National Spelling Bee

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• The Scripps Cup is the prestigious one handed to the winner. (6)
• The dreaded sound that signals a speller has made a mistake. (4)
• The clock that counts down the speller's allotted two minutes. (5)
• What the speller steps up to and speaks into. (10)
• The classical language origin for words ending in '-tion'. (5)
• 'Can I have the language of ___?' (A common question asked at the microphone). (6)
• TV network where you can watch the finals. (3)
• An ancient language origin that gives us the 'ph' spelling for the 'f' sound. (5)

Down

• The base part of a word, often derived from Latin or Greek. (4)
• 11-letter 2023 winning word for a sand-loving organism. (11)
• The meaning provided by the pronouncer to clarify a tricky homonym. (10)
• A speller might ask for this word history to help figure out the root. (9)

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