grid 1. 16d. sparkle 7 letters. - h - t - e -
21d. shared 5 letters. - o - n -
grid 2. 1a. unfavourable position 12 letters. d - - - d - a - t - - -
12a. pathetic quality 6 letters. - a - h - s
14d. swell 6 letters. - i - - - w.
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bathos
1. a ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the commonplace; anticlimax.
2. insincere pathos; sentimentality; mawkishness.
3. triteness or triviality in style.
pathos
"quality that arouses pity or sorrow," 1668, from Gk. pathos "suffering, feeling, emotion," lit. "what befalls one," related to paskhein "to suffer," and penthos "grief, sorrow;"