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Across 1. Criticize someone or something severely 2. Officially end a rule or law that stopped someone from doing something 3. Discussions between important people from opposing sides designed to help them agree about an issue (plural) 7. Make something or someone become gradually less effective, confident, or successful 8. Angry or violent behaviour by people who are protesting against something 9. Make certain that something happens or is done 10. Help something to increase, improve, or become more successful 11. The removal of an army from an area of fighting 12. The act or process of providing something that is needed 13. A formal agreement, especially in business or politics 14. A large number of people or things (plural) 15. Someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force 16. A feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue 17. More than a particular amount, number, or age

Down 1. A written or spoken announcement on an important subject that someone makes in public 2. Start a major activity such as a military attack, a public investigation, or a new career or project 4. Give information about something in a news article or broadcast 5. Someone who reports dishonest or illegal activities within an organization to someone in authority 6. Advise someone very strongly about what action or attitude they should take 10. Say officially that people must not do, sell, or use something 11. Say that you approve of something that has happened or that you are pleased about it 16. Say that something is definitely true because you know about it