Houston Chronicle

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Something that is regarded as a chance event (7)
  2. 6. The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial (8)
  3. 7. The place where something begins, where it springs into being (6)
  4. 12. A message received and understood (11)
  5. 14. A professional performer who tells jokes and performs ___ acts (plural) (6)
  6. 15. The second largest state (5)

Down

  1. 1. A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution (plural) (7)
  2. 2. The largest city in Texas (7)
  3. 3. The world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold (plural) (7)
  4. 5. A notice of someone's death (plural) (10)
  5. 8. A record or narrative description of past events (9)
  6. 9. Games like soccer and tennis that need skill and fitness (6)
  7. 10. How well your body and mind are doing (6)
  8. 11. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion (plural) (6)
  9. 13. Information about recent and important events (4)