Sports

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck (4)
  2. 4. Team sport played with a ball and goalposts (8)
  3. 7. Big cat known as king of the jungle (plural) (5)
  4. 9. Intense adverse criticism (6)
  5. 11. The middle part of a playing field (8)
  6. 13. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field (plural) (7)
  7. 14. The position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage (10)
  8. 16. Sport where players kick a ball into a net without using their hands (6)

Down

  1. 1. The defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal (6)
  2. 3. A score in American football (9)
  3. 5. Team sport where you shoot a ball through a hoop (10)
  4. 6. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (plural) (7)
  5. 8. The person who plays the position of ___ in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey (7)
  6. 10. An area that is approximately central within some larger region (6)
  7. 12. Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail (plural) (6)
  8. 15. Sport played on ice with sticks and a puck (6)