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3. The next level in a friendship. You’re beginning to realize this makes you uncomfortable, but you’re not sure why.
4. Not together. Separated by distance.
7. That which ties two things, or two people, together. What you’re lacking with others but not sure how to build.
9. How you feel sometimes when you are (see 5 down). Or sometimes when you are with other people but feel no (see 7 across).
10. The people who, apart from family, are most important to you. But sometimes you fear you have none who are close.
12. Power of comprehending. What you look for in people’s eyes, in their words, for reassurance.
13. Opposite of “same”.
15. What you were taught to do with your toys in kindergarten. What people do on Facebook. What you don’t know how to do with your innermost thoughts and feelings.
17. What you long for when you see two people embrace. Third in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. What you want unconditionally. What you are ready to give.