Spelling

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. The state of being active (6)
  2. 5. The action of accomplishing something (11)
  3. 8. Ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation (8)
  4. 9. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  5. 12. A religious person who believes Jesus is the ___ and who is a member of a ___ denomination (9)
  6. 14. Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for (8)
  7. 15. Without variation or change, in every case (6)
  8. 16. A lightweight handheld collapsible canopy (8)

Down

  1. 1. The act of traveling from one place to another (7)
  2. 2. Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission (9)
  3. 4. Tallest living quadruped (7)
  4. 6. A stiff moderately thick paper (9)
  5. 7. The state or fact of existing (5)
  6. 10. A pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist (plural) (7)
  7. 11. A musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players (9)
  8. 13. A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway (6)