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Across 1. Noteworthy information, especially about recent events 4. A person legally committed to prison as a punishment for crimes committed or while awaiting trial. A person captured and kept confined by an enemy, opponent, or criminal 7. To consecrate or make sacred including the applying of oil 10. Bandage up wounds 12. The partial or total absence of light 14. Due to the fact that (grammatical conjunction) 15. That which is morally right; righteous 16. Publicly proclaim or teach (a religious message or belief) 17. Used by a speaker to refer to him/herself

Down 2. Non-physical part of a being 3. Having one's spirit devastated or crushed by grief or despair 5. A supreme ruler 6. A person who has been taken prisoner or an animal that has been confined 8. Master 9. The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint 11. To declare, publicly or officially announce 13. Allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free 16. Lacking enough money to live comfortably in a society