1 2 3 1 _ _ _ 2 _ _ _ 3 _ _ _ ACROSS 1) up to the present time 2) a militant organization of irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive british forces from northern ireland and achieve a united independent ireland 3) a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge DOWN 1) a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) 2) a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event 3) a slight amount or degree of difference ** Scroll down for solution. ** Are you sure you want to peek? yet ira pad