April

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine (6)
  2. 4. The month following March and preceding May (5)
  3. 6. A mixture of decaying vegetation and manure (7)
  4. 7. The first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox (5)
  5. 11. The cultivation of plants (9)
  6. 13. To cause to repeat a cycle (7)
  7. 14. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (plural) (5)
  8. 15. Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually (5)

Down

  1. 1. A Jewish festival celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt (8)
  2. 2. Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father (6)
  3. 3. Tall plants with trunks and leaves (5)
  4. 5. The season of growth (6)
  5. 8. Climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers (8)
  6. 9. Colorful blooms that grow on plants (7)
  7. 10. A transparent piece of ___ that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem (7)
  8. 12. Literature in metrical form (6)