5th Grade Crossword May Challenge

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Across
  1. 2. with longing or yearning
  2. 4. disaster; calamity; catastrophe; travesty
  3. 7. to think about; ruminate; ponder
  4. 9. an amount that goes beyond what is customary; surplus
  5. 11. an inclination or natural tendency
  6. 12. to restrict; to reduce; limit; cut short
  7. 13. to hold back; stop; impede; thwart; stymie
  8. 15. to send forth; emit; radiate
  9. 16. a pleasurable expectation; eagerness for something to happen
Down
  1. 1. great; intense; important
  2. 3. strength; endurance; grit
  3. 5. reasonable; believable; feasible
  4. 6. spreading widely throughout an area
  5. 8. to tempt; lure; coax
  6. 10. to debate; to argue against; contest; tussle
  7. 14. a complete embarrassing failure; debacle