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Across 4. It means: a mark of shame 9. It means: showing that you think that you are very important; prideful ; arrogant 11. It means: clever and amusing comments and replies that are made quickly 13. It means: a short, interesting or amusing story about a real person or event 15. It means: to mention something as a reason or an example; to speak or write the exact words from a book, an author 17. It means: spoken or done without any previous thought or preparation; impromptu 19. It means: faithfulness / loyalty 20. It means: very exciting, most important 21. It means: the presence of pigments in skin, hair, or leaves that causes them to be a particular colour 22. It means: say something that is intended to embarrass somebody or make them look silly ; jeer / mock / scoff 24. It means: the most basic or essential facts of a particular subject or skill 25. It means: excitedly; joyfully; jubilantly 26. It means: connected with the whole universe

Down 1. It means: agreeing with / in agreement with / in harmony with 2. It means: to give somebody so much of something that they do not feel they want any more 3. It means: clothing; garments 5. It means: too willing to obey other people / submissive 6. It means: a speech, etc. at the end of a play, book, or movie that comments on or acts as a conclusion to what has happened 7. It means: a thing that somebody does particularly well 8. It means: official permission or approval for an action or a change / authorization ; a course of action that can be used to make people obey a law or behave in a particular way 10. It means: Lessening the severity of something 12. It means: a young person who is unusually intelligent or skillful for their age 14. It means: a person who is worried all the time about their health and believing that they are ill/sick when there is nothing wrong with them 16. It means: a group or collection of different kinds of things 18. It means: having a lively, attractive personality / sprightly 23. It means: to stop the flow of something, especially blood