The Twits - Roald Dahl

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Having or covered with ___ (5)
  2. 5. Having or causing a whirling sensation (5)
  3. 7. Any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies (12)
  4. 8. Any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium (plural) (8)
  5. 9. Large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air (plural) (8)
  6. 10. A native or inhabitant of ___ (7)
  7. 12. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)

Down

  1. 1. Displeasing to the senses (4)
  2. 2. A physician who specializes in psychiatry (6)
  3. 4. In an inverted manner (10)
  4. 6. Someone who is regarded as contemptible (4)
  5. 11. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (4)