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2. what the girl said she did wrong 3. expressing disapproval of something 4. bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint 5. what the girl was afraid people would take away from her 6. become progressively greater and more intense 7. what the girl was selling 8. talking 9. the girl showed excessive 10. agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain 11. some of the spectators were 12. with harshness or violence, in crude fashion 13. a man whose conduct conforms to a high standard of propriety or correct behavior 14. to make an assertion against especially by ascribing guilt or blame Crossword solving involves several useful skills including vocabulary, reasoning, spelling skills. To solve any crossword puzzle, a student must be able to identify and understand the terms being used. This often involves acquiring new vocabulary or terminology. It can also involve making differentiations between similar words or phrases. Correctly deciphering a crossword also requires exact spelling, which for students may mean practising dictionary skills. Other important skills required for completing these puzzles include making inferences, evaluating choices, and drawing conclusions. Another benefit of using crossword puzzles in the classroom is that they are associated with recreation, and can be less intimidating for students as review tools. Students who might normally balk at practice tests, flashcards, or review sessions with the teacher find puzzle solving to be much less threatening and more like game play. Puzzle solving is an active type of learning, and will engage students with the material more than passive types of review techniques do. Crossword puzzles also have the advantage of appealing to different learning styles. Visual learners often have strong puzzle-solving skills, and feel great satisfaction when they complete one. Auditory learners enjoy step-by-step reasoning, so they also benefit from the sequential steps of completing a crossword. Even kinaesthetic learners enjoy the multi-task strategies required to solve a crossword. Finally, crossword puzzles have the benefit of being customisable to study content. A crossword puzzle with subject-specific vocabulary can be created with ease and in a short amount of time. Crossword puzzles are appealing to all ages and levels, they can be completed in a rather brief period of time, and solving them provides a sense of accomplishment, consequently being an outstanding educational tool.