Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- Cruel or inhumane treatment
- 3 Across
- The state of being ___
- 5 Across
- Game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck (plural)
- 7 Across
- Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
- 10 Across
- A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon (plural)
- 11 Across
- The case expressing ownership
- 14 Across
- A strong feeling of care and affection
- 15 Across
- To give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- 16 Across
- The basis on which something is grounded
- 1 Down
- The state of being a ___ couple voluntarily joined for life
- 2 Down
- Vulnerability to the elements
- 4 Down
- Something or someone that causes anxiety
- 6 Down
- To undergo or be subjected to
- 8 Down
- The trait of abstaining
- 9 Down
- The abbreviation for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, an advanced stage of HIV infection.
- 12 Down
- In good shape and not sick
- 13 Down
