Tennis Life

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. The contestant who wins the contest (6)
  2. 4. United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (6)
  3. 5. Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical (5)
  4. 7. A unit of instruction (6)
  5. 9. The act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump (7)
  6. 11. Spin that retards or reverses the forward motion (8)
  7. 13. The act of contacting one thing with another (7)
  8. 14. A contest with rules to determine a winner (4)
  9. 16. An abstract collection of numbers or symbols (3)

Down

  1. 2. A trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects (plural) (4)
  2. 3. Human beings (6)
  3. 6. Racket sport played over a net (6)
  4. 8. An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal (7)
  5. 10. The act of ___ a musical instrument (7)
  6. 12. A serving that has been cut from a larger portion (5)
  7. 15. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field (3)