News About Booze

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The occurrence of a change for the worse (6)
  2. 5. Organ that pumps blood around the body (5)
  3. 6. Liquid in drinks like beer and wine that adults sometimes have (7)
  4. 9. The organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body (9)
  5. 11. Something or someone that causes anxiety (8)
  6. 13. The invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead (plural) (10)
  7. 14. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers (5)
  8. 16. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface (plural) (6)

Down

  1. 1. Disgust so strong it makes you feel sick (6)
  2. 3. A basis for comparison (8)
  3. 4. The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth (8)
  4. 7. Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of (5)
  5. 8. A light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters (plural) (10)
  6. 10. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules (5)
  7. 12. A reeling sensation (9)
  8. 15. A chronic drinker (5)