The Iditarod Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. the person who drives the dog sled in the Iditarod
  2. 4. most of the time, but not all of the time; mostly, normally
  3. 6. (two words) The process can be _________ ____________ because it’s 56 bootees to take off!
  4. 8. The Iditarod ______________ across the state.
  5. 10. a series of actions to accomplish something; The ___________ of taking off the dogs’ bootees can be time-consuming because it is 56 bootees!
Down
  1. 1. extremely important; you could win or lose without this; It is __________ for the dogs to eat 10,000 calories of dog food every day.
  2. 2. extremely difficult or challenging; The Iditarod is a _____________ 998-mile journey through an icy wilderness.
  3. 5. made up of; Each team, which _____________ of one musher and up to 14 dogs.
  4. 7. the name of the famous dog sled race in Alaska that is almost 1000 miles
  5. 9. means once a year or yearly