Hatchet

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger (7)
  2. 3. Country north of the USA known for maple syrup (6)
  3. 4. A physiological need for food (6)
  4. 6. Nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill (10)
  5. 9. A kind of heavy jacket (11)
  6. 10. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans (plural) (9)
  7. 14. A Mid-Atlantic state (7)
  8. 15. The legal dissolution of a marriage (7)

Down

  1. 1. Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur (9)
  2. 2. A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun (7)
  3. 5. Woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from (plural) (11)
  4. 7. A canoe made with the bark of a ___ tree (9)
  5. 8. A sudden severe instance of abnormal ___ function (11)
  6. 11. Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight (5)
  7. 12. Recovery or preservation from loss or danger (6)
  8. 13. Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt (4)