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Across 3. strive to equal or match, especially by imitating. 5. the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality. 6. very generous. 7. brilliantly clever. 9. extraordinary in some bad way. 10. negligible: not worth considering. 12. contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions. 14. not neatly combed. 17. without or almost without hope. 19. free from passion, joy or grief, emotionless. 20. a mild rebuke or criticism. 22. a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure. 25. found in the ordinary course of events. 26. take the place or move into the position of. 27. a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility.

Down 1. tending to form a group with others of the same species. 2. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering. 4. act, feel, or give mutually or in return. 8. prevent the progress or free movement of. 11. to walk with a leisure gait. 13. characterized by method and orderliness. 15. cheap. 16. reflect deeply on a subject. 18. having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand. 21. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason. 23. proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers. 24. cause to start burning.