De Agricola et Ciconia

I'm using some new crossword puzzle software (online, fast, easy) to create new puzzles to go with the new Aesop's fables I'm posting at LatinViaFables.com.

Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Agricola et Ciconia: Farmer and Stork. You can visit the Latin Via Fables page to see the Latin text, English translation and some grammar help.

Word List. Here is an alphabetical word list of the Latin words included in the puzzle:

agricola, alere, anser, avis, capere, ciconia, cum, fugere, grus, innocens, laqueus, mori, nihil, nocens, optimus, parens, rusticus, sedulo, senium, serere

Click here to get the crossword puzzle to print and fill in.

Click here to get the crossword puzzle solution.

Here are the clues:

ACROSS

1 Old age, decline
5 To run away, escape
7 Stork
8 With, together with
9 Farmer
12 Evil-doer, wicked
13 Best
15 Snare, trap
17 To take, seize
19 Nothing
20 Bird

DOWN

2 To die
3 Diligently, busily
4 Harmless
6 Crane
10 Countryman
11 To nourish, support
14 Parent
16 To sow, plant
18 Goose

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