Spelling Words

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A cunning or deceitful action or device (5)
  2. 4. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes (3)
  3. 6. Eight-legged creature that spins webs (6)
  4. 9. Something considered choice to eat (5)
  5. 10. Sweet treat made from sugar (5)
  6. 11. Spooky holiday on October 31 (9)
  7. 12. A lump on the body caused by a blow (4)

Down

  1. 1. A writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else (5)
  2. 2. Any of numerous plants of the genus ___ native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having (4)
  3. 3. The fifth day of the week (8)
  4. 4. A frequently visited place (5)
  5. 5. Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water (3)
  6. 7. A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings (6)
  7. 8. Sharp piercing cry (6)