Across
- 3. wear away; scrape; erode
- 4. lower; humiliate
- 5. make impure by adding tainted substances
- 8. gather; accumulate
- 10. mental keenness
- 11. declaration of innocence
- 12. bitterness of words or manner
- 13. refer indirectly
- 14. suspended action
- 15. skillful; nimble
- 16. poverty; misfortune
- 17. applaud; announce with great approval
- 18. depart secretly to avoid capture
Down
- 1. hopeless and crushed; spiritless
- 2. easily approachable; warmly friendly
- 5. different; mental irregularity
- 6. pass legal judgement on; sit in judgement
- 7. unfavorable; hostile
- 9. encourage; aid
- 10. award of merit
- 11. cheerful promptness
- 13. obscure; profound; hard to understand
- 18. mix; make less pure; lessen