Across
- 2. tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects (3)
- 4. to praise highly (7)
- 6. commonplace; lacking originality (1)
- 10. mournful poem (4)
- 12. imprecise or undefined; lacking definite form or limits (2)
- 13. dismal (1)
- 16. occurring at irregular intervals (8)
- 17. renunciation of your own interests (9)
- 18. two things that are exact opposites (6)
- 20. expressing contempt or disapproval (8)
- 23. quickly aroused to anger (4)
- 24. equal in measure or extent (2)
Down
- 1. learned, scholarly (7)
- 3. not forming an essential part (9)
- 5. confidently optimistic and cheerful (5)
- 7. fluent in speaking and writing to the point of being insincere or deceitful (1)
- 8. dull and lacking excitement; lacking wit or imagination (2)
- 9. feeling of being bored by something tedious (3)
- 10. inequality or difference (8)
- 11. arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion (9)
- 14. a comic verse that is badly written or expressed (5)
- 15. open to two or more interpretations (7)
- 18. quick or skillful in action or thought (4)
- 19. performing adroitly and without effort (5)
- 21. represented or appearing as such, but not necessarily so (6)
- 22. feeling of intense dislike (6)