ESL by Carolyn. Same spelling BUT different meaning & different pronunciation. Updated

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Across
  1. 2. This can be a noun or a verb. One meaning is “to dispute” and another meaning is “a competition”.
  2. 3. This can be very, very small OR involve time or a clock. (as a noun).
  3. 5. This can be a noun or a verb. It could mean to go first OR the element Pb.
  4. 6. Something in particular we do at work or home (a noun) OR it can be a way to show something on a screen with light (verb). It has a J in the middle.
  5. 10. This word means trash OR to say “no”. It starts with R.
  6. 11. This can be a noun or a verb. The verb means something you**** - such as a clock. The other meaning relates to weather. It’s a very ****y day.
  7. 15. Not the first time OR it could mean something is not new. Both nouns.
  8. 16. The general meaning is “to allow”. One is a verb and the other is a noun.
  9. 17. It copies sound OR it is round and relates to 70s music. It can be a noun or a verb.
  10. 18. This word means not far away OR relates to “open”.
Down
  1. 1. This is an animal and is also a used in baseball as a verb and a noun.
  2. 2. This can be a noun or a verb. An agreement OR to acquire.
  3. 4. A common idiom: “It’s not ****” OR sometimes we go to a **** to have fun. A place like a market or a circus.
  4. 5. This can be a noun or a verb. To tell a *** OR to *** down.
  5. 7. This could mean “to protest” OR just “a thing”.
  6. 8. This can be a noun or a verb. One meaning is related to “things” in a food market. It starts with P.
  7. 9. This may relate to good weather or good feeling OR something you have to pay (a noun).
  8. 12. A sandy place (noun) OR to make empty (verb). Different meanings.
  9. 13. A quarrel or a line of somethings OR an action verb that we may do in a boat.
  10. 14. One meaning is to speak to many people OR details of where we live.