The Letter S

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A stomach exercise in which a person ___ up from a supine position without using the arms (5)
  2. 4. Stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning (6)
  3. 6. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base (6)
  4. 9. The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level (6)
  5. 10. 1/60 of a minute (6)
  6. 12. A transparent paperlike product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes (10)
  7. 13. An occasion for buying at specially reduced prices (plural) (5)
  8. 15. An incorporated administrative district established by state charter (4)

Down

  1. 1. United States writer of Yiddish stories and novels (6)
  2. 3. An area that is approximately central within some larger region (6)
  3. 5. To make a sound like frying fat (6)
  4. 7. An act of economizing (6)
  5. 8. A small sailing vessel (8)
  6. 11. A period of 100 years (7)
  7. 12. An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs (5)
  8. 14. Feeling or expressing regret or ___ or a sense of loss over something done or undone (5)