Spelling Lesson 30

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable (6)
  2. 5. A flour tortilla folded around a filling (7)
  3. 6. A pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single (7)
  4. 8. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans (8)
  5. 10. Meat that has been ___ or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce (8)
  6. 12. Leather made from ___'s hide (9)
  7. 13. A restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier (9)

Down

  1. 1. Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence (5)
  2. 2. A member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `___' by the Spanish because (6)
  3. 3. Spinning funnel of wind that touches the ground (7)
  4. 4. Flat tableland with steep edges (4)
  5. 7. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (9)
  6. 9. Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency (5)
  7. 11. An exhibition of cowboy skills (5)
  8. 13. A forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (6)
  9. 14. A stream or brook (6)