Across
- 2. (n): the central part of a telephone system used by a company, etc. where telephone calls are answered and put through (=connected) to the appropriate person or department; the person who worked this equipment
- 4. a gun that can be carried
- 5. the rules in a language for changing the form of words and joining them into sentences
- 7. a person who reports news from a particular country or on a particular subject for a newspaper or a television or radio station
Down
- 1. the smallest planet in the solar system, nearest to the sun
- 3. to use your power to treat sb in a cruel or unfair way= oppress
- 6. to cause sb to have strong feelings, esp of sympathy or sadness
- 7. to hold sb/sth gently in your arms or hands
- 8. to stop sb/sth from doing sth, esp by using physical force= suppress