CROSSWORD PUZZLE

 

THEME: Summer Cookout

(Level of difficulty: MEDIUM)

 

 

ACROSS

 

1.  If it is windy, you may need to use one of these to keep your tablecloth from blowing off the picnic table

4.  A region of the US where corn on the cob is freshest in July and August (abrv.)

6.  Probably the most common food item at a cookout

9.  Not off

10.  Put a ___ on the campfire to keep it going

11.  Not the whole family can attend, so the ones that are attending are there to represent the family. They are the ____ (abrv.)

12.  Girls on one side, ____ on the other

13.  Popular sneaker brand worn by kids, and some adults

14.  What you might text back to me if I said that you didn't have to bring a food item (hint: abbreviated version of a common 4 letter word used as a casual response in the English language)

 

 

DOWN

 

1.  A large clam you would boil in a large pot (alternate spelling, or currently more common spelling in the US)

2.  An unwelcome crawling visitor

3.  A bowl of various types of cut-up fruit, and various vegetables cut up and roasted in foil over the fire could be considered these types of dishes

5.  Deviled ____

7.  "You're __!" (hint: common response to a challenge)

8.  You might say this if you dropped a cooked item on the ground

11.  You need to bring your favorite one of these if you are going to fish in the pond

12.  "Will you __ coming to the cookout?"