewdly astute
- 5. to give in return or retribution : to cause to be or become : make
- 6. to join or fasten as if by grafting
- 7. one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism: a division of society based on differences of wealth, rank, or privilege
- 10. to get possession of (something) : to obtain
- 11. to hold fast or stick : to give support or maintain loyalty : to bind oneself to obey
- 13. unspoken : understood although not put into words
- 14. an attitude or belief dictated by probability : a legal inference as to the existence of truth or fact
- 15. an oven, furnace, or heated enclosure used for processing by burning, firing, or drying
- 16. easily understood or recognized by the mind : obvious : to make evident by showing or displaying
Down
- 1. a usually roofed porch attached to the exterior of a building
- 3. a change to a lower state or level : the act or process of degrading
- 4. of a similar nature or character : of the same ancestry
- 8. (hard times)a situation of perplexity or distress
- 9. made up of many different people or things : a woolen fabric of mixed colors
- 12. belonging to the essential nature or being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing