CNN Vocabulary Crossword

3. Applied to your body to protect you from ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Make sure you wear _____ in the summer.
4. Most recent. The ______ weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow.
7. To have a lack of something. There's a _______ of affordable housing in my country.
10. To make something smaller. Politicians are trying to ________ the scandal.
13. Vehicles that control themselves. The car manufacturer Tesla is famous for trying to develop _______ cars.
14. chain The process of production and distribution of products. COVID-19 has severely disrupted the _____ ______ of semiconductors.
15. To have power or influence over others. Oda Nobunaga wanted to _______ all of Japan.
16. A long time ago. _____ ___ ____ ____ only drivers had to wear seat belts in cars.
18. Someone who studies history by excavating (digging up) human remains and artifacts.
19. To make a request. Remember to ______ the concert tickets before they sell out.

1. The day and month that a previous event took place on. Next week is my grandparents 50th wedding _________.
2. When an issue is contentious and highly debated. The U.S. Supreme Court decision is very ________.
5. Incredibly famous. Tezuka Osamu was a _________ manga artist.
6. To ban something. The recent overturning of Roe v. Wade in the U.S. Supreme Court now allows states to ______ abortions.
8. To increase over a larger area. The virus quickly ______ across the world.
9. The name for everything that lives in the sea. There's still so much we don't know about _____ _____.
11. The middle part. We are in the _____ of a pandemic.
12. Rural areas. The _______ is beautiful.
17. To limit or control. The government encourages vaccinations to _____ COVID-19 infections.