World Cup 2010

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor for an infraction of the rules of (7)
  2. 6. Game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck (4)
  3. 7. European country famous for the Eiffel Tower (6)
  4. 8. A republic on the western coast of central Africa (8)
  5. 10. A republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula (8)
  6. 11. Little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body (7)
  7. 14. An athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced (10)
  8. 16. European country known for the Parthenon and ancient myths (6)

Down

  1. 1. Country in the UK whose capital is London (7)
  2. 2. A person who participates in or is skilled at some game (plural) (7)
  3. 4. A place off to the side of an area (6)
  4. 5. Largest country in South America (6)
  5. 9. The action of ___ something that you disapprove or disagree with (10)
  6. 12. A character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure (6)
  7. 13. A forward on a soccer team (7)
  8. 15. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska (3)