1: Emeril catchword

3: The act of competing as for profit or a prize; 'There's going to be a big skateboarding ______ this weekend!'

6: Hobby shop purchase

7: Number that is represented as a one followed by nine zeros.

9: An unspecified thing.

10: Take a sample of.

12: Broadcast

13: Softly bright or radiant.

14: Equally distant from the extremes.

17: Trivial ending

18: Plural form of 'desk.'

20: Making impure; 'Those factories there are ______ the ocean, killing the fish.'

22: Antonym of 'like.'

23: 'We __ to please'

24: In terms of area, it is the world's largest bay.

25: 'My country' follower

1: There were two ____ locked in the bike stand.

2: Describes the extreme physical changes that insects go through during the stages of their life.

3: One of these will always be at the beginning of a sentence.

4: A formally arranged gathering.

5: Key in a chain

7: Opposite of small

8: Opposite of important

11: The _____ bird catches the worm.

12: She ______ a lot of questions.

15: Loud cries and shouts.

16: A body serving in an administrative capacity; the student ______.

19: Cold sound

20: 'The Raven' poet

21: A contest with rules played for amusement .