Words with Long and short e

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Not in a state of sleep (5)
  2. 4. Hot brown drink made from roasted beans (6)
  3. 7. Generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into (7)
  4. 12. The time when the Moon is ___ illuminated (4)
  5. 14. Device that plays music and news through the air (5)
  6. 15. A middle way between two extremes (10)
  7. 16. Time available for ease and relaxation (7)

Down

  1. 1. The countries of Europe and North America and South America (4)
  2. 3. An earlier section of a written text (5)
  3. 5. Any strong feeling (7)
  4. 6. To consider obligatory (8)
  5. 8. One of the two main constituents of a sentence (7)
  6. 9. A soft partly suppressed laugh (7)
  7. 10. Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a ___ (plural) (6)
  8. 11. To present reasons and ___ (5)
  9. 13. Male ruler of a kingdom (4)