A Present for Dad - Find a Word

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. An informal term for a father (3)
  2. 5. The grounds in back of a house (8)
  3. 6. A small hard fruit (4)
  4. 9. The activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose (11)
  5. 11. Green plant covering lawns (5)

Down

  1. 1. An anniversary of the day on which a person was born (8)
  2. 2. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  3. 3. The astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you (8)
  4. 4. To turn up, loosen, or remove earth (7)
  5. 7. Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants (plural) (5)
  6. 8. A field of cultivated and mowed grass (4)
  7. 10. A dissolute man in fashionable society (4)