Across
- 1. To spend time feeling sad or thinking about problems
- 5. Feeling or showing sadness
- 6. A sharp, curved claw of a bird of prey
- 9. Related to a system where people have a say in decisions
- 10. Honesty and openness when speaking
- 12. Not moving, changing, or developing
- 14. Stretched tight; not loose
- 15. To spread out in different directions
Down
- 2. Next to or near something
- 3. Sympathy and concern for someone who is suffering
- 4. A person of lower rank or position; lower in importance
- 7. The state of being serious or not under the influence of alcohol
- 8. To annoy or irritate
- 11. To officially approve an agreement or decision
- 13. Threats or pressure that force someone to do something