Words 02/14/2023

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Across
  1. 2. suffering; intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  2. 3. government paperwork or administration; nonelective government officials
  3. 4. stir up; try to stir up public opinion
  4. 6. denial; the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
  5. 9. honorable; deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
  6. 10. shaking; a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
  7. 11. risk taking; willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
Down
  1. 1. kidnap; take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
  2. 2. deviation; a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  3. 4. activate; put in motion or move to act
  4. 5. hurt; cause great unhappiness for; distress
  5. 7. scrape; an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
  6. 8. decorate; make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
  7. 10. huge empty pit; a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)