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Across 1. Gossip is idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others 4. a thing said or done that serves as a signal to an actor or other performer to enter or to begin their speech or performance. 7. relating to the reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way. 8. needing companionship and therefore best suited to living in communities. 9. a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth.

Down 2. appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely. 3. withstand the action or effect of. 5. the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something. 6. appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or unwise.