Across
- 2. A person who has written something ; especially : a person who has written a book or who writes many books
- 4. A juicy tropical fruit that has firm yellow and red skin and a hard seed at its center
- 5. A small ring-shaped friedcake
- 7. The state of being a very famous performer
- 10. A picture that is taken of the inside of something (such as a person's body) by using a special machine
- 13. A gun with a long barrel that shoots a large number of small metal balls
- 14. A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- 15. One of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
- 16. Referred to as a 'grand' in money slang
- 17. A creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
Down
- 1. A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
- 2. A quantity of money
- 3. An occurrence in which very strong winds blow sand around very forcefully in the desert
- 5. A mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering
- 6. Inactive but capable of becoming active, like in a volcano
- 8. A photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)
- 9. A person (especially a man) whose job is to stand next to the main door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building) and help people by opening the door, calling taxis, etc.
- 11. A person who keeps watch over something or someone
- 12. A yellow sauce commonly used as toppings on a hotdog sandwich
- 14. A funny or amusing quality