My Boxer Friend Shadow

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Someone who fights with his fists for sport (5)
  2. 4. A play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team (3)
  3. 5. Moral excellence or admirableness (4)
  4. 6. A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended (plural) (6)
  5. 8. A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color (4)
  6. 11. Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants (4)
  7. 12. A person with whom you are acquainted (6)
  8. 13. The state of inactivity following an interruption (4)

Down

  1. 1. An animal that produces gametes that can be fertilized by male gametes (6)
  2. 2. The color of chocolate (5)
  3. 3. A sudden and decisive increase (4)
  4. 7. Having a ___ physiological or chemical effect (6)
  5. 9. To move on foot at a normal pace (plural) (5)
  6. 10. A word used for misbehaving children (5)
  7. 12. Abstaining from food (4)
  8. 13. To be around, often idly or without specific purpose (3)