Issue53516th-22ndSeptember2016
news puzzle
Crazy But True
This story has come from the Crazy But True section of ‘First News’.
Read the stories, and then try the puzzle. To help you, we have underlined the answers to
the crossword puzzle clues in the article itself – but you will need to match the correct word with each clue!
crazy but true
CHECK out this 100-year-old house in Finland wrapped up
in a super-snuggly coat!
We all like to make our houses cosy, but an artist known as Olek
has taken that idea one step further! The bright pink cover is made
out of crochet (similar to knitting).
The artist chose this house for a particular reason. In 1939 bombs
fell in the garden during the Winter War between Russia and Finland.
Its original owners had to move out, but they and the house survived.
Olek decided to use the house as a story of hope for the millions of refugees around the world who
have been forced to leave their homes because of war.
So, she got together a team including refugee women from Syria and Ukraine. Together, they
created this amazing pink cover for the house.
It is decorated with flowers and skull patterns, but Olek says that the house is not just something
eye-catching and pretty to look at. She hopes it will make people think about a bright future in
which everybody has a home.
ACROSS
2. a word that introduces the reason that
something has happened (conjunction 7)
5. more than one person (plural noun 6)
6. This is a person who creates art.
(noun 6)
7. comfortable and snug (adjective 4)
DOWN
1. These are people who have to look for a
new home in another country because it is
not safe in their own country.
(plural noun 8)
3. This bone protects your brain. (noun 5)
4. These explosive weapons were dropped
on houses in WW2.
(plural noun 5)
5. beautiful (adjective 6)
Issue53516th-22ndSeptember2016
news puzzle
Crazy But True
This story has come from the Crazy But True section of ‘First News’.
Read the story, and then try the puzzle. The answers to the clues are all words in the
article. Answer the clue and then underline the word in the story.
crazy but true
CHECK out this 100-year-old house in Finland wrapped up
in a super-snuggly coat!
We all like to make our houses cosy, but an artist known as Olek
has taken that idea one step further! The bright pink cover is made
out of crochet (similar to knitting).
The artist chose this house for a particular reason. In 1939 bombs
fell in the garden during the Winter War between Russia and Finland.
Its original owners had to move out, but they and the house survived.
Olek decided to use the house as a story of hope for the millions of refugees around the world who
have been forced to leave their homes because of war.
So, she got together a team including refugee women from Syria and Ukraine. Together, they
created this amazing pink cover for the house.
It is decorated with flowers and skull patterns, but Olek says that the house is not just something
eye-catching and pretty to look at. She hopes it will make people think about a bright future in
which everybody has a home.
ACROSS
2. a word that introduces the reason that
something has happened (conjunction 7)
5. more than one person (plural noun 6)
6. This is a person who creates art.
(noun 6)
7. comfortable and snug (adjective 4)
DOWN
1. These are people who have to look for a
new home in another country because it is
not safe in their own country.
(plural noun 8)
3. This bone protects your brain. (noun 5)
4. These explosive weapons were dropped
on houses in WW2.
(plural noun 5)
5. beautiful (adjective 6)