CC Fall Crossword - riddles!
Across
- 4. I follow you close but never speak, stretching long when the light is weak.
- 9. Born of harvest, carved with care. I wear a grin, but I’m hollow in there.
- 10. Men fight to escape me yet never succeed. I am used once but visited often, my keeper cares not for me and my visitors lament my existence. What am I?
- 12. I shine when the sun takes its rest, casting silver shadows on a midnight quest.
- 13. I am a bird with no eggs, and a fox with no bark. My wings have no feathers and my cries no sound. What am I?
Down
- 1. I hide your face, reveal your role — a trickster’s tool or a monster’s soul.
- 2. I'm a product of war, of famine and plague; when times are hard I am found around every corner. I am used for science yet know nothing. What am I?
- 3. How many humors are there? How many cardinal directions?
- 5. I’m orange and round, carved with a smile or frown.
- 6. I wear a pointy hat and ride a broom. I cackle in the night and stir up doom.
- 7. I bubble and boil with magical might, stirred by a witch deep into the night.
- 8. I’m small and sweet, found in a treat. Kids collect me on Halloween street.
- 11. I vanish in daylight, whisper in fright. I’m seen but not touched, a translucent sight.