1979
At the Playground
May 1979


“At the Playground,” Friend, May 1979, 45

At the Playground

At the Playground

Across

  1. Little glass balls.

  2. Implement used to hit a baseball.

  3. Past tense of sit.

  4. Boy’s nickname.

  5. Found at most beaches and playgrounds.

  6. To move smoothly along a surface.

  7. Opposite of above.

  8. First two letters of the name of an African anteater.

  9. What you climb on at the park.

  10. Second, third, and fourth letters of balloon reading backward.

  11. Adult male human.

  12. Twelfth and twenty-first letters of the alphabet.

  13. A baked crust dessert filled with fruit.

  14. Rounded topographical elevations.

Down

  1. Enclosed shopping center.

  2. Two-letter preposition.

  3. Often called America’s favorite pastime.

  4. First, third, and fourth letters of ensnare.

  5. Unhappy.

  6. To relax in the sun.

  7. Two-letter proposition.

  8. Propel oneself through water.

  9. Burned in a fireplace.

  10. Two-letter pronoun spelled backward.

  11. Earlier than the present time.

  12. What basketball players do when game begins.

  13. Not any.

  14. What cheerleaders and spectators do together.

  15. Three-toed sloth.

  16. Seventh tone on musical scale.

  17. You and me.

Answers:

  • Across—(1) marbles, (6) bat, (7) sat, (8) Al, (9) sand, (10) slide, (13) below, (16) aardvark, (17) jungle gym, (20) ool, (21) man, (24) lu, (26) pie, (27) hills. Down—(1) mall, (2) at, (3) baseball, (4) esn, (5) sad, (6) bask, (11) it, (12) swim, (14) log, (15) su, (16) ago, (17) jump, (18) none, (19) yell, (22) ai, (23) ti, (25) us.