Curling

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Across
  1. 4. The player who determines the strategy and directs the play for his/her team.
  2. 6. The act of moving the brush back and forth across the ice in front of a moving stone.
  3. 9. The name of the Canadian Men’s Curling Championship.
  4. 10. Knocking a stone out of the playing area by hitting it with another stone.
  5. 13. The rings or circles toward which play is directed.
  6. 15. The term used to identify which team gets to throw the last stone of an end.
  7. 21. The Canadian Women’s Curling Championships
  8. 22. A portion of a curling game that has been completed when each team has thrown eight stones and the score has been decided.
  9. 23. The circle at the centre of the “house”.
  10. 24. A stone delivered with greater force than necessary.
  11. 25. A stone in motion that has been touched by a member of either team, or any part of their equipment.
  12. 26. A line 33 feet (10 metres) from the hack at each end of the ice.
  13. 29. A slight indentation in the ice at the very center of the house.
  14. 34. The skill a skip uses to anticipate the amount a stone will “curl” relative to the “weight” required.
  15. 35. Any stone in the rings or touching the rings.
  16. 36. A line running down the middle of the ice, from one “hack” to the other.
  17. 38. When one stone is bumped ahead by another.
  18. 39. An alternate or substitute player.
  19. 41. Ice condition that requires the curler throwing the stone to put less momentum
  20. 42. When aiming for a “takeout” or “draw” shot, it is the distance between the skip’s broom and the target stone or target area.
  21. 43. The way the rock is rotated just before the release.
Down
  1. 1. A “takeout” shot that removes two of the opponents’ stones at one time.
  2. 2. A device used to sweep the ice that is in the path of a moving stone.
  3. 3. A stone that is delivered on-target (where the skip’s broom is pointing).
  4. 4. The playing surface that a curling game takes place on.
  5. 5. A stone that is placed in a specific position so as to protect another stone.
  6. 7. A stone that just touches the outer edge of the circles.
  7. 8. The line across the ice at the back of the “house”.
  8. 11. The momentum required for a stone to reach the “house”.
  9. 12. An instrument that measures which rock is closest to the centre of the ice.
  10. 14. An “end” during which no points have been scored.
  11. 16. A precise, “draw-weight” shot.
  12. 17. A “take-out”.
  13. 18. At any time during an “end”, this is the stone closest to the “button”.
  14. 19. Knowing all of the different kinds of curling shots and when to play them.
  15. 20. Scoring during an end in which your team did not have the advantage of hammer.
  16. 25. A curling competition or tournament.
  17. 27. The line that passes through the centre of the “house”, parallel to the “hog line” and to the “backline”.
  18. 28. The amount of force given to the stone during the delivery.
  19. 30. The footholds at each end of the ice from which the stones are thrown.
  20. 31. A fine spray of water applied to a sheet of curling ice before play starts.
  21. 32. A “takeout” shot that knocks a stone from play while the delivered stone itself also rolls “out of play”.
  22. 33. The action of moving a broom or brush back and forth in the path of a moving stone.
  23. 37. The circles (a.k.a. “house”) towards which play is directed.
  24. 40. The movement of a curling stone after it has struck a stopped (stationary) stone that is “in play”.