Across
- 2. a small gregarious Australian parakeet which is green with a yellow head in the wild. It is popular as a cage bird and has been bred in a variety of colours.
- 4. a medical practitioner qualified to diagnose and treat tumours.
- 8. from time to time; occasionally.
- 9. an acrobatic movement in which a person turns head over heels in the air or on the ground and lands or finishes on their feet.
- 10. (especially of a person) looking attractive in photographs or on film.
- 11. the action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
- 13. a person who traces or studies lines of family descent.
- 16. delay or postpone action; put off doing something.
- 17. the appearance or quality of being arrogantly superior and disdainful.
- 19. a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour.
- 20. existing or occurring at or on the surface.
Down
- 1. denoting or relating to a period of a thousand years.
- 3. a large, heavily built plant-eating mammal with one or two horns on the nose and thick folded skin, native to Africa and southern Asia. All kinds have become endangered through hunting.
- 5. (of a substance) having or showing light, A long lightbulb.
- 6. supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
- 7. a person who informs on a person or organization regarded as engaging in an unlawful or immoral activity.
- 12. relating to language.
- 14. given to disagree
- 15. attribute human characteristics or behaviour to (a god, animal, or object).
- 18. the action of rising to an important position or a higher level.