Level 1603 Solution

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Solution Grid

1 N
2 S
M
A
L
L
T
A
L
3 K
M
R
I
O
R
4 P
5 E
D
O
O
R
B
N
T
W
O
U
A
H
B
F
L
P
O
E
L
6 G
E
A
R
S
H
I
F
T
T
S
E
O
N
7 Q
U
A
D
R
A
T
I
C

Across

2. SMALLTALK
  • Casual conversation
  • Chitchat
  • Chitchat ... or an apt title for this puzzle?
  • It's often made at parties
  • Reception ritual
6. GEARSHIFT
  • RAGE?
  • Transmission lever
  • Engaging device
  • Part of car becoming obsolete.
  • Auto's transmission lever
7. QUADRATIC
  • Algebraic equation
  • Like some equations solved in Algebra I
  • Kind of equation graphed as a parabola
  • Yielding a parabola, in a way

Down

1. NARROWBOAT
  • Canal vessel
  • Vessel crashed, not a barrow
  • A brown rat scuttled across old vessel
  • Canal craft
  • Transport offered by limited circle within club
2. SMOOTH
  • Polished
  • Suave
  • Unwrinkled
  • Peanut butter choice
  • Silky
3. KIDNAP
  • Abduct
  • Shanghai
  • Abduct for ransom
  • Seize for ransom
  • Take, as a hostage
4. PROFESSOR
  • Member of an academic faculty
  • Mr. Bhaer in "Little Women."
  • Higgins or Moriarty
  • "Nutty" role for Jerry Lewis
  • Teacher in favour of oil company purchased by father
5. EBULLIENT
  • Exuberant
  • Bubbling over
  • In high spirits
  • Merry English tyrant is not finished with Ireland - and that's not heartless?
  • High-spirited

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