Across
- 3. Saline
- 4. Promptness
- 6. Expropriate
- 7. Shortsighted
- 9. Boring
- 11. Greedy
- 17. An earnest request
- 19. Unfulfilled
- 22. Exploration
- 23. Defensible
- 25. Procrastinate
- 26. Harden
- 29. Eulogy
- 30. Confirm
- 32. Tricky
- 33. Fitness
- 34. Keen
- 36. Clear
- 37. Charm object
- 39. Desecration
- 40. Nit-picking
Down
- 1. to Restrain
- 2. Tight-lipped
- 5. Complimentary
- 8. Inflammatory
- 10. Rebuke
- 12. Fluctuate
- 13. Uncompromising
- 14. Affected
- 15. Together
- 16. Tranquil
- 18. Liberality
- 20. Ploy
- 21. Chaos
- 24. Promptly
- 27. Replicate
- 28. Approach
- 31. Malicious
- 35. Pertinent
- 38. Overwork