Climb or Die

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A deep narrow steep-sided valley (6)
  2. 5. A fine cord of twisted fibers used in sewing and weaving (6)
  3. 7. A traditional story accepted as history (4)
  4. 9. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frame (10)
  5. 10. Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (5)
  6. 11. An unvarying or habitual method or procedure (7)
  7. 14. A field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay (6)
  8. 15. A porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals (6)
  9. 16. A thermoplastic polyamide (5)

Down

  1. 1. An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs (5)
  2. 2. Salty fluid secreted by ___ glands (5)
  3. 3. An animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning (7)
  4. 6. A repeated pattern of beats or sounds in music. (6)
  5. 8. To purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins (7)
  6. 12. Gas in the air that we need to breathe (6)
  7. 13. A statement that is made to ___ to a question or request or criticism or accusation (5)