Pioneer

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices (5)
  2. 4. A treeless grassy plain (7)
  3. 5. Pen made from a bird's feather (plural) (9)
  4. 9. A private ___ where students are lodged and fed as well as taught (14)
  5. 11. Bread made primarily of cornmeal (9)
  6. 12. One of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory (7)

Down

  1. 1. A smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil (10)
  2. 3. A retail ___ serving a sparsely populated region (12)
  3. 6. A building where young people receive education (11)
  4. 7. Any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor (5)
  5. 8. A primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge (8)
  6. 10. A hat tied under the chin (6)