Sport Crossword - Curling

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Across
  1. 5. The country that plays curling the most
  2. 6. The first player on a team to deliver a pair of stones for his/her team in each end.
  3. 8. A portion of a curling game that is completed when each team has thrown eight stones and the score has been decided.
  4. 9. The rings or circles toward which play is directed consisting of a 12-foot ring, 8-foot ring, 4-foot ring and a button.
  5. 10. A take-out. Removal of a stone from the playing area by hitting it with another stone.
  6. 11. When one stone is bumped ahead by another.
  7. 12. The movement of a curling stone after it has struck a stationary stone in play.
  8. 13. The specific playing surface upon which a curling game is played
  9. 14. At any time during an end, the stone is closest to the button.
  10. 16. An alternate player or substitute.
  11. 17. The amount of force given to the stone during the delivery.
Down
  1. 1. The team with the last stone in any given end of play
  2. 2. A device used to sweep the ice in the path of a moving stone.
  3. 3. Slippery material placed on the sole of the shoe, to make it easier to slide on the ice.
  4. 4. The line across the ice at the back of the house. Stones which are over this line are removed from play.
  5. 5. Any stone in the rings or touching the rings which is a potential point.
  6. 7. A stone in motion touched by a member of either team, or any part of their equipment. Burned stones are removed from play. It will be removed from play.
  7. 10. A rock delivered with a greater force than necessary.
  8. 15. The player who determines the strategy, and directs play for the team
  9. 16. The action of moving a broom or brush back and forth in the path of a moving stone.