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Gardening Crossword for Adults

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Gardening Crossword for Adults

Name ______________   Date ________
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Across

  • 3 Small hand tool for digging (6)
  • 5 Plant that lives for a single season (6)
  • 6 Layer spread on soil to keep in moisture (5)
  • 10 Glass building for growing plants (10)
  • 15 Young plant just sprouted (8)
  • 16 Fragrant purple herb (8)

Down

  • 1 Cutting back branches to shape a plant (7)
  • 2 Frame for climbing plants (7)
  • 4 Garden fruit often mistaken for a vegetable (6)
  • 7 Decomposed scraps that enrich the soil (7)
  • 8 Remove spent blooms to encourage more flowers (8)
  • 9 Plant that comes back every year (9)
  • 11 Shrub whose flower color can change with soil acidity (9)
  • 12 Underground helper that aerates soil (9)
  • 13 Spring bulb associated with Holland (5)
  • 14 Tiny sap-sucking garden pest (5)
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For
Adults and teens
Time
15–25 min
Grid
15 × 15
Clues
16 (6 across, 10 down)
Paper
US Letter, 2 pages
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About this crossword

A gardening crossword for adults, from seed starting to pruning, with clues that a weekend gardener will enjoy.

The puzzle has 16 clues on a 15×15 grid. The PDF prints the puzzle and clues on page one and the filled-in answer key on page two.

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