Across
- 6. a young tree, especially one with a slender trunk.
- 7. the hard upper shell of a tortoise, crustacean, or arachnid.
- 8. a field of growing grass where animals can eat.
- 9. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.
- 10. any various small plant-sucking insects.
- 11. either of the two occasions in the year when the centre of the sun is directly above the Equator, and day and night are approximately equal in length.
- 12. a signature, especially that of a celebrity written as a memento for an admirer.
- 14. a thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal and used as a durable writing surface in ancient and medieval times.
- 16. a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
- 17. a person who directs the performance of an orchestra or choir.
- 19. the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains.
Down
- 1. monkeys, apes, and humans.
- 2. any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood towards the heart.
- 3. lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things.
- 4. a room with a glass roof and walls, attached to a house at one side and used as a sun lounge or for growing delicate plants.
- 5. a person who makes and repairs things in iron by hand.
- 11. a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.
- 13. having a sharply strong taste or smell.
- 15. a place where or receptacle in which things are or may be stored.
- 18. a very strong wind.
