Words with R and L

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A long-tailed rodent, usually larger than a mouse. (3)
  2. 2. Your overall circumstances or condition in life (4)
  3. 5. Water falling from clouds (4)
  4. 6. Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum (3)
  5. 7. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (6)
  6. 9. One of the supports for a piece of furniture (3)

Down

  1. 1. Small white grains grown in wet fields (4)
  2. 2. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  3. 3. English essayist (4)
  4. 4. Long-eared animal that hops (6)
  5. 6. The color of a fire truck (3)
  6. 8. Any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear ___ (4)
  7. 9. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants (4)