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Down

1. Popular 1940s dance from America.
2. Popular British entertainer (also 13 down).
3. Name for a woman serving in the Royal Navy.
5. Anti-aircraft gun.
6. Bombing of London and other large British cities ordered by Hitler.
7. Month the war started in 1939.
9. A woman who was sent to work on a farm.
12. Make do and ___.
13. Popular British entertainer (see 2 down).

Across

4. Describes Germany under the leadership of Hitler.
8. Describes children sent to the countryside.
10. Type of air-raid shelter.
11. ___ for victory.
14. A short name for an American soldier.
15. Where limits were put on items of clothing and food.
16. First name of the British prime minister at the start of WW2.