Skunk

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Young of any of various fur-bearing animals (plural) (4)
  2. 4. To take away possessions from someone (7)
  3. 6. Official language of the ___ (plural) (11)
  4. 7. Belonging to or active during the night (9)
  5. 10. Small air-breathing arthropod (plural) (7)
  6. 12. Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair (6)
  7. 13. A pesticide in suspension or solution (5)
  8. 14. Animal flesh eaten as food (4)

Down

  1. 1. A fricative sound (4)
  2. 3. Eater of fruits and grains and nuts (10)
  3. 5. Relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth (plural) (7)
  4. 8. Country north of the USA known for maple syrup (6)
  5. 9. Sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles (plural) (5)
  6. 11. A distinctive odor that is pleasant (5)