The Hitchhiker by Roald Dahl
Across
- 5. The hitchhiker's strange form of this is revealed in his code to always return what he steals.
- 6. The narrator thinks the hitchhiker could have been one, due to his keen observation skills.
- 7. A long road for fast-moving cars, similar to an expressway. The setting for most of the story.
- 8. The hitchhiker claims he specializes in stealing these from women.
- 9. A person employed to drive a private car. The narrator is one.
- 11. The character the narrator picks up.
- 13. The narrator's reaction when the hitchhiker reveals he stole his belt.
- 14. The city where the story begins.
- 15. Unlikely to happen or be true. The hitchhiker's skills seem this way to the driver.
- 16. Clever, especially in a sly or underhanded way. A word that could describe the hitchhiker.
- 18. The skill of using your hands quickly and accurately. The hitchhiker is a master of this.
- 19. The driver's is taken and returned by the hitchhiker during their journey.
- 20. The object the hitchhiker steals from the policeman. It contains a list of speeding tickets.
Down
- 1. A person who steals things from people's pockets. The Hitchhiker claims to be the most famous in the world.
- 2. The driver feels this word describes the hitchhiker's approach to his "job."
- 3. The narrator feels this emotion after seeing the hitchhiker's talents.
- 4. The driver and the hitchhiker encounter one for speeding.
- 10. To trick someone in order to get money from them. The driver thinks the hitchhiker might try to pull one on him.
- 12. A word used to describe the hitchhiker's skill, meaning extremely good or impressive.
- 17. The hitchhiker's movements are described as this, meaning very detailed and complex.