Food

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Meat from a domestic hog or pig (4)
  2. 4. English essayist (4)
  3. 6. Edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous (9)
  4. 7. A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish (5)
  5. 8. Baked food made from flour, used for sandwiches (5)
  6. 11. Small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda (7)
  7. 12. Cattle that are reared for their meat (4)
  8. 15. Sweet food that grows on plants (5)
  9. 16. Animal flesh eaten as food (4)

Down

  1. 1. A ribbonlike strip of pasta (plural) (7)
  2. 2. Sweet baked dessert for birthdays (4)
  3. 5. Two slices of bread with a filling between them (8)
  4. 9. Small white grains grown in wet fields (4)
  5. 10. A sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients (6)
  6. 13. What we eat to get energy and grow (4)
  7. 14. Round Italian dish with cheese and toppings (5)