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WORD ZONE 2 SOLUTIONS
Page 1: CLOZE CRAZY Storm at Sea
1- 5
sun over caught who shore
6-10 until as hung won't too
11-15 along became into into lantern
16-20 sail sea except breeze water
21-25 trust shook from blew tore
26-28 snap rose broke
B. Judge Joke Ugly Drag Gale Echo
C. Chore Cake Heal Oven Rice Earn
Page 8: CLOZE CRAZY Star Gazer
1-5
gazed sighed threw shadows dream
6-10 twinkled candles flickering fascinated
changing
11-15 mysterious wider creak disturb feeling
16-20 reason murmured unhappy knew
comfort
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Ballooning Beginnings
The capital letter denotes the sentences from
which the words are taken.
A: crowds B: safely C: another D: filled
E: named F: ceiling G: decided H: upwards
I: them J: shape K: fire L: thought
Correct Sentence Sequence:
EHFIMGJDNCKALB
Page 9: SEQUENCE In Dracula’s Castle
BDAFJEHLIGCKNPOM
Page 10: CROSSOUTS
1. Prank / Knees / Print / Tents / Image / Again
2. Music / Canoe / Moose / Eerie / Onion / Skier
Page 3: CROSSOUTS
1. Trial / Limit / Truth / Haunt
2. Began / Named / Brand / Dated / Alarm / Giant
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Across 1. Adorn 7. Business 8. Boast
10. Honeycomb 12. Handcuff 14. Grid
16. Levy 17. Argue 20. Worthwhile 23. Drunk
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Across 1. Market 4. Hinder 7. Rope 8. Norman 24. Spacious 25. Under
9. God 10. Novel 13. Derby 15. Large Down 1. Ambush 2. Rash. 3. Fuse 4. Pitch
17. Lasso 18. Beano 20. Yeast 23. Noted 5. Kenmare 6. Ass 9. Touch 11.Universal
26. Nun 27. United 28. Give 29. Relent 13. Fir 15. Build 16. Lowest 18. Tinker
19. Sheik 21. Haul 22. Erin
30. Weaken
Down 1. Morbid 2. Rapier 3. Tango 4. Horde
5. Danger 6. Riddle 10. Nylon 11. Visit Page 12: OVERLAPS
12. Lloyd 14. Ewe 16. Gas 18. Banner A. 1. Recollect 2. Lecture 3. Restrict 4. Tolerate
19. Annual 21. Anti 22. Tavern 24. Octet 5. Territory 6. Yearn 7. Earnings 8. Sleigh
9. Ghost 10. Strive
25. Endow
B. 1. Compose 2. Several 3. Rally 4. Lying
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5. Gymnasium 6. Umbrage 7. Genuine 8. Niece
1. Apple 2 Less 3. Snob 4. Obvious 5. Useful 9. Census 10. Suspicion
6. Ulster 7. Sterile 8. Lettuce 9. Certain
10 Tainted 11. Teddy 12. Youth 13. Thaw Page 13: SENTENCE BUILDING
14. Warden 15. Dentist 16. Steam 17. Amateur Correct Sentence Sequence:
18. Urgent 19. Gentle 20. Lemon 21. Monster K L H C A I F B D J E G
K. The people who lived in Ireland and Britain
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over two thousand years ago were called the
A. 1. Accident 2. Accent 3. Accessible
Celts.
4. Account 5. Accordion 6. Accommodation
L. They marked the end of the summer and the
7. Accurate 8. Accuse
beginning of winter with a festival.
B. 1. Premier 2. Predator 3. President 4 Prestige
5. Previous 6. Prejudice 7. Present 8. Premium H. They believed that on this night the gap
which separated the worlds of the living and
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dead narrowed, and ghosts of the dead
A. Trend Toad Rely Exit Note Drab
walked the earth, causing mischief and terror.
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C. They also believed that living people were at
risk on this night as witches and evil spirits
were at their most dangerous and most
powerful.
A. The Celts would leave food and wine at the
entrance to their homes for passing ghosts.
I. Often, of course, a beggar passing along the
road might benefit from this custom.
F. As the tradition developed, beggars, and
eventually children, began to ask for their
treats.
B. The practice of ‘dressing up’ developed
because it was thought that wearing animal
skins would serve as a disguise to protect
against evil spirits.
D. By the middle of the second century AD the
Romans had conquered most of the Celtic
territory in Britain.
J. This led to Roman and Celtic customs being
combined.
E. One of them was Feralia, a Roman custom of
commemorating the passing of the dead
which took place in late October.
