Eggs!

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A tart filled with rich unsweetened custard (6)
  2. 5. The white part of an egg (7)
  3. 6. Tiny single-celled living things, some of which cause illness (8)
  4. 9. An animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver (11)
  5. 12. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (7)
  6. 14. To hunt illegally (7)
  7. 15. Sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar (8)

Down

  1. 1. A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another (plural) (11)
  2. 2. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set (6)
  3. 4. Sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen (7)
  4. 7. A surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an ___ (10)
  5. 8. To bake in their shells until they are set (7)
  6. 10. How loud something is, or how much space it fills (6)
  7. 11. Producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease (5)
  8. 13. The hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts (5)
  9. 14. The most extreme possible amount or value (plural) (5)