The Scarlet Letter

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt (5)
  2. 4. Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something (4)
  3. 7. An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed (7)
  4. 8. Any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses (8)
  5. 10. Letting go of anger toward someone who wronged you (11)
  6. 13. Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians (6)
  7. 14. A smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster (5)
  8. 15. A wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck (7)

Down

  1. 1. The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well (7)
  2. 2. Heavenly messenger with wings (5)
  3. 3. An artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas (9)
  4. 5. A licensed medical practitioner (9)
  5. 6. A person authorized to conduct religious worship (8)
  6. 9. A whip used to inflict punishment (7)
  7. 11. Estrangement from god (3)
  8. 12. Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering (5)