When the weekending has to stop: crosswords

Here are the answers to the latest article questions as well as the long awaited related crosswords : when the weekending has to stop. The downloadable and printable version of the crossword is available here.

1) Answers

1. Because the last time they left their teenagers at home, it was a disaster and they had to pay an expensive plumber to fix the house.
2. They broke the heated towel rail and tried to repair with Polyfilla.
3. All the teenagers will know that the house is free and they will come and have a party
4. Because she discovered that her sons spent a day sitting on the roof of their house. She thought they were doing dangerous things when they were left alone and needed adult supervision.
5. The boomerang generation is the generation of young people who leave their parents to go live their lives, but then come back after a separation or a divorce or because they don’t find a job after university. Since this is becoming more and more frequent, Michelle thinks she needs to trust them if they are going to stay at her house forever.
6. They were watching TV.
7. Because the tap handle was broken. It means they couldn’t be trusted with the house.

2) Crossword

Across

5. the covering that forms the top of a building

6. to have an argument over something that is not important

11. unwise, stupid or not showing good judgment

12. life at home taking care of your house or family
14. a container for boiling water
15. a strong wish, difficult or impossible to control
16. bad luck
17. a level of building
20. something that makes you feel better or more energetic
22. wauter faucet
24. to make the same journey regularly between work and home
26. to see or become conscious of something or someone
27. a part of an object designed for holding, moving or carrying the object easily
29. having everything ordered and arranged in the right place

Down

1. take hold of something or someone suddenly and roughly

2. to begin a discussion of something difficult

3. to pull and twist something or violently away from a fixed position

4. a party or a meeting
7. recently
8. for a reason that is not clear
9. to fill something in untidy or badly organized way
10. the front part of your leg, between your knee and your foot
12. give all of something, especially your time, effort or love
13. one or more reasons for believing that something is or is not true
17. to laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way
18. to make a sudden, short high sound
19. a complaining noise or phrase
21. to repair
23. shaped into a point
25. to show or experience great surprise or admiration
28. the fact that something is not available or that there is not enough of it
30. silly or stupid