Time III

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Across
  1. 2. use specious excuses or unnecessary manoeuvres to gain time
  2. 5. formally arrange
  3. 7. very soon
  4. 8. lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual
  5. 10. to allow very little time for something
  6. 14. for the present; until some other arrangement is made
  7. 16. ____ the meantime
  8. 17. Oh no! My watch is twenty minutes_____. I'll be late for work.
  9. 18. hurry up
  10. 21. very often
  11. 22. If you say that something happened _________a period of time, you mean that it happened for most of that time. He had been in Israel_________ twenty-four hours. We spent the better part of an hour searching for her.
  12. 23. before an action or event; in advance
  13. 25. when half finished : at the middle point (of)
  14. 26. the opposite of 'prior to'
Down
  1. 1. ___ ____ 5 and 30 minutes
  2. 3. approximately
  3. 4. exactly, precisely(for time)
  4. 6. approximately (perhaps a few minutes/hours more or a few minutes/hours less)
  5. 9. to be delayed
  6. 11. to be pressed/pushed ____ time = to be very busy
  7. 12. gone It's ___ ___ 10 o'clock = it's 10.02
  8. 13. before
  9. 15. in 10 minutes ____ - in exactly 10 minutes
  10. 19. approximately; used for money (esp with the verbs cost and spend) and time (with theverbstake andspend)
  11. 20. for six ____ hours = for six hours without stopping
  12. 24. follow as a result