Across
- 3. of, relating to, or involving members of two parties
- 5. a regular pattern of occurrence or action (as of seasonal rainfall)
- 7. of that or it
- 10. doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
- 13. one that preserves from injury or violation : protector
- 14. an act or instance of exploiting
- 16. the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
- 17. being the only one
Down
- 1. in the exact words : word for word
- 2. eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor
- 4. to rise and fall actively : toss
- 6. especially : one used to inflict pain or punishment
- 8. extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant sense
- 9. causing or tending to cause ruin
- 11. an increase, rise, or upward trend
- 12. an overflowing of the land by water
- 15. related by blood : descended from a common ancestor or prototype