Lesson 18

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Big orange squash carved at Halloween (7)
  2. 5. A statement that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation (6)
  3. 7. Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable (plural) (8)
  4. 11. An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built (9)
  5. 14. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour (6)
  6. 15. Device that plays music and news through the air (plural) (6)
  7. 16. The visible part of a television transmission (plural) (6)

Down

  1. 1. Keyboard instrument with black and white keys (plural) (6)
  2. 3. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained (7)
  3. 4. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength (plural) (6)
  4. 6. Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers (plural) (8)
  5. 8. As a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis (8)
  6. 9. A professional who cares for teeth and gums. (7)
  7. 10. A protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building (plural) (5)
  8. 12. Firm chewy candy made from ___ sugar and butter and milk (7)
  9. 13. A room where books are kept (7)