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Across 3. (n.) - an investigation; an inquiry 5. (v.) - to choose; to select; to take - to kill; to destroy; to harvest 9. (v.) - to give up; to reject; to renounce 10. (adj.) - opposite/contrary/incongruous to what was expected 11. (adj.) - stubborn; unyielding; inflexible; rigid 13. (adj.) - quick to recover (person, animal) - able to recoil back into shape (material) 15. (n.) - one who advocates individual rights and free will 19. (adj.) - disrespectful; cheeky; facetious; impudent 23. (v.) - to move or swing back and forth at a regular speed; to sway; to fluctuate 24. (adj.) not able to be corrected; not able to be improved; not able to be reformed

Down 1. (v.) - to make less visible; to obscure; to blur 2. (n.) - a small cave 4. (n.) - behavior that promotes rebellion or disorder against state; mutiny; troublemaking 6. (adj.) - steep; sheer; abrupt 7. (n.) - one who pursues pleasure as a goal 8. (v.) - to clot; to cause to thicken; to harden; to jell 12. (v.) - to summarize; to restate 14. (adj.) - severely destructive; (relating to violent natural event; sth. unpleasant or unsuccessful) 16. (v.) - to catch sight of; to glimpse; to spot 17. (adj.) - recklessly extravagant; wasteful 18. (v.) - to hinder; to block; to thwart 19. (adj.) - wild; untamed - fierce; ferocious; menacing 20. (adj.) - common; humble; lowly; uneducated 21. (v.) - to grieve with; to express sympathy 22. (n.) - a letter, esp. a long and official one