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First Week of March, 2015, English 10 Readings

Teacher: Mr Sindlinger's Idiosyncratic Puzzles
Across
Feeling(s)
The capital and largest city of Iraq, in the center of the country on the Tigris River. Founded in the eighth century, it was heavily damaged by US forces during the Gulf War and the Iraq War. It is also experiencing a revival of literacy because of the freedom to read books without censorship.
Appealing to or engaging the intellect; it is also a synonym for intelligent; it means to be given to activities or pursuits that require exercise of the mind...
A variant spelling of the "Koran," the holy book of the Muslim people...
This is a two-word phrase which means the ability to accept ambiguity and uncertainty, especially in creating or appreciating aesthetic objects like poems and songs, without expectations of scientific clarity and total logical coherence...
A place of water in the desert or, metaphorically, a situation (or place) preserved from surrounding unpleasantness; a refuge: as in an " ......." of serenity amid chaos...
To look over, to read or examine, typically with great care; however, also to glance over; to skim
Down
Of, relating to, or serving as an emblem; symbolic...
To have or express an opinion different from a prevailing or official position; disagree...
An attempt or tendency to explain a complex set of facts, entities, phenomena, or structures by another, simpler set: "Science requires some degree of "...............," some picking apart and focusing upon one or two variables at a time."
The primary language spoken in the country of Iraq
A usually short period of rest or relief...
Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented...
The last name of an iconic, Romantic English poet who wrote poems and letters about 200 years ago... He was trained as a doctor yet he turned to poetry after he was diagnosed with tuberculosis...
An important and enduring symbol... or...one who is the object of great media attention and devotion, or perhaps one who is an idol.....