CROSS WORD PUZZLE!!!

ACROSS :
1. be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
2. Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass
4. used for tumbling
6.no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
7.a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
11. a beloved person
16. a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules
17. Symbol Xe or X in chemistry
21. a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
23. neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men)

DOWN
1. the chance to speak
3. the branch of biology that studies plants
4. a swing used by circus acrobats
5. being or moving higher in position
7. more than two youthful male person
8. a time for working
9.any thick, viscous matter
10.at some eventual time in the future
12.The third person singular of the substantive verb be
13.a person of subnormal intelligence
15.of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison
18.a truck with an enclosed cargo space
19.Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition
20.a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
22.the act of searching for something
24.a religion relating to hebrew or their culture or religion

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