Across
- 2. the full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers. The length of time for which something lasts.
- 3. wood prepared for use in building and carpentry
- 6. animal lacking a backbone, such as an arthropod, mollusc, annelid etc. (singular)
- 8. reduction in the number or quantity of something
- 9. a place or opening through which something is let out : exit, vent.
- 10. pasture by livestock or wildlife to the point where the grass cover is depleted, leaving bare, unprotected patches of soil. As a result, water and wind cause erosion, especially on clay soils, and the growth of poisonous plants and thorny shrubs may increase
- 11. a band of colours, as seen in a rainbow, produced by separation of the components of light by their different degrees of refraction according to wavelength
Down
- 1. not sharp
- 4. a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations
- 5. an area of open uncultivated land, typically on acid sandy soil, with characteristic vegetation of gorse, and coarse grasses (singular)
- 7. a tree that bears cones and needle-like or scale-like leaves that are typically evergreen
