Colonial Days

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A long, loose outer garment (5)
  2. 6. Opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded (plural) (8)
  3. 9. Columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers (12)
  4. 11. A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland (6)

Down

  1. 1. Someone who travels about selling his wares (7)
  2. 2. The capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership (plural) (6)
  3. 3. A person who weeps (5)
  4. 5. How something is done or how it happens (plural) (7)
  5. 7. A primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge (8)
  6. 8. Any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes (7)
  7. 10. Yellow vegetable that grows in ears (4)