Across
- 4. a North American cereal plant that yields large grains, or kernels, set in rows on a cob. Its many varieties yield numerous products, highly valued for both human and livestock consumption.
- 5. a mammals of the order Chiroptera. With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight
- 8. the night of October 31, the eve of All Saints' Day, commonly celebrated by children who dress in costume and go door-to-door asking for candy.
- 9. It began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year.
- 11. an object made to resemble a human figure, set up to scare birds away from a field where crops are growing.
- 14. a flattened structure of a higher plant, typically green and blade-like, that is attached to a stem directly or via a stalk. Leaves are the main organs of photosynthesis and transpiration.
- 15. the fruit of the oak tree, a smooth oval nut in a rough cup-shaped base.
Down
- 1. the tenth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the second month of autumn.
- 2. a large rounded orange-yellow fruit with a thick rind, edible flesh, and many seeds.
- 3. a ride taken for pleasure in a wagon carrying hay.
- 6. an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image.
- 7. the conical or rounded woody fruit of a pine tree, with scales which open to release the seeds.
- 10. the process or period of gathering in crops.
- 12. the third season of the year, when crops and fruits are gathered and leaves fall
- 13. a piece of land planted with fruit trees.