Ch. 13-15 Crossword for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

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Across
  1. 4. any difficult or perplexing situation or problem
  2. 7. the science dealing with the structure of animals and plants
  3. 8. a sudden and widespread disaster
  4. 9. to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away
Down
  1. 1. sophisticated character; ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.
  2. 2. feeling or expressing extreme annoyance or irritation
  3. 3. to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements
  4. 5. involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical
  5. 6. a reedlike plant, Zingiber oficinale, native to South Asia but now cultivated in many tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cooking and medicine