Iditarod Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. a new musher who has never completed the race
  2. 5. Line the sled team crosses the ______ ____ at the end of the race
  3. 7. the race takes place place on a series of ______
  4. 9. command to start the team
  5. 10. setting a specific speed for a dog tea to run at
  6. 14. the dogs pull a____ which their musher rides on
  7. 15. Line the rope that connects the dogs’ harnesses to the sled
  8. 17. marked locations along the route of the race
Down
  1. 1. When the ice gets too thick
  2. 3. a challenge a musher might come to face
  3. 4. the ______ is the driver of the dog sled
  4. 6. the starting place of the Iditarod
  5. 7. the dogs and the musher have to work as a ____ if they want to finish the race
  6. 8. a certain distance between checkpoints
  7. 11. the ending place of the Iditarod
  8. 12. a type of shoe for dogs that protect their paws from being injured
  9. 13. a type of sled dog
  10. 14. thin lines of wood or plastic that line the under side of the sled
  11. 16. the command to turn right
  12. 18. the command to turn left