Across 3. an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others 7. a genus of Soricidae 8. the act of making a noisy disturbance 9. a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining 10. basil 11. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining 12. black wine grape originally from the region of Bordeaux 14. a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high 16. "a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices; ""a cyborg is a cybernetic organism""" 18. an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment 19. "a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995; ""the ICC was established in 1887 as the first federal agency""" 20. a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man 22. one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital) 24. a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton 25. German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947) 26. an agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel
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Down 1. "return to an original state; ""the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid""" 2. a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes 3. liveliness of mind or spirit 4. mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black 5. mediation by an umpire 6. South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931) 13. an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation 15. a substances that colors metals 17. a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice 18. an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers 21. any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent 23. "a list of dishes available at a restaurant; ""the menu was in French"""
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