Across
- 6. Profligate - ___; principled
- 8. Recalcitrant - ____; obedient
- 9. Renunciation - ___; concession
- 12. Cogent - ___; weak
- 13. Allay - ___; intensify; agitate
- 14. Asperity - ___; kindness
- 16. Inimical - ___
- 19. Puerile - ___
- 20. Churlish - ___; polished; civil
- 21. Convoluted - ___; obvious
- 23. Incumbent - ___; unnecessary
Down
- 1. Dilatory - ___; prompt
- 2. Staid - ___; excited; nervous
- 3. Nexus - ___; gap
- 4. Lurid - ___; boring; mediocre
- 5. Unimpeachable - ___; flawed
- 7. Inveigh - ___; laud; praise
- 10. Ameliorate - ___; damage; corrupt
- 11. Entreat - ___
- 15. Otiose - ___; necessary
- 17. Livid - ___; pleased
- 18. Lionize - ___; overlook
- 22. Vitiate - ___; clarify ; cleanse