G. It was on that day also that Pomona, the
Roman goddess of orchards, was honoured,
which may explain why apples form part of
many Halloween festivities.
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Across 1. Crayons
5. Spill
8. Exile
9. Synonym 10. Kites 11. Street 13. Tender
16. Bully 18. Twist 20. Stain 21. Inlet 22. Sites
23. Yielded
Down 1. Cheeses 2. Alien 3. Ocean 4. Steam
5. Stick 6. Invited 7. Lambs 12. Reliant
14. Rotated 15. Quarry 16. Busks 17. Yanks
18. Twine 19. Idled
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A. Demon Daily Eagle Mound Ozone Nudge
B. Rival Rhyme Image Valid Adore Loyal
C. Harsh Humid Apron Royal Steep Hover
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BKDAFILHEGJNCM
Page 21: SEQUENCE Vampire (2)
DGMBFAILCEKHJ
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Across 1. Giggle 4. Gallop 9. Latch 11. Eider
12. Ever 13. Arm 15. Glee 17. Ta 19. Order
21. Ill 22. Humps 23. Tanks 24. Bad 25. Tones
27. Eel 29. Unit 30. Nod 33. Plans 34. Bingo
35. Pare 36. Elects 37. Embers
Down 1. Grief 2. Gale 3. Lot 5. Aped
6. Ladylike 7. Parcel 8. Third 10. Ark
13. Arson 14. Meted 16. Else 17. Than
18. Audience 19. Opt 20. Ras 24. Bumble
26. No 28. Losers 31. Ale 32. Volt 33. Prim
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A. Dove Dodge Oasis Vault Elect
B. Cape Couch Actor Petal Early
C. Fair Faith Ample Index Reach
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A. 1. Dolphin 2. Hinted 3. Tedious 4. Usual
5. Altitude 6. Detective 7. Versatile 8. League
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1-5
scouring during retrieved cornered 9. Guest 10. Estimate
B. 1. Launch 2. Choosing 3. Single 4. Leisure
pursuing
6-10 used believed drama premises 5. Recognise 6. Embrace 7. Bracelet 8. Lethal
9. Halter 10. Terrify
confronted
11-15 shaken unhurt circulated spotted assisted
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16-20 managed bay evade occupants anxious
1. Know 2. Knave 3. Knot 4. Knee 5. Knight
6. Knock 7. Knife 8. Wrist 9. Wrap
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10. Wrinkle
11. Wreck
12. Wriggle
Carolling Around the Estate
13. Knowledge 14. Knuckle 15. Wrench
EJDBGAHLFIKC
16. Write 17. Wrong 18. Would 19. Stalk
20. Chalk 21. Knapsack 22. Guess 23. Guitar
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24. Guide 25. Guard 26. Guarantee 27. Wrestle
1. Water / Risky / Whiff / Funny / Irons / Thorn
28. Could 29. Vague 30. Plague 31. Comb
2. Waste / Erase / Whoop / Padre / Opera / Spend
32. Tongue 33. Dialogue 34. Catalogue
35. Column 36. Guilty 37. Guest 38. Rogue
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A. Thyme Tempt Honey Yacht Melee Event
B. Filth Frown Inlet Limit Tribe Heave
C. Cough Chase Order Uncle Glare Hedge
Page 33: SEQUENCE Miller’s End
SKDOHMNAQRJTXUWVEBFIC
GLP
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Hatred
Heroism
Theft
Compensation
Destruction Relief Proof Success Betrayal
Existence Departure Knowledge Accusation
Complaint Occurrence Defiance Judgement
Loss Translation Anger Expulsion Greed Beauty
Silence
Page 26: CLOZE CRAZY Choosing a Dog
1-5
popular dwellers ideal problems cost
6-10 control require space daily types
11-15 consider
often
because
rough
unintentionally
16-19 spans gentle expense arouse
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FAMEBGJCDHLIK
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A. 1. Compass 2. Passenger 3. Eruption 4. Onion
5. Onerous 6. Useful 7. Lapped 8. Pedigree
9. Greet 10. Eternity
B. 1. Raisin 2. Sinister 3. Sterling 4. Linger
5. Rink 6. Kitten 7. Tension 8. Onlooker
9. Ravenous 10. Signature
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1. Added / Duped / Arena / Acted / Equip / Doubt
2. Pulse / Event / Paint / Trout / Issue / Lasso
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Abandoned Commanded Crowded Claimed
Convinced Collapsed Departed Discovered
Drifted Escaped Launched Murdered Published
