Across 1 change; introduction of something now 5 generous; charitable 7 showy, pretentious; trying to attract attention 9 widespread; generally accepted 10 praise 12 lacking in flavor.dull 14 reliove 15 one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party 20 propriety orderliness and good taste in manners 22 highly skilled artist 23 double-dealing; hypocrisy 25 mild expression in place of an unpleasant one 28 unselfishly generous; concerned for others 29 dark; not transparent 30 lacking in seriousness:self-indulgently carefree:relatively unimportant 31 hermit; loner Down 2 individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circun instances 3 abandon; disown; repudate 4 refutation; response with contrary evidence 6 deserving blame 8 differing: deviating 9 wasteful; reckless with money 11 mentally quick and observant; having insight 13 pride; arrogance 16 cautious; careful 17 religious devotion; godfiness 18 hard to understand.known only to the chosen few 19 practical; concerned with the practical worth or impact of something 21 extreme wealth; luxunousness; abundance 24 drowsy; dull 26 make impossible; eliminate 27 resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome Possible Answers: alleviate, attruistic, benevolent, decorum discerning, divergent, duplichly, esclenc, euphemism, frivolous, haughtiness, innovation insipid, ironic, laud, lethargic, opaque.opportunist, opulence, ostentatious, partisan piety, pragmatic, preclude, prevalent, prodgal, prudent, rebuttal, recluse renounce, reprehensible, virtuoso

# Explanation:<br />This problem is a crossword puzzle where each clue corresponds to a word from the provided list. The task is to match each clue with the correct word from the list.<br /><br />## Step 1:<br />The first clue is "change; introduction of something now". The word that best fits this description is "innovation".<br /><br />## Step 2:<br />The second clue is "individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances". The word that best fits this description is "opportunist".<br /><br />## Step 3:<br />The third clue is "abandon; disown; repudiate". The word that best fits this description is "renounce".<br /><br />## Step 4:<br />The fourth clue is "refutation; response with contrary evidence". The word that best fits this description is "rebuttal".<br /><br />## Step 5:<br />The fifth clue is "generous; charitable". The word that best fits this description is "altruistic".<br /><br />## Step 6:<br />The sixth clue is "deserving blame". The word that best fits this description is "reprehensible".<br /><br />## Step 7:<br />The seventh clue is "showy, pretentious; trying to attract attention". The word that best fits this description is "ostentatious".<br /><br />## Step 8:<br />The eighth clue is "differing; deviating". The word that best fits this description is "divergent".<br /><br />## Step 9:<br />The ninth clue is "wasteful; reckless with money". The word that best fits this description is "prodigal".<br /><br />## Step 10:<br />The tenth clue is "praise". The word that best fits this description is "laud".<br /><br />## Step 11:<br />The eleventh clue is "mentally quick and observant; having insight". The word that best fits this description is "discerning".<br /><br />## Step 12:<br />The twelfth clue is "lacking in flavor; dull". The word that best fits this description is "insipid".<br /><br />## Step 13:<br />The thirteenth clue is "pride; arrogance". The word that best fits this description is "haughtiness".<br /><br />## Step 14:<br />The fourteenth clue is "religious devotion; godliness". The word that best fits this description is "piety".<br /><br />## Step 15:<br />The fifteenth clue is "one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party". The word that best fits this description is "partisan".<br /><br />## Step 16:<br />The sixteenth clue is "cautious; careful". The word that best fits this description is "prudent".<br /><br />## Step 17:<br />The seventeenth clue is "religious devotion; godliness". The word that best fits this description is "piety".<br /><br />## Step 18:<br />The eighteenth clue is "hard to understand; known only to the chosen few". The word that best fits this description is "esoteric".<br /><br />## Step 19:<br />The nineteenth clue is "practical; concerned with the practical worth or impact of something". The word that best fits this description is "pragmatic".<br /><br />## Step 20:<br />The twentieth clue is "propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners". The word that best fits this description is "decorum".<br /><br />## Step 21:<br />The twenty-first clue is "extreme wealth; luxury; abundance". The word that best fits this description is "opulence".<br /><br />## Step 22:<br />The twenty-second clue is "highly skilled artist". The word that best fits this description is "virtuoso".<br /><br />## Step 23:<br />The twenty-third clue is "double-dealing; hypocrisy". The word that best fits this description is "duplicity".<br /><br />## Step 24:<br />The twenty-fourth clue is "drowsy; dull". The word that best fits this description is "lethargic".<br /><br />## Step 25:<br />The twenty-fifth clue is "mild expression in place of an unpleasant one". The word that best fits this description is "euphemism".<br /><br />## Step 26:<br />The twenty-sixth clue is "make impossible; eliminate". The word that best fits this description is "preclude".<br /><br />## Step 27:<br />The twenty-seventh clue is "resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome". The word that best fits this description is "ironic".<br /><br />## Step 28:<br />The twenty-eighth clue is "unselfishly generous; concerned for others". The word that best fits this description is "altruistic".<br /><br />## Step 29:<br />The twenty-ninth clue is "dark; not transparent". The word that best fits this description is "opaque".<br /><br />##