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Homophones crossword puzzles on words that sound alike but are spelled differently.

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Homophones

Medium · 15×15 · 15 words
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  1. 1. Sounds like serial, but it's a breakfast food made from grain
  2. 6. Sounds like thrown, but it's the chair a king or queen sits on
  3. 7. Sounds like course, but it means rough in texture
  4. 11. Sounds like compliment, but it means something that completes another thing
  5. 14. Sounds like waste, but it's the middle part of your body

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  1. 1. Sounds like sensor, but it means to remove unacceptable content
  2. 2. Sounds like isle, but it's a walkway between rows of seats
  3. 3. Sounds like whether, but it means the conditions outside like rain or sun
  4. 4. Sounds like vein and vane, but it means too proud of your looks
  5. 5. Sounds like principle, but it means the head of a school
  6. 8. Sounds like stationery, but it means not moving
  7. 9. Sounds like desert, but it's the sweet course after a meal
  8. 10. Sounds like bury, but it's a small juicy fruit
  9. 12. Sounds like prophet, but it means the money earned above costs
  10. 13. Sounds like mussel, but it's tissue in the body that helps you move

Homophones

Easy · 11×11 · 15 words
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  1. 3. Sounds like weak, but it means seven days
  2. 4. Sounds like flower, but you use it to bake bread
  3. 6. Sounds like male, but it's letters delivered to your house
  4. 8. Sounds like piece, but it means calm with no fighting
  5. 10. Sounds like brake, but it means to split something apart
  6. 11. Sounds like tale, but it's the part an animal wags
  7. 12. Sounds like not, but it's a tangled loop in a rope

Down

  1. 1. Sounds like bare, but it's a large furry animal
  2. 2. Sounds like sun, but it means a boy compared to his parent
  3. 3. Sounds like right, but it means to put words on paper
  4. 5. Sounds like see, but it's a large body of salt water
  5. 6. Sounds like meet, but you buy it at a butcher shop
  6. 7. Sounds like heard, but it means a group of animals
  7. 8. Sounds like plane, but it means simple or ordinary
  8. 9. Sounds like ate, but it's the number after seven
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