Thanksgiving Crossword (3)

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many (5)
  2. 7. Pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large ___ tuberous root (11)
  3. 9. An inherited pattern of thought or action (9)
  4. 10. Large bird eaten at Thanksgiving (6)
  5. 12. A stack of hay (8)
  6. 13. The state capital of Ohio (8)
  7. 14. One of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony (plural) (8)
  8. 15. A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland (6)

Down

  1. 1. A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that (plural) (8)
  2. 2. Gathering crops when they are ripe (7)
  3. 3. A town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620 (8)
  4. 5. A ceremonial dinner party for many people (5)
  5. 6. A goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity (10)
  6. 7. An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds (9)
  7. 8. Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits (6)
  8. 11. A seasoned mixture placed inside food before cooking. (8)