Winter

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow (plural) (4)
  2. 3. Glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together (plural) (7)
  3. 7. A crystal of snow (9)
  4. 8. Hot flames that burn (4)
  5. 9. Ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water (6)
  6. 11. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid (7)
  7. 13. Low in temperature; also a sniffly illness (4)
  8. 14. The coldest season of the year (6)

Down

  1. 1. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled (5)
  2. 2. A figure of a person made of packed snow (7)
  3. 4. A heavy coat worn over clothes in winter (8)
  4. 5. A beverage made from ___ powder and milk and sugar (5)
  5. 6. The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid (6)
  6. 10. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs (4)
  7. 12. Hand coverings that keep fingers warm (6)