Across
- 1. A short pin or bolt, typically tapered at one end, that is used for securing something in place, hanging things on, or marking a position
- 5. A tall drinking container, typically made of plastic, with straight sides and no handle
- 6. A high-level structured computer programming language used for teaching and general programming
- 8. Full of or covered with lumps
- 10. Cause a liquid to be ejected from a small opening in a thin, fast stream or jet squirt
- 11. An Old World shrub or climbing plant which bears fragrant white, pink, or yellow flowers
- 12. A long pin with a head that screws into a nut, used to fasten things together
- 13. Struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water
- 17. A red-brown metal, the chemical element of atomic number 29
- 18. An aromatic plant of the mint family, The leaves are used as a culinary herb, especially in Mediterranean dishes
- 20. A loop of thread or yarn resulting from a single pass or movement of the needle in sewing, knitting, or crocheting
- 21. The part of a plant from which the seed or fruit develops, usually having brightly coloured petals
- 22. A mark left on something following damage of some kind
- 24. Small hard seed in a fruit pip
Down
- 2. Bad-tempered and sulky
- 3. A member of a travelling people with dark skin and hair, traditionally living by itinerant trade and fortune telling
- 4. A small, hard, benign growth on the skin, caused by a virus
- 5. The centre of the target in sports such as archery, shooting, and darts
- 7. A soft white fibrous substance which surrounds the seeds of the cotton plant and is made into textile fibre and thread for sewing
- 9. Move swiftly and lightly
- 14. Another name for Satan.
- 15. A graduated rod for measuring the depth of a liquid, especially oil in a vehicle’s engine
- 16. A narrow line or beam of light or radiation
- 19. A long rectangular piece of deep-fried potato
- 23. A colour at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies