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Across 1. a reference point to shoot at 4. prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules 6. lowest support of a structure 8. cause to lose one's composure, having negative feelings concerning someone or something 12. show unwillingness towards 13. with considerable certainty; without much doubt 15. greater in scope or effect 17. physical position in relation to the surroundings 20. using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity 22. request urgently and forcefully 23. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure 26. like or suggestive of fire 27. the act of decreasing or reducing something 28. consisting of or derived from tradition

Down 1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune 2. a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another 3. a period of 100 years 5. a state of depression 7. the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary 9. put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose 10. the general condition of body and mind 11. a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished 14. being directly across from each other; facing 16. anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events 18. a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players 19. give a description of 21. a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them 22. a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol 24. commonplace and ordinary 25. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling