Looking for Clues

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction (8)
  2. 5. The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal (6)
  3. 6. A state of mental or emotional strain or suspense (7)
  4. 8. A reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated (9)
  5. 10. An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (9)
  6. 14. Evidence that helps to solve a problem (4)
  7. 15. To conduct an inquiry or ___ of (11)

Down

  1. 1. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained (7)
  2. 2. A ___ work intended for performance by actors on a stage (5)
  3. 3. A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances (8)
  4. 4. A police officer who investigates crimes (9)
  5. 7. A statement that represents something in words (11)
  6. 9. A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact (7)
  7. 11. To find the solution (5)
  8. 12. A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law (7)
  9. 13. An act punishable by law (5)