Contest 4

Crosswords: foreign words in the English language

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Across: 1.
(GERMAN) A nursery school

Down: 2.
(FRENCH) Stock of special skills of a particular person or particular field of endeavour

Across: 3.
(MADAGASCAR) Soft fibre commonly used for tying up things

Down: 4.
(SPANISH) Any festivity or holiday

Across: 5.
(DUTCH) A state of turbulence or confusion

Down: 6.
(LATIN) A period of one thousand years

Across: 7.
(ITALIAN) Blood feud; prolonged bitter quarrel against a person

Down: 8.
(HINDUSTANI) A usually roofed open gallery extending along a wall of a house

Across: 9.
(FRENCH) A sudden, ignominious defeat

Across: 10.
(LATIN) A person or thing which embodies a quality

Across: 11.
(TIBETAN) A Buddhist religious teacher of Tibet

Across: 12.
(ITALIAN) Coloured paper shapes showered on the wedding couple

Across: 13.
(TAMIL) A member of a despised social class; an outcast

Across: 14.
(BENGALI) One storied house

Down: 15.
(RUSSIAN) A vast level grassy, usually treeless plain

Across: 16.
(NEW ZEALAND) Something that is avoided or prohibited

Down: 17.
(MALAY) Go on a destructive rampage

Down: 18.
(NORWEGIAN) A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep cliffs

Across: 19.
(JAPANESE) Entertainment when people sing popular songs against pre-recorded music

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