19th May

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Across
  1. 3. Sports brand with three stripes.
  2. 6. Each of the pair of organs situated within the ribcage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed.
  3. 9. A hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda and lime and cooling rapidly. It is used to make windows, drinking containers, and other articles.
  4. 11. A nectar-feeding insect with two pairs of large, typically brightly coloured wings that are covered with microscopic scales.
  5. 12. The eighth and farthest-known Solar planet from the Sun.
  6. 14. The state or quality of being worthy of honour or respect.
  7. 15. Plunge head first into water with one's arms raised over one's head.
  8. 16. A competition between runners, horses, vehicles, etc. to see which is the fastest in covering a set course.
  9. 18. A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.
Down
  1. 1. Care taken to avoid danger or mistakes.
  2. 2. A vehicle consisting of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel.
  3. 4. A strip of hair left to grow above the upper lip.
  4. 5. A game in which players build up words on a board from small lettered squares or tiles.
  5. 7. A process in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke; combustion or burning.
  6. 8. The group of people with the authority to manage a country or state; a particular ministry in office.
  7. 10. A muscular membranous sac in the abdomen which receives urine from the kidneys and stores it for excretion.
  8. 13. A form of body modification made by inserting ink, dyes, and/or pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin.
  9. 17. Any of the five digits at the end of the human foot.