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Across 8. expressing sorrow or lamentation 9. deficient in veneration or respect 10. showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority 12. not influenced by personal feeling, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased 14. not meant to be taken seriously or literally 15. containing or expressing praise 16. full of joy; rapturous 17. of little or no importance or consequence

Down 1. using irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding, vice, folly, etc. 2. not according to the prescribed, official, or customary way or manner; irregular; unofficial 3. characterized by intense antagonism or hostility 4. constraint or reserve in feelings, behaviour, etc. 5. concerning reality or truth 6. decided; settled; resolved 7. lively interest 10. having strong belief or full assurance 11. ostentatious in one’s learning 13. not involved or concerned; aloof