Model Ships

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A pack of 52 playing cards (4)
  2. 4. The rear part of a ship (5)
  3. 5. Tool for weighing things; also a set of musical notes (5)
  4. 8. A V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface (plural) (7)
  5. 10. A rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag (7)
  6. 12. A vertical spar for supporting sails (plural) (5)
  7. 14. The number of significant figures given in a number (8)
  8. 16. A space in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court (5)

Down

  1. 2. A case for containing a set of articles (plural) (4)
  2. 3. Lac purified by heating and filtering (7)
  3. 6. A convex shape that narrows toward a point (5)
  4. 7. Copy that is not the original (7)
  5. 9. A sudden happening that brings good fortune (4)
  6. 11. The extent downward or backward or inward (5)
  7. 13. A small sailing vessel (8)
  8. 15. A sculpture created by removing material in order to create a desired shape (7)