Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- Worthy of or requiring ___ or trust
- 3 Across
- Treating others with care and consideration
- 4 Across
- A connection allowing access between persons or places
- 7 Across
- Having or showing great excitement and interest
- 11 Across
- Possessing or exerting or displaying ___
- 13 Across
- Hopeful and optimistic; the opposite of negative
- 14 Across
- Furnishing ___ or assistance
- 1 Down
- Easy to meet or converse or do business with
- 2 Down
- Having or marked by ___ or assurance
- 5 Down
- Highly educated
- 6 Down
- To cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
- 8 Down
- To contribute to the progress or growth of
- 9 Down
- Quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
- 10 Down
- Able to adjust readily to different conditions
- 12 Down