Across
- 1. Something that the more you take, the more you leave.
- 3. Something that can be wood, metal, or bone, that has many teeth that are always bared, yet its bite harms no one.
- 8. Something that you've heard before, and that you will again, that when it it dies, you call it again.
- 10. Something that has a thousand needles but cannot not sew.
- 11. Something that can’t be touched and can’t be felt. That can’t be seen, or heard, or smelt. That lies behind stars and under hills, and any empty holes it fills. That comes early and follows after, ends life, and kills laughter.
- 13. Something that the more you take away, the more it becomes.
- 14. Something that is sometimes narrow, sometimes wide. That in wind or rain, it stays outside. That even if there’s heat or snow, from house to house it will still go.
- 16. Something that has cities, but no houses. That has mountains, but no trees. That has water, but no fish.
- 18. Something that has its life measured in hours, and serves by being devoured. That when it's thin, it's quick, but when it's fat, it's slow. That has the wind as its foe.
- 22. Something that dances but has no legs. That breaths but has no lungs. That lives and dies, but has no life.
- 23. Something that has no feet, no hands, no wings, but can climb to the sky.
- 24. Something that is as small as an ant, as big as a whale. That'll approach like a breeze but can come like a gale. By some, it gets hit, but all have shown fear. That'll dance to the music, though it can't hear. Of names, it has many; of names, it has one. It is as slow as a snail, but from it, you can't run.
- 25. Something without hinges, key, or a lid; yet golden treasure inside is hid.
Down
- 2. Something that reaches for the sky, but clutches to the ground; that sometimes leaves, but is always around.
- 4. Something that makes two out of one.
- 5. Something that has four fingers and a thumb, yet flesh and blood, it has none.
- 6. Something that runs all around a pasture but never moves.
- 7. Something that is alive without breath and is as cold as death. That is never thirsty, but ever drinking. That is clad in mail, but never clinking.
- 9. Something that has two bodies that are joined in one. That the more still it stands, the quicker it runs.
- 12. Something that has weight in its belly, and trees on its back. That has nails in its ribs, but feet, it lacks.
- 15. Something that is a tool of thief, but a toy of queen. That is always used to be unseen. That is a sign of joy and a sign of sorrow. That gives all likeness borrowed.
- 17. Something that has many feathers to help it fly. That has a body and head, but is not alive. That your strength determines how far it will go. That you can hold in your hand, but would never throw.
- 19. Something that is a little house full of meat, but has no door to go in and eat.
- 20. Something that can go through glass without breaking it.
- 21. Something that has a slender body, a tiny eye, and, no matter what happens, it never cries.