Across
- 3. adj. undecorated, plain
- 7. v. to provide evidence for; to back up (a claim)
- 9. v. to bring criminal action against someone (in a trial)
- 10. adj. actively interested in or enthusiastic about something
- 11. v. to discharge, give forth, or release
- 13. v. to become less active, less intense, or less in amount
- 14. adj. firmly established
- 15. adj. capable of making a lot of money; profitable
- 18. v. to belittle or speak down to
- 19. adj. unfriendly; inclined to anger
- 21. n. the quality of being brief or terse
- 23. v. to make a secretive mention of something
Down
- 1. adj. thrilling, exciting, stimulating
- 2. v. to prove to be reasonable
- 4. adj. satisfied, with no desire to change or improve
- 5. n. disagreement
- 6. adj. downright, utter, total
- 8. adj. almighty and all powerful
- 12. adj. publicly shameful or humiliating
- 16. n. the arrival or creation of something (usu. historic)
- 17. v. to make worse or increase the severity of
- 20. v. to criticize
- 22. adj. cranky, pouty, irritable