Scarlet Letter

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering (5)
  2. 5. Heavenly messenger with wings (5)
  3. 6. Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people (7)
  4. 7. The state of having committed an offense (5)
  5. 9. A state in which all hope is lost or absent (7)
  6. 11. Estrangement from god (3)
  7. 14. Letting go of anger toward someone who wronged you (11)
  8. 15. An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed (7)
  9. 16. Large area covered with trees (6)

Down

  1. 1. Action taken in return for an injury or offense (7)
  2. 2. A smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster (5)
  3. 4. State capital and largest city of Massachusetts (6)
  4. 8. A native or inhabitant of ___ (plural) (7)
  5. 10. A platform from which criminals are executed (8)
  6. 12. A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment (6)
  7. 13. A person authorized to conduct religious worship (8)