From Wheelock Family Theatre’s The Little Mermaid Study Guide by Thecla Ree

LITTLE MERMAID CROSSWORD

(Difficulty level: Goldfish)

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ACROSS

1. Mothers of your parents

2. Pearl’s aunt

5. Shells are found here

7. Food seasoning from the ocean

10. The Little Mermaid

12. Octopus arms

13. Fled the scene on foot

15. Mike and ___ candies

17. Unit of scoring for the Red Sox

18. Undersea dwellers

19. Ship navigators or baseball team in Seattle

20. “It is” in Spanish, or 38 Across backwards

22. Los Angeles, for short

27. The country we live in, for short

28. Two thousand pounds (2 words)

30. Description of agreement between Pearl and

Sea Witch: “A ___ ___ ___ ___” (4 words)

31. Words of the Little Engine That Could: “I think

___ ___” (2 words)

32. Snakelike creature of the sea

35. North and South, for short

38. Southeast for short, or 20 Across backwards

40. Into the direction of the breeze

41. Vortex, or hot tub with waterjets

42. Former soccer superstar Hamm

43. Pearl was a mermaid, but now she ___ ___

human (2 words).

45. Type of tuna favored on sushi menus

46. The Sea King has four of these

47. Words of anger: “___ ___ at you!” (2 words)

48. Flow of ocean water

50. Mound or hillside on the beach

51. Navigational instruments used on ships

52. It fills the Atlantic

DOWN

1. Written history of the Merpeople

3. Pearl ___ a mermaid

4. Long journeys

5. What Pearl can no longer do after making

bargain with the Sea Witch

6. Dark-colored version of 32 Across

8. Sea Witch and Great Mother

9. Where the Merpeople reside (2 words)

10. Prince Stefan’s fiancée

11. One of Pearl’s sisters

13. They can be high or low

14. Hans Christian Andersen sea story

16. Prince Stefan on his wedding day

21. Open-toed summer shoes

23. Bottom of the sea

24. It’s found on the beach or in an hourglass

25. He was lost in a storm

26. Unmarried girls

29. “Arms” of a fish?

33. Sailor and friend of Timothy

34. Sea King’s mom

36. Stitched edge of a skirt or a sail (2 words)

37. What you breathe in at sea

39. Quahogs or Littlenecks

40. Hunters of Moby Dick

44. Large fish with a dorsal fin

49. Spanish aunt

Answers to LITTLE MERMAID CROSSWORD

(Difficulty level: Goldfish)

G R A N D M A S S E A W I T C H

R A V

E S E A S H O R E B S E A S A L T O

A P L B I Y

T P E A R L T E N T A C L E S S A

S R A N I C L T T G

C I K E B D K O E H E

R U N M E R P E O P L E W M A R I N E R S

O C O I S E S S S L

L E N D L A U O I S

L S E E P M N R C T A

U S A G R A D F E A T O N

F M B A R G A I N I S A B A R G A I N L D

I C A N O N D L C N E E L

N R O C E S E F W M G

S I M E N S L I E R

A S S S E C O L R E

W I N D W A R D T W H I R L P O O L M I A

H N L E E A R I S A T

A A T F D M A H I M

L A D A U G H T E R S I M M A D O

E I N E R T

R C U R R E N T M S A N D B A N K H

S I E

S E X T A N T S S E A W A T E R

LITTLE MERMAID CROSSWORD

(Difficulty level: Shark)

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10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20

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26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35

36 37 38 39

40 41 42 43 44 45

46 47 48 49 50 51

52 53 54 55 56 57

58 59 60 61 62

63 64 65 66

67 68 69

70 71 72 73

74 75 76 77 78 79

80 81 82 83 84

85 86 87 88 89 90

91 92 93 94

95 96 97 98 99 100

101 102 103 104 105 106 107

108 109 110 111 112

113 114 115 116

117 118 119 120 121

122 123 124

125 126

ACROSS

1. Arm of Lake Michigan, or home of the Packers

7. Pearl’s aunt

10. Popular muppet

11. One, in Spanish

13. Former king and patron saint of Norway

15. Shells are found here

16. Male sibling, for short

17. Food seasoning from the ocean

21. Three of the five vowels

22. An Italian bread

25. Place or setting of something

26. Role played by Andrea Ross

28. Octopus appendages

30. Compass direction, for short

31. Fled the scene on foot

32. Cover of box or can

33. Relating to the number eight

34. Last to arrive, or what’s currently “in”

36. Nickname of 34th U.S. president

37. Rotten or spoiled, as in meat or fruit

38. Large deer with long antlers, a.k.a. wapiti

39. Sport played in water or on horses

40. Unit of scoring for the Red Sox

41. Undersea dwellers

42. Ship navigators or baseball team in Seattle

46. Supplemental Security Income in reverse, for short

47. Slowest VCR recording speed, for short

48. Girl’s name or to bring legal action

51. Rumpel___skin

52. “It swims” in Spanish

53. Pinkish water flower

54. Nobel laureate Wiesel and others

58. Junk e-mail or canