Sports (2)

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. An officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant (plural) (8)
  2. 5. The occupation of athletes who compete for pay (5)
  3. 6. A fresh team to relieve weary draft animals (5)
  4. 8. Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall (9)
  5. 11. A light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races (6)
  6. 12. A line or route along which something travels or moves (5)
  7. 13. Something that happens at a given place and time (plural) (6)

Down

  1. 1. Newspaper with half-size pages (7)
  2. 2. To contribute to the progress or growth of (9)
  3. 3. The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities (7)
  4. 7. A cooperative unit (plural) (5)
  5. 9. How well your body and mind are doing (6)
  6. 10. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (6)