Crime Fiction
Crossword
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Across: 3. Someone who has committed a crime. 6. A problem, a series of events, or a person being dealt with by police or a consulting detective. 7. The feeling of excitement or nervousness that you have when you are waiting for something to happen. 10. Synomyn for stupid or simple-minded 11. A reason for believing that something is or is not true. 13. The process of reaching a decision or answer by thinking about the known facts. 15. A piece of information that allows a discovery to be made. 16. Enthusiasm for doing something. 17. A story about a crime and the attempt to discover who committed it. 18. Someone who has done something wrong. 19. A bad person who harms other people or breaks the law.
Down: 1. The end of a story, in which everything is explained. 2. Another word for strong. You can use it to describe a reason or an argument. 4. The act of killing somebody. 5. Something such as a work of art that has many levels of meaning, types of style, etc. that build on each other. 8. The opposite of inferior. 9. A person who may be guilty of a crime and who are being judged in a court of law. 12. Someone whose job is to discover information about crimes and find out who is responsible for them 14. Informal word for detective. 16. Something strange or unknown.