Registered Recorded Reached Weighed
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A. 1. Imitate 2. Imagery 3. Immediately
4. Immense
5. Imminent
6. Impact
7. Impetuous 8. Impulse
B. 1. Interior 2. Incident 3. Inhabit 4. Indicate
5. Interrupt 6. Inquisitive 7. Interview 8. Insect
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1. Ribbon – Bonnet 2. Rival – Valley 3. Urban –
Bandit 4. Barrel – Relief 5. Rascal – Calorie
6. Heaven – Venue 7. Slogan – Gander 8. Gather
– Heritage 9. Helmet – Metal 10. Guitar – Target
11. Lurid – Rider 12. Clarinet – Nettle
13. Murder – Derail 14. Fasten – Tender
15. Father – Hermit 16. Hazard – Arduous
17. Crisis – Sister 18. Fumble – Bleak
19. Employ – Loyal 20. Thunder – Derelict
Page 37: CLOZE CRAZY The Waterhorse
1-5
woman own again describe cold
6-10 told neither seen fact body
11-15 first noticed anything nostrils colour
16-20 people’s really struck thought creature
21-24 eyeing strokes surfaced obvious
Page 38: SEQUENCE Escape the Volcano
BEIFKAHMJDLCOGN
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A. 1. Exaggerate 2. Exceed 3. Exchange
4. Extrovert 5. Excursion 6. Exhausted
7. Exhibition 8. Exonerate
B. 1. Expand 2. Experiment 3. Explosion
4. Express 5. Exquisite 6. Extravagant
7. External 8. Exclude
Page 39: CROSSOUTS
A. Trivial Luggage Trumpet Torture Mending
Verdict
B. Captain Neutron Ceramic Canteen Airport
Tempest
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Across 1.Tadpole 5. Arrow 8. Wig 9. Wield
10. Right 11. Eerie 13. Radar 16. Meddle
18. Lip 19. Skin 20. Mess 22. Bay 23. Prayer
26. Angle 29. Rapid 31. Older 32. Opera
33. Oil 34. Tutor 35. Theatre
Down 1. Tower 2. Dread 3. Order 4. Ewer
Page 32: CLOZE CRAZY Snow Halts traffic
1-5
routes turned led freezing resulted
6-10 higher caused reports affected tailbacks
11-15 brunt swept store extreme main
16-20 delayed also concentrated inundated
serious
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5. Agree 6. Rigid 7. Witness 12. Imply 14. Ask 5. Aghast 6. Grieve 13. Amuse 15. Art 16. Kid
15. Annoy 17. Demon 18. Libra 19. Support 17. Our 18. Tin 20. Itched 21. Errors
21. Sol 24. Audit 25. Error 26. Adore 27.Greet 23. Annals 24. Ginger 26. Loots 29. Be
28. Evade 30. Pelt
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Page 41: SENTENCE BUILDING
A. 1. Promenade 2. Adequate 3. Telescope
Correct Sentence Sequence: F B D G A E C
4. Permanent 5. Entertain 6. Tainted 7. Teddy
F. The dullahan is a manlike figure, usually 8. Yoga 9. Gallows 10. Swallow
mounted on a black horse, which thunders B. 1. Geranium 2. Umbrella 3. Lavender
through the night.
4. Derelict 5. Torpedo 6. Doubt 7. Thirst
B. His head is a pale green colour and glows 8. Strut 9. Ruthless 10. Lesson
faintly in the darkness.
D. It can change itself into a variety of terrifying Page 46: TILES
forms.
A. Gain Grab Army I tem Newt
G. It often appears as a dark horse with burning B. Fuss Fund Used Skin Shun
red eyes and a long wild mane.
C. Cave Chip Aunt Vain Even
A. It can also appear as a small, deformed elf
who demands a share of the crop at the end of Page 47: CLOZE CRAZY The Other Band
the harvest.
1-5
pinned escaped parked plastered
E. It has been known to arrive at certain houses
deserved
and call out the names of those it wants to 6-10 peeled nodded handed scrunched tossed
take upon its midnight journeys.
11-15 appeared proved crammed wore riddled
C. In some parts of Leinster and Munster the 16-20 flung leaping barging windmilling
dullahan has been seen driving a black coach
banging
drawn by six black horses and travelling so 21-25 realised shook tugged making ignored
fast that the friction created by its movement 26-27 beginning offering
often sets on fire the bushes along the sides of
the road.
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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The capital letter denotes the sentences from
Famine Flight Accent Maniac Invest Narrow which the words are taken.
