Thanksgiving Fun

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers (plural) (8)
  2. 6. A prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages (3)
  3. 8. Parents, children and relatives who belong together (6)
  4. 9. An association of people who share common beliefs or activities (10)
  5. 11. State of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy (9)
  6. 14. A seasoned mixture placed inside food before cooking. (8)
  7. 15. To express gratitude or show appreciation to (plural) (6)
  8. 16. Big orange squash carved at Halloween (7)

Down

  1. 1. Calm time without war or fighting (5)
  2. 2. A goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity (10)
  3. 4. The main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday (6)
  4. 5. Great happiness (3)
  5. 7. A group of persons together in one place (9)
  6. 10. A dish served as the last course of a meal (7)
  7. 12. One of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony (plural) (8)
  8. 13. Large bird eaten at Thanksgiving (6)