Clues:
1. Showing assurance and self-reliance
2. Firmly resolved
3. Capable of devising ways and means
4. Showing initiative and willingness to undertake new projects
5. Having the quality of something created rather than Imitated
6. Introduce something new or different
7. As good as or better than others of a comparable nature
8. The act or faet of doing something that involves danger​