A silent letter is a letter that can’t be heard when a word is spoken: eg the ‘b’ in ‘comb’. The silent letters are underlined in the answers to the clues below.

1c / a / 2l / m / 3w / r / i / 4s / t
a / a / i / 5w
s / m / 6w / r / i / g / g / l / e
t / b / a / n / d
l / t / n
e / c / 7w / r / o / t / e
8m / 9 a / t / 1c0 / h / s
1h1 / u / a / 12i / s / l / a / n / d
o / t / l / a
u / u / f / 13g / u / i / l / t / y
r / m
k14 / n / o / t / 1r5 / e / s / i / g / n
Clues across
1. The opposite of wild or stormy - calm.
3. Between your arm and your hand - wrist.
6. To twist and turn your body - wriggle.
7. The past tense of ‘write’ - wrote.
8. A football or tennis - match.
12. A piece of land with sea all around -
island.
13. The opposite of innocent - guilty.
14. You may tie this with string or rope - knot.
15. To quit your job - resign. / Clues down
1. They say an Englishman’s home is his
castle.
2. A young sheep - lamb.
4. When you write your name on a cheque you sign it.
5. A day of the week - wednesday.
6. You wear this on your wrist - watch.
9. A season - autumn.
10. A young cow - calf.
11. 60 minutes - hour.

Find two words in the answers that usually have capital letters. See clues 5 down and 9 down for the answers.