The Pearl

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A gum obtained from various tropical plants (4)
  2. 4. Dry land with very little rain (6)
  3. 5. Reprehensible acquisitiveness (7)
  4. 6. An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city (4)
  5. 7. A pauper who lives by begging (plural) (7)
  6. 9. Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being (6)
  7. 12. A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a ___ bore (5)
  8. 13. A person who is born while the sun is in ___ (8)
  9. 14. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)

Down

  1. 1. Religious leader who leads worship (6)
  2. 3. A short moral story (7)
  3. 4. Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold (plural) (7)
  4. 6. Someone who ___ down game (plural) (8)
  5. 8. The Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain (7)
  6. 10. Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold (6)
  7. 11. Small and light boat (5)