Across
- 5. kindle: to start a fire, or to start a romantic relationship
- 7. abhor: hate
- 9. talisman: a lucky charm
- 10. covert: hidden or undercover
- 11. remuneration: payment for work done
- 15. hamper: to hinder, obstruct, or make difficult
- 17. hangar: a storage area, especially for an airplane
Down
- 1. enfranchise: to give voting rights to someone
- 2. counterfeit: fake, or false
- 3. bigot: narrow-minded, prejudiced
- 4. plagiarism: taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas
- 6. tangent: going off from the main subject
- 8. bilk: to cheat or defraud someone - to scam someone
- 12. engender: to start, or cause
- 13. noxious: harmful, poisonous
- 14. abrasive: rough, course, or harsh
- 16. nuance: something subtle, a fine shade of meaning