Face-Off 2025

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Across
  1. 2. Wrote 1984 and Animal Farm
  2. 3. Organ that produces insulin
  3. 5. Literary device for exaggeration
  4. 7. First element on the periodic table
  5. 8. The city hosting the ALC FACE-OFF this year
  6. 10. Chess piece that moves in an L-shape
  7. 13. A fruit that's also a tech brand
  8. 14. A common greeting
  9. 15. Made by folding paper
  10. 18. Language spoken in Brazil
  11. 21. Figure of speech using like or as
Down
  1. 1. Device used to look at stars
  2. 4. Greek god of the sea
  3. 6. Winning move that ends the game (chess)
  4. 9. A tie in chess
  5. 11. Unrehearsed performance style
  6. 12. World's longest river
  7. 14. Japanese poetry form with 17 syllables
  8. 16. To express indirectly or subtly
  9. 17. Currency used in Japan
  10. 19. ____ the question (avoid answering directly)
  11. 20. Highest mountain in Africa