Across
- 2. to make as small as possible
- 5. to shrink away in fear or shame
- 6. to remove, drive out of position or power
- 9. to look upon with score
- 15. to support, nourish
- 16. to declare or state as truth
- 17. to read thoroughly and carefully
- 18. to cleanse or purify
- 19. to display in a conceited way
- 20. to develop gradually
Down
- 1. to trouble, make uneasy, upset
- 3. to deprive of strength or ability
- 4. to bring together or collect
- 7. to work together
- 8. to exchange playful remarks
- 10. to give support to
- 11. to add gradually, infuse
- 12. to regard with reverence
- 13. to stir up, incite
- 14. to make impossible