The Olympics

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A person trained to compete in sports (plural) (8)
  2. 5. Any of several ___ socialist organizations (13)
  3. 7. Study of what happened in the past (7)
  4. 9. A feeling of self-respect and personal worth (5)
  5. 10. Shiny yellow metal used in jewelry (4)
  6. 12. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event (plural) (6)
  7. 13. An alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements (6)
  8. 14. The capital and largest city of Greece (6)
  9. 16. A highly developed state of perfection (6)

Down

  1. 1. The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual (11)
  2. 2. A race in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use (9)
  3. 3. Natural abilities or qualities (6)
  4. 6. The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country (8)
  5. 8. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal (6)
  6. 11. The act of passing something along from one person or group to another (plural) (6)
  7. 15. Something that happens at a given place and time (plural) (6)