Mrs. Taylor's class - Following Directions
by Ron Sweet
After you have completed the clues, put letters in the outside boxes to make new words extending into or out of the grid.
For example, the first box on the top row will be added to 1 Down; if 1 Down were RIM, you could add B for BRIM,
G for GRIM, P for PRIM, or T for TRIM. In most cases, more than one letter will work, but only one choice is correct;
you will know you have the right one if you follow directions. The new words include one name and one new plural.
Across
| 1 | Awkwardly pass poisonous snakes (4) |
| 4 | Clean up, returning a couple of recipes (4) |
| 8 | Equipment starts to get encrusted and rusty (4) |
| 11 | Bring a plane down in country (4) |
| 13 | No reason, at first, for negative conjunction (3) |
| 15 | It's ineffectual to conserve (7) |
| 17 | Tree has fallen (3) |
| 20 | Start to cut, chop and grind (4) |
| 22 | Ebbing tide shows change (4) |
| 23 | Sounds like lots of time possessed by you and me (4) |
| 24 | Wild pig nearly touches small snakes (4) |
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Down
| 1 | Be sick of ale, we hear (3) |
| 2 | Keeps Bics? (4) |
| 3 | Secretary especially enjoys positive response (3) |
| 5 | Run, breaking vase (3) |
| 6 | Hearing aids are damaged by bit of static? (4) |
| 7 | Father, use a button on the remote (5) |
| 9 | Boy's name from rural Ecuador (4) |
| 10 | Special shoes; they're used for watering the lawn (5) |
| 12 | Dad, gripping end of rope, is extremely tired (4) |
| 14 | Wrinkled coat shows Mexican food (4) |
| 16 | Chase animal away using peashooter, in part (4) |
| 18 | That lady is hoping everyone replies, initially (3) |
| 19 | Alien has no head and no tail; it might be little and white? (3) |
| 21 | Used to be 30% of Washington (3) |
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Solution