Crossword Rally

Language in Action Crossword

Language in Action is a medium English-language crossword with 30 clues. A mixed Brain Boost with words, everyday knowledge and fresh connections

10 × 10 grid. Play free as a guest, with no download.

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Across

  • 1. Maps a course or route
  • 7. Lift to a higher position (5,2)
  • 8. Item written for a newspaper
  • 9. Shine with a small flash
  • 12. Downward motion caused by gravity
  • 13. More extended in duration or distance
  • 15. Stroke an animal affectionately
  • 16. A temporary period in between
  • 18. Cherished, or costly
  • 19. Sturdy fabric used for blue jeans
  • 23. Large North American deer also called wapiti
  • 24. Wear away little by little
  • 25. Cereal grain often used in a dark, strongly flavoured bread
  • 26. Strict adherence to standards
  • 27. Took without permission

Down

  • 1. Driver of a horse-drawn goods vehicle
  • 2. Popular success, as a song
  • 3. An expression of disbelief (2,2)
  • 4. Brief summary
  • 5. Fine net fabric used in a tutu
  • 6. Wrote out letters one by one
  • 7. Patrollers of national parks
  • 9. Craft that soars without an engine
  • 10. Sad from lacking companionship
  • 11. Opening that admits air to an engine
  • 14. Provisions hitching passage on larger bills
  • 17. Quality deserving praise
  • 20. Not permitted or not workable (2,2)
  • 21. Object of intense devotion or admiration
  • 22. No more than, as in a ___ three dollars

How to play

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