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THE PEARL

Chapters 1 & 2

CROSSWORD PUZZLE


  
 
CLUES (Page references to Heinemann New Windmills version - ISBN 0 435 12025 5)

Across 3. (n.) A story told to demonstrate a moral or spiritual truth 4. (n.) Tiredness (page 7) 5. (vb.) To hate, dislike, disrespect (page 9) 7. (n.) A crowd of people moving together in the same direction (page 9) 9. (adj.) Not wanting to do something (page 19) 10. (adj.) Surprised, shocked, caught unawares (page 20) 13. (adj.) Without value, worth nothing (page 11) 14. (n.) A small piece broken off something (page 5) 16. (n.) Wanting very strongly to do something and not giving up (page 7) 18. (n.) Something you imagine you can see, something unreal, something that tricks your eyes (page 19) 20. (vb.) To shine, glow (page 17) 21. (n.) A cure; something that heals a wound or cures an illness (page 15) 22. (adv.) In a panicky, hurried way (page 2) Down 1. (adj.) Comforting, putting someone's mind at rest (page 2) 2. (adj.) Never-ending (page 1) 6. (adj.) Hard, stiff, unbending (pages 17 & 20) 8. (vb.) To annoy, bother, "bug" (page 15) 11. (vb.) To sit down low (like someone going to the toilet!) (page 3) 12. (vb.) To mumble, say something unclearly (page 4) 14. (adj.) Not strong, easily broken (page 7) 15. (vb.) To hang on, hold tight (page 17) 17. (adj.) Awkward, not graceful (page 3) 19. (adj.) Coming after, happening later on (page 10) 21. (vb.) To go back, become smaller, become less (page 20)