Autumn

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. The color of a banana (6)
  2. 8. A large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration (7)
  3. 9. The month following August and preceding October (9)
  4. 11. Bright light from the sun (8)
  5. 14. Citrus fruit that shares its name with a color (6)
  6. 15. A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail (8)

Down

  1. 1. Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn (6)
  2. 2. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants (7)
  3. 4. A dissolute man in fashionable society (4)
  4. 5. A thin ___ slice of potato fried in deep fat (5)
  5. 6. Gathering crops when they are ripe (7)
  6. 7. The month following October and preceding December (8)
  7. 9. Any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow (9)
  8. 10. The movement of persons from one country or locality to another (9)
  9. 12. Team sport played with a ball and goalposts (8)
  10. 13. A recurrent time marked by major holidays (6)