A Day with PENCIL talking to LETTERS

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. The organic phenomenon of rotting (5)
  2. 5. Change toward something smaller or lower (7)
  3. 9. Care provided to improve a situation (9)
  4. 10. Things we wear, like shirts and pants (7)
  5. 11. A crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body (7)
  6. 14. Machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion (5)

Down

  1. 2. A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power (5)
  2. 3. Fate personified (5)
  3. 4. A visual representation produced on a surface (7)
  4. 6. A number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context (8)
  5. 7. A person's ___ in marriage (7)
  6. 8. An animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning (7)
  7. 12. Position ___ in a countable series of things (6)
  8. 13. An explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions (4)