Mystery Words

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance (6)
  2. 5. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained (7)
  3. 7. A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved (7)
  4. 9. A contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end (11)
  5. 11. Apprehension about what is going to happen (8)

Down

  1. 2. An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (plural) (10)
  2. 3. A style of expressing yourself in writing (5)
  3. 4. The context and environment in which something is set (7)
  4. 6. The principal bad character in a film or work of fiction (7)
  5. 8. A slight indication (plural) (5)
  6. 10. A catch for locking a door (4)