crossword puzzle very hard - WordMint - Free Printable

To solve the crossword puzzle, we need to match the clues with the appropriate words. Here is the solution along with explanations for each clue:

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Across:

1. 2. Menacing, deadly, harmful
- Clue: This word describes something that is threatening or dangerous.
- Answer: VENOMOUS

2. 3. Any personal peculiarity, mannerism etc., a person's particular way of behaving or thinking.
- Clue: This refers to a unique habit or characteristic of a person.
- Answer: IDIOSYNCRASY

3. 4. An object believed to bring good luck
- Clue: This is an item people believe can bring fortune or good fortune.
- Answer: AMULET

4. 8. Deserving praise
- Clue: This word describes something worthy of admiration or commendation.
- Answer: LAUDABLE

5. 14. Joking especially at an inappropriate time, sarcastic, treating serious issues with inappropriate humor
- Clue: This describes making jokes in a disrespectful or mocking manner.
- Answer: FLIPANT

6. 15. To humiliate or degrade
- Clue: This verb means to lower someone's dignity or status.
- Answer: ABASE

7. 21. Insolence or impertinence
- Clue: This noun refers to rude or disrespectful behavior.
- Answer: SAUCINESS

8. 22. Happy and peaceful, tranquil, idyllic
- Clue: This adjective describes a state of calm happiness.
- Answer: SERENE

9. 24. The whole range or scope, the entire range or extent
- Clue: This noun refers to the complete range or variety of something.
- Answer: PANORAMA

10. 25. Neat in appearance and dressing
- Clue: This adjective describes someone who is tidy and well-groomed.
- Answer: FASTIDIOUS

11. 26. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new
- Clue: This term refers to a trivial or obvious truth.
- Answer: TRUISM

12. 28. Persuade by using flattery
- Clue: This verb means to influence someone through excessive praise.
- Answer: COTTON

13. 29. A completely unresponsive person
- Clue: This noun describes someone who does not react or respond.
- Answer: STOIC

14. 30. A word or phrase that reads the same backwards as forwards
- Clue: This term refers to a palindrome.
- Answer: PALINDROME

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Down:

1. 1. Hesitant, not certain
- Clue: This adjective describes someone who is unsure or indecisive.
- Answer: RELUCTANT

2. 5. A mistaken belief, unsound reasoning, misleading
- Clue: This noun refers to a false idea or misconception.
- Answer: FALLACY

3. 6. Compulsory
- Clue: This adjective means required or mandatory.
- Answer: MANDATORY

4. 7. Weariness or lack of energy, state of being tired or listless; exhaustion; laziness; weariness
- Clue: This noun describes a state of extreme tiredness.
- Answer: ENERVATION

5. 9. Wicked or criminal, Infamous by way of being extremely wicked
- Clue: This adjective describes someone who is very evil or immoral.
- Answer: HEINOUS

6. 10. The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding word—mostly due to the slip of the tongue
- Clue: This term refers to a common speech error where one word is mistakenly used instead of another.
- Answer: EGGCORNY

7. 11. Generous or forgiving
- Clue: This adjective describes someone who is kind and understanding.
- Answer: MAGNANIMOUS

8. 12. Insolence or impertinence
- Clue: This noun refers to rude or disrespectful behavior.
- Answer: SAUCINESS

9. 13. Self-regarding
- Clue: This adjective describes someone who is self-centered or selfish.
- Answer: EGOCENTRIC

10. 16. Cheerful and full of energy, enthusiastic, vivacious
- Clue: This adjective describes someone who is lively and energetic.
- Answer: EXUBERANT

11. 18. Give way to demands or pressure, give up possession of
- Clue: This verb means to yield or surrender.
- Answer: ACQUIESCE

12. 19. Detest, hate
- Clue: This verb means to strongly dislike.
- Answer: ABHOR

13. 20. The ability to attract and charm people
- Clue: This noun refers to the power to captivate others.
- Answer: CHARM

14. 23. An embarrassing blunder
- Clue: This noun describes a foolish mistake.
- Answer: GAFF

15. 27. An unimportant person or thing, a person or thing of little or no importance
- Clue: This noun refers to someone or something insignificant.
- Answer: NONENTITY

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Final Answer:

The completed crossword puzzle grid will have all the above words filled in according to their respective clues.

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