Homophones

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A condition requiring relief (4)
  2. 5. The fact of being aware of information that is ___ to few people (4)
  3. 6. Time during which some action is awaited (4)
  4. 7. A unit of instruction (6)
  5. 9. Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (3)
  6. 11. Having finished or arrived at completion (7)
  7. 13. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located (3)

Down

  1. 1. To decrease in size, extent, or range (6)
  2. 3. Nonresinous wood of a ___ tree (3)
  3. 4. The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity (6)
  4. 5. To manually manipulate, usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes (5)
  5. 6. To produce a literary work (5)
  6. 8. To create with cloth (3)
  7. 10. An advantageous purchase (3)
  8. 12. An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (5)
  9. 13. Turbulent water with swells of considerable size (3)