Errand
A. spite B. happily C. smuggled E. quarrels
F. converted G. informer J. events K. rise
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L. room M. survived N. camp
Legend of the Foxes
Correct Sentence Sequence:
The capital letter denotes the sentences from D K B N L C J E H A G I M F
which the words are taken
A. gather B. member C. appear D. awoken Page 49: CROSSOUTS
E. level F. correct G. built H. explanation 1. Arch Hour Aunt Tear
I. report K. younger N. dead O. happened P. 2. Bait Trot Boat Test
ruined
3. Hook Knot Huge East
Correct Sentence Sequence:
E G PAK B NAF O D H I M J L
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A. Remedy 2. Recreation 3. Reduce 4. Reform
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5. Rehearsal 6. Reluctant 7. Restaurant
Across 7. Shreds 8. Angers 9. His 10. Hoarse 8. Retrieve
11. Knaves 12. SAS 14 Stalk 17. Otter B. Encounter
2. Enable
3. Encourage
19. Sited 22. Range 25. Gel 27. Scar 4. Enormous 5. Environment 6. Entire 7. Entice
28. Owning 29. Boo 30. Hearse 31. Tiller
8. Enthusiasm
Down 1. Throat 2. Petrol 3. Ashes 4. Tasks
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Muscle Meteor Useful System Column Labour
Echoes
B. During the breeding season they need even
more food, so that they can lay their eggs and
then feed their nestlings.
I. Many parts of the world provide very rich
feeding in the summer, but in winter these
parts become very cold.
A. The main reason that our feathered friends
migrate is not the cold.
J. Most, in fact, are well equipped to survive in
extreme temperatures.
L. The reason birds migrate is the upcoming
shortage of food that winter will bring.
G. Nature has provided certain birds with an
internal clock that warns them to get out of
town, or to face possible starvation.
D. These birds are equipped to travel long
distances to warmer places when winter
comes and fly back again when food supplies
once more become available.
Page 52: CLOZE CRAZY. Lost in the Woods
1-5
surrounded looked make sky trees
6-10 see scratched brushed room idea
11-15 walking worried wondered tell missing
16-20 get courage night pounce shades
21-25 pictures stretched staggered jump make
26-30 sound dared step twig swept
31-36 knees disturbed flew dug crouched
shelter
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1. Firm Mean Fuss Span
2. List/Lost Tilt Loaf Fort
3. Road Dome Real Love
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Across 1 Shower 4 Ness 8 Moans 9 Prodigy
10 Anthems 11 Lupin 12 Syrup 14 Psalm
19 Ingot 21 Algebra 23 Envying 24 Bored
25 Credentials
Down 2 Healthy 3 Waste 4 Noodles 5 Skimp
6 Smear 7 Vying 9 Pass 13 Untried 15 Liberal
16 River 17 Jargon 18 Raid 20 Giver 22 Gab
Page 57: CLOZE CRAZY Letter to the Editor
1-5
arrived service too spent fortune
6-10 booklet driving allow infrastructure
choked
11-15 grinds jam elderly unfit purring
16-20 chosen devouring vote decisions pass
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A. 1. Skipper 2. Perfume 3. Medieval
4. Valuable 5. Bleating 6. Gravel 7. Velocity
8. Typist 9. Stunned 10. Editor
B. 1. Taoiseach 2. Chocolate 3. Terminate
4. Tenant 5. Anthem 6. Hemisphere 7. Remain
8. Maintain 9. Infection 10. Onlooker
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Across 3 Raspberry 7 Raise 8 Costume
9 Nudist 10 Intent 12 Planning 16 Calcutta
18 Travel 20 Top Hat 21 Winning 22 Canal
23 Underdone
Down 1 Transport 2. Wildcat 3 Reason
4 Prodigal 5 Estate 6 Roman 11 Tarantula
13 Inclined 14 Itching 15 Avenue 17 Choice
19 Reign
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Correct Sentence Sequence:
CKHEFBIAJLGD
C. You can see robins, blackbirds or crows in
your garden at any time of year, but you will
only see swallows in Ireland in summer.
K. In the autumn the swallows leave us and fly
many thousands of kilometres to their winter
home in Africa.
H. The following spring they fly back to Europe,
to build their nest and rear their young.
E. Many birds fly back and forth every year
between two different areas, and this regular
annual movement is called migration.
F. Birds need plenty of food to stay alive.
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A. 1. Shoulder 2. Derail 3. Ailment 4. Entrance
5. Century 6. Rye 7. Yellow 8. Lower
9. Werewolf 10. Fortunate
B. 1. Principal 2. Aluminium 3. Umpire
4. Reliable 5. Blend 6. Distinct 7. Translate
8. Terminus 9. Usher 10. Robust
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Absent Always Beacon Shrewd Emerge Nugget
Taught
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