Spelling Unit 11

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The brother of your father or mother (5)
  2. 3. A mountain or tall hill (3)
  3. 7. Flowing in drops (7)
  4. 9. The leaf of a conifer (6)
  5. 10. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (6)
  6. 12. A location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival (6)
  7. 13. A hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish (6)
  8. 14. A metallic sound (6)

Down

  1. 1. A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution (6)
  2. 3. A glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids (6)
  3. 4. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base (6)
  4. 5. A mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when (6)
  5. 6. Stick of wax with a wick in the middle (6)
  6. 8. An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine (7)
  7. 11. A hollow globule of gas (6)