Across
- 2. make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe
- 3. prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- 4. a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco
- 6. the learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality.
- 8. existing beyond what is obvious or admitted; intentionally hidden
Down
- 1. a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristics of something much larger
- 5. abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.
- 7. skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.
- 9. the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip
- 10. extremely thorough and careful.