Across
- 2. to become inactive or motionless
- 6. awareness and sympathy for the suffering of another
- 8. a seriousness in manner; a state of abstinence from drugs or alcohol
- 10. sincerity; honesty
- 11. of or for the people; pertaining to government by the people
- 12. causing grief; sad
- 14. pulled, drawn, or stretched tight
- 15. to annoy; to irritate
Down
- 1. to approve formally; to sanction
- 3. a claw of a bird of prey or similar animal
- 4. to scatter; to distribute
- 5. to roll about in something unclean
- 7. of lower importance or rank; subject to the control of another; one who is under the control of another
- 9. lying near; adjoining
- 13. threat of harm forcing someone to act against his or her will