Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

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Across
  1. 5. What Mary is doing to appear calm as she returns home
  2. 7. The crime committed by the protagonist
  3. 9. Dessert Mary buys to seem innocent
  4. 11. The meat Mary uses to kill her husband
  5. 12. Where Mary gets the murder weapon from
  6. 14. Reason for committing a crime
  7. 15. Patrick's job
  8. 18. Victim's first name
  9. 20. Where and when the story takes place (1950s home)
  10. 21. What Mary creates by going to the store
  11. 23. When the opposite of what is expected occurs
  12. 24. Emotion Mary pretends to feel when police arrive
  13. 25. ELA term for the struggle between Mary and her situation
  14. 26. Type of meat used as the murder weapon
Down
  1. 1. Day of the week when the murder takes place
  2. 2. Feeling the reader has as Mary's plan unfolds
  3. 3. The couple's last name
  4. 4. Type of irony when the reader knows Mary is the killer, but the police do not
  5. 6. Person who unknowingly helps Mary create her alibi
  6. 8. Where Mary hides the murder weapon
  7. 10. What the police eat while searching for it
  8. 13. Type of irony when the police eat the murder weapon
  9. 16. "Looks can be deceiving" is an example of this literary element
  10. 17. Action Mary performs naturally after discovering the body
  11. 19. Protagonist who commits the murder
  12. 22. Type of irony in Mary’s polite tone while covering up a murder