CROSSWORD No 192
Clue:
ACROSS
1. The natural purpose of something or the duty of a person.
2. Very greatly.
The only definite article in English.
An act of nodding the head.
3. To shed tears.
Poise.
In music, it is the third note in the scale of C major.
4. The ninth letter of the alphabet.
Into smaller pieces.
Preposition used to refer to the function or character that someone or something has.
5. A strip of leather, cloth, or other flexible material, used to fasten, secure, or carry something or to hold on to something.
Likelihood.
6. Male descendants.
To rub or be rubbed away gradually.
7. In use.
The past tense of throw.
The eighteenth letter of the alphabet.
8. The eighteenth letter of the alphabet.
Cherished.
An adverb.
9. Any female person.
Pull a car or boat along with a rope or chain.
Pronoun.
10. Attraction, appeal.
DOWN
1. An instrument used for cutting cloth, paper, and other material.
2. Towards.
Tonne.
An informal word for hello.
3. The chemical symbol for uranium.
Spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or sewing.
The home of particular types of wild animal.
4. Abbreviation for New Testament.
Glue, stick.
Temperature.
5. Low in price.
Detest.
6. Pull something apart or to pieces with force.
A mistake.
7. The ninth letter of the alphabet.
To keep, set aside, or accumulate for future use.
He and I.
8. Half of two.
Towards or in a lower place or position, especially to or on the ground or another surface.
Used to form the plural of nouns.
9. The chemical element nobelium.
To put two or more numbers or amounts together to get a total.
Used to show movement away from the inside of a place.
10. Sweet courses eaten at the end of meals.