Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- 2 Across
- To flow in a spurt
- 4 Across
- To judge tentatively or form an ___ of
- 8 Across
- The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
- 9 Across
- Study of the natural world through experiments
- 12 Across
- The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a ___ school and that is
- 13 Across
- The natural world around us
- 15 Across
- To make mention of
- 16 Across
- A gradual transition from one scene to the next
- 1 Down
- A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem (plural)
- 3 Down
- The act of ___ together
- 5 Down
- Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal (plural)
- 6 Down
- Food that is a component of a mixture in cooking (plural)
- 7 Down
- The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical
- 10 Down
- Anything providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
- 11 Down
- To form a critical opinion of
- 14 Down