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Plants crossword
Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.
Across
- 1 Spiny desert dweller that stores water
- 3 Sharp point on a rose stalk
- 6 Green pigment that captures sunlight
- 7 Tall garden giant with a wide seed-filled face
- 8 Shade-loving plant with feathery fronds and no flowers
- 10 Rotted scraps that enrich garden soil
- 12 Small package a new plant grows from
- 13 Main stalk that holds a plant upright
Down
- 2 Young tree still slim enough to bend
- 4 Underground parts that draw up water and minerals
- 5 Glass building where seedlings stay warm
- 9 Yellow dust carried by bees between blossoms
- 11 Soft green carpet on damp rocks and logs
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- 1 across: CACTUS. Spiny desert dweller that stores water
- 2 down: SAPLING. Young tree still slim enough to bend
- 3 across: THORN. Sharp point on a rose stalk
- 4 down: ROOTS. Underground parts that draw up water and minerals
- 5 down: GREENHOUSE. Glass building where seedlings stay warm
- 6 across: CHLOROPHYLL. Green pigment that captures sunlight
- 7 across: SUNFLOWER. Tall garden giant with a wide seed-filled face
- 8 across: FERN. Shade-loving plant with feathery fronds and no flowers
- 9 down: POLLEN. Yellow dust carried by bees between blossoms
- 10 across: COMPOST. Rotted scraps that enrich garden soil
- 11 down: MOSS. Soft green carpet on damp rocks and logs
- 12 across: SEED. Small package a new plant grows from
- 13 across: STEM. Main stalk that holds a plant upright
Across
- 3 Young tree still slim enough to bend
- 5 Main stalk that holds a plant upright
- 7 Tulip's underground starter, or a lamp part
- 8 Shade-loving plant with feathery fronds and no flowers
- 9 Green pigment that captures sunlight
- 10 Soft green carpet on damp rocks and logs
- 11 Small package a new plant grows from
- 12 Underground parts that draw up water and minerals
- 14 Climber that twines up a trellis
Down
- 1 Yellow dust carried by bees between blossoms
- 2 Spiny desert dweller that stores water
- 4 Glass building where seedlings stay warm
- 6 Tall garden giant with a wide seed-filled face
- 9 Rotted scraps that enrich garden soil
- 13 Sharp point on a rose stalk
Print the page above, or take the medium grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.
Show the answer key
- 1 down: POLLEN. Yellow dust carried by bees between blossoms
- 2 down: CACTUS. Spiny desert dweller that stores water
- 3 across: SAPLING. Young tree still slim enough to bend
- 4 down: GREENHOUSE. Glass building where seedlings stay warm
- 5 across: STEM. Main stalk that holds a plant upright
- 6 down: SUNFLOWER. Tall garden giant with a wide seed-filled face
- 7 across: BULB. Tulip's underground starter, or a lamp part
- 8 across: FERN. Shade-loving plant with feathery fronds and no flowers
- 9 across: CHLOROPHYLL. Green pigment that captures sunlight
- 9 down: COMPOST. Rotted scraps that enrich garden soil
- 10 across: MOSS. Soft green carpet on damp rocks and logs
- 11 across: SEED. Small package a new plant grows from
- 12 across: ROOTS. Underground parts that draw up water and minerals
- 13 down: THORN. Sharp point on a rose stalk
- 14 across: VINE. Climber that twines up a trellis
Across
- 3 Rotted scraps that enrich garden soil
- 5 Yellow dust carried by bees between blossoms
- 7 Green pigment that captures sunlight
- 8 Spiny desert dweller that stores water
- 9 Climber that twines up a trellis
- 10 Main stalk that holds a plant upright
- 11 Underground parts that draw up water and minerals
- 13 Shade-loving plant with feathery fronds and no flowers
Down
- 1 Glass building where seedlings stay warm
- 2 Soft green carpet on damp rocks and logs
- 4 Tall garden giant with a wide seed-filled face
- 6 Young tree still slim enough to bend
- 10 Small package a new plant grows from
- 12 Sharp point on a rose stalk
Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.
Show the answer key
- 1 down: GREENHOUSE. Glass building where seedlings stay warm
- 2 down: MOSS. Soft green carpet on damp rocks and logs
- 3 across: COMPOST. Rotted scraps that enrich garden soil
- 4 down: SUNFLOWER. Tall garden giant with a wide seed-filled face
- 5 across: POLLEN. Yellow dust carried by bees between blossoms
- 6 down: SAPLING. Young tree still slim enough to bend
- 7 across: CHLOROPHYLL. Green pigment that captures sunlight
- 8 across: CACTUS. Spiny desert dweller that stores water
- 9 across: VINE. Climber that twines up a trellis
- 10 across: STEM. Main stalk that holds a plant upright
- 10 down: SEED. Small package a new plant grows from
- 11 across: ROOTS. Underground parts that draw up water and minerals
- 12 down: THORN. Sharp point on a rose stalk
- 13 across: FERN. Shade-loving plant with feathery fronds and no flowers
About Plants
Plants build themselves out of air, water and light. Chlorophyll gives leaves their green color and captures the sunlight that powers the whole process, while roots pull up water and hold the plant steady. Some plants skip seeds entirely: ferns and mosses reproduce by spores instead. Others store food underground in a bulb, waiting out the cold. A cactus keeps water in its thick stem, and a thorn keeps hungry animals away from it.
Reach for this page when a botany or life-science unit turns to plant parts and how green things grow.
What is in this crossword
A 17 by 13 crossword with 8 across and 5 down, on the subject of Plants.
- Grid
- 17 x 13
- Across
- 8
- Down
- 5
- Longest answer
- CHLOROPHYLL (11 letters)