This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Middle Grade has 20 clues. Answers range from 3 to 10 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
an industrial installation where a substance is refined - Phillip and his family moved to Curaçao because his dad was working at the oil ____________________. (refinery)
a violent windy storm - there was a _______ on the cay and Timothy died after protecting Phillip from it.(tempest)
an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a parasite that invades the red blood cells. The parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions. - Timothy got this in Chapter 12 and it affected his health.(malaria)
a low bank or reef of coral, rock, or sand - Timothy and Phillip live on this throughout most of the book.(cay)
attack or sink a ship with a torpedo or torpedoes - this happened to The Hato, the boat that Timothy, Phillip, and his mother were on.(torpedo)
a German submarine used during World War l and World War ll - The Hato was torpedoed by this.(U-Boat)
a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean - this happened during Chapter 15 and caused Timothy's death.(hurricane)
scattered pieces of waste or remains - after the hurricane there was a lot wood and other things scattered all over the place. Phillip had to clean it up to dig a grave for Timothy.(debris)
a period when all light must be turned out or covered to prevent them from being seen by the enemy during an air raid - this was something that happened regularly in the city of Curaçao and the reason Phillip and his friend Henrik had to stay home in the evenings.(blackout)
the process of activity of accurately ascertaining one's position and planning and following a route - Timothy and Phillip used this to find out where they were going (navigation)
a sailing ship with two or more masts, typically with the foremast smaller than the main mast - Phillip and his friend Henrik would play with the men on these ships and pretend they were pirates.(schooner)
used as an appeal for urgent assistance - Timothy told Phillip to write this word on the sand so that a passing aircraft would be able to see it and save them.(help)
a spiny lobster, especially in French cuisine - Timothy would catch these for him and Phillip to have for dinner.(langosta)
a small, simple, single-storey house or shelter - Timothy built one of these so that him and Phillip would have a nice shelter on the cay.(hut)
an airplane, helicopter, or other machine capable of flight - Timothy and Phillip waited for one of these to come and save them from the cay. (aircraft)
a portable means of illumination such as a piece of wood or cloth soaked in tallow - Timothy held this up to the sky to try and attract the attention of a passing aircraft to save them from the raft.(torch)
a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform - Timothy and Phillip made this there home on the ocean until they found the cay.(raft)
the action of collecting water, collection of rainfall - Timothy built this so that him and Phillip would have clean fresh water to drink.(catchment)
make a continuous low humming sound - Every day, Phillip would listen for these sounds to find out if an aircraft was passing by. (drone)
move in a violent or convulsive way - Timothy was ______ in the water trying to save Phillip from the sharks when Phillip accidentally fell overboard.(thrashing)