Homophones

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Across
  1. 2. A common viral illness with fever and body aches.
  2. 4. Land at the edge of a sea, lake, or river.
  3. 7. Permitted or given permission.
  4. 8. A large, flat area of land; also means simple or without decoration.
Down
  1. 1. Certain or confident about something.
  2. 2. A blooming plant or its blossom.
  3. 3. A flying vehicle; also a flat surface in geometry.
  4. 5. Spoken out loud, not silently.
  5. 6. Past tense of "fly," meaning to move through the air.