Across
- 3. a formal written request, especially for a job or a place in a school.
- 6. connected with the place where you were born or where you have always lived.
- 9. to offer or propose something to think about or consider.
- 13. needing an immediate decision or action.
- 14. an idea that tries to explain something.
- 15. very bad; causing terror or fear.
- 17. a person who gives blood or a part of his/her own body for medical use.
Down
- 1. the usual or correct way for doing something.
- 2. money received for hours worked.
- 4. a series of actions that you do for a particular purpose.
- 5. a group of families ruled by a common chief or leader.
- 7. moving in an awkward way and tending to make things fall over.
- 8. not final or lasting; temporary until somebody/something more permanent is found.
- 10. of the present time; happening now.
- 11. a high level of special knowledge or skill.
- 12. to put an official into office by having him or her promise to carry out the duties of that office.
- 16. meaning the opposite of what you say.