Halloween
Across
- 1. In children's books, witches are often shown riding broomsticks
- 3. a dead body that is prevented from decaying by being treated with special substances before being wrapped in cloth
- 4. a place, often next to a church, where dead people are buried
- 7. a light made from a hollow pumpkin with holes cut into the sides like the eyes and mouth of a person's face, inside which there is a candle
- 11. someone who, in stories, changes into a wolf at the time of the full moon
- 13. a dead person who comes back to life and sucks blood from other people at night
- 14. a small animal like a mouse with wings that flies at night
- 16. A haunted place is one where ghosts often appear
- 18. the frame of bones supporting a human or animal body
Down
- 2. a large, round container for cooking in, usually supported over a fire, and used especially in the past
- 5. a frightening creature that is a dead person who has been brought back to life, but without human qualities
- 6. an activity in which children dress up as magical or frightening creatures or as characters from a story on Halloween (= October 31), and visit people's homes to demand candy
- 8. a set of clothes worn in order to look like someone or something else, especially for a party
- 9. the spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent image of that person
- 10. a small creature with eight thin legs that catches insects in a web
- 11. a woman who is believed to have magical powers
- 12. a small animal with fur, four legs, a tail, and claws, usually kept as a pet
- 15. a large, round vegetable with hard, yellow or orange flesh
- 17. a sweet food made from sugar or chocolate, or a piece of this
- 18. strange and frightening