CROSSWORD No 142
Clue:
ACROSS
1. To fall or to allow something to fall.
A bird with a flat face and large eyes that hunts small mammals at night.
2. A period of twelve months.
The act of uniting.
3. Put food into the mouth and chew and swallow it.
The symbol for indium.
The lower end, tip, or point of something.
4. The symbol for astatine.
To move an implement such as a spoon around in (a liquid) so as to mix up the constituents.
A pronoun.
5. A covering for the head, usually with a brim and a crown.
Pull a car or boat along with a rope or chain.
Day(s).
6. The Roman numeral for 1,000.
Establish.
Shank.
7. Preposition used after words or phrases expressing amount, number, or a particular unit.
The past tense of make.
On the condition or supposition that.
8. To rest with the body supported by one's buttocks or thighs.
A negative response.
An implement used for water-borne propulsion.
9. Move or go in a furtive or stealthy way.
Very small.
10. A barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level.
A bar that slides into a socket to fasten a door or window.
DOWN
1. Yes.
A very small, green or yellow plant that grows especially in wet earth or on rocks, walls, and tree trunks.
2. The end of the life of a person or organism.
Discover or perceive by chance or unexpectedly.
3. A despicable person.
Adverb used in comparisons to refer to the extent or degree of something.
A hot drink made by infusing the dried crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water.
4. Conjunction used after a negative verb to mean not one thing and also not another.
A central part of something from which other parts can develop or grow, or which forms a support.
The first person singular of the present tense of be.
5. Penny or pence.
Refers to a nonhuman, animal, plant, or inanimate thing.
A large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas.
6. A subdivision of a larger military formation.
Create, produce.
The second highest class of academic mark.
7. Operating.
An actor's part in a play, film, etc.
A preposition of movement.
8. The ability to use words in a clever and humorous way.
They and I.
Grease.
9. An apparatus for making fabric by weaving yarn or thread.
An imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size.
10. A requirement.
To cook food in hot oil or fat.