VOC 11/17 (3)

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Across
  1. 1. To take actions that make a situation worse.
  2. 4. To vacillate, change one's mind, go back and forth, with the implication of dishonesty.
  3. 6. A conclusion based on faulty assumptions.
  4. 7. A weakness or vulnerability.
  5. 9. Profuse, overwhelming, without reservation.
  6. 11. Harsh, excessive, cruel, meant to cause misery.
  7. 13. The scientific method of relying only on experience or observation.
  8. 14. Sarcastic, in jest, said to get a laugh in an ironic sense.
  9. 17. Mysterious, unexpected, hard to figure out.
  10. 18. To list or count out.
Down
  1. 2. To bring out or call forth.
  2. 3. Fair, balanced, everyone being equal.
  3. 4. Decadent, self-indulgent, weak.
  4. 5. Learned, smart, intelligent.
  5. 8. Glossing over the hard realities.
  6. 9. To order someone to do something.
  7. 10. To be particular and a bit prissy.
  8. 12. Silly, unimportant, trivial.
  9. 15. Native, indigenous, restricted to one area.
  10. 16. Being imperfect or subject to that.
  11. 17. A horrible bald offense or mistake.