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Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock (4)
  2. 6. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food (plural) (5)
  3. 10. A container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle (11)
  4. 11. A small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade (6)
  5. 12. A mixture of decaying vegetation and manure (7)
  6. 14. Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter (6)
  7. 15. A playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it (5)

Down

  1. 1. To turn up, loosen, or remove earth (7)
  2. 3. A sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds (4)
  3. 4. Any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers (7)
  4. 5. A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas (8)
  5. 7. Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud (plural) (7)
  6. 8. A dissolute man in fashionable society (4)
  7. 9. Orange vegetables that rabbits love (7)
  8. 13. Seed of a pea plant used for food (plural) (4)