TIME TO OWN UP
Word Work
Cryptic Words
Now you have read “Time to own up”, can you
work on the words in the story?
The word “cryptic” means “hidden” or “secret”.
Here are words from the story. You have been
given the first letter of each. Can you guess
what they are from the clue?
1. The changeover time between two days. Page 1
M
2. Expensive. Page 1
V
3. Beyond high school. Page 2
U
4. He asks a lot of questions. Page 3
D
5. It’s portable and it computes. Page 4
L
6. A long written task. Page 5
A
7. Naughty, naughty! Page 6
C
8. Don’t wake up the … Page 7
N
9. Not guilty, your Honour. Page 8
I
10. I wasn’t there. Page 10
A
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