Curling

Across

5. A fine spray of water applied to a sheet of curling ice before play starts.
9. The player who determines the strategy and directs the play for his/her team.
10. The way the rock is rotated just before the release.
11. The name of the Canadian Men’s Curling Championship.
12. When aiming for a “takeout” or “draw” shot, it is the distance between the skip’s broom and the target stone or target area.
13. Generally, this player acts as the skip when the skip is delivering his/her stones and assists with strategy decisions.
14. A “takeout” shot that removes two of the opponents’ stones at one time.
15. A stone that just touches the outer edge of the circles.
16. A stone delivered with less “weight” than was required to successfully complete a shot.
17. An instrument that measures which rock is closest to the centre of the ice.
19. A curling competition or tournament.
20. A portion of a curling game that has been completed when each team has thrown eight stones and the score has been decided.
22. A stone that does not reach the far “hog line”.
24. The substitute or alternate player on a team.
27. A precise, “draw-weight” shot.
29. An alternate or substitute player.
31. A stone in motion that has been touched by a member of either team, or any part of their equipment.
34. Knocking a stone out of the playing area by hitting it with another stone.
36. A line 33 feet (10 metres) from the hack at each end of the ice.
37. The momentum required for a stone to reach the “house”.
38. A stone delivered with greater force than necessary.
39. The playing surface that a curling game takes place on.
41. Scoring during an end in which your team did not have the advantage of hammer.
42. The amount a rock’s path “bends” while traveling down the sheet of ice.
43. The first player to deliver a rock for his or her team.
44. A slight indentation in the ice at the very center of the house.
45. The term used to identify which team gets to throw the last stone of an end.
47. The circles (a.k.a. “house”) towards which play is directed.
48. Ice condition that requires the curler throwing the stone to put less momentum

Down

1. A “takeout” shot that knocks a stone from play while the delivered stone itself also rolls “out of play”.
2. The rings or circles toward which play is directed.
3. The skill a skip uses to anticipate the amount a stone will “curl” relative to the “weight” required.
4. The line that is the boundary of the curling rink.
6. A device used to sweep the ice that is in the path of a moving stone.
7. A stone that is placed in a specific position so as to protect another stone.
8. A stone that is delivered on-target (where the skip’s broom is pointing).
9. The foot the curler uses to slide when they are throwing the stone (curling delivery).
10. The Canadian Women’s Curling Championships
11. The act of moving the brush back and forth across the ice in front of a moving stone.
15. The line across the ice at the back of the “house”.
18. A “take-out”.
21. Any stone in the rings or touching the rings.
23. A line running down the middle of the ice, from one “hack” to the other.
25. The action of moving a broom or brush back and forth in the path of a moving stone.
26. The circle at the centre of the “house”.
28. The movement of a curling stone after it has struck a stopped (stationary) stone that is “in play”.
29. Knowing all of the different kinds of curling shots and when to play them.
30. The line that passes through the centre of the “house”, parallel to the “hog line” and to the “backline”.
32. The amount of force given to the stone during the delivery.
33. At any time during an “end”, this is the stone closest to the “button”.
35. An “end” during which no points have been scored.
40. Ice condition that requires the curler throwing the stone to put more momentum behind it.
45. The footholds at each end of the ice from which the stones are thrown.
46. When one stone is bumped ahead by another.