Answer:

grew

Answer	Crossword Clue
GREW	Shot up
GREW	Got big
GREW	Sprouted

GREW	Matured
GREW	Got taller
GREW	Spread
GREW	Expanded
GREW	Went from tot to teen
GREW	Developed
GREW	Mushroomed
GREW	Became bigger

GREW	Cultivated
GREW	Became
GREW	Got bigger
GREW	Multiplied
GREW	Enlarged
GREW	Became an adult, with "up"
GREW	Got larger
GREW	Increased

GREW	Ballooned
GREW	Sprang up
GREW	Sprouted like a weed
GREW	Waxed
GREW	Neared maturity
GREW	Needed bigger shoes
GREW	Increased in stature
GREW	Filled out, maybe

GREW	Burgeoned
GREW	Gradually became
GREW	Shrank's opposite
GREW	Former Ambassador to Tokyo.
GREW	U.S. envoy the Japs sent home.
GREW	Former Asst. Secy. of State.
GREW	New Under-Secretary of State.
GREW	Under-Secretary of State.

GREW	Ambassador to Japan, 1932-41.
GREW	Former Ambassador to Japan.
GREW	Emulated Topsy.
GREW	Topsy did.
GREW	Flourished.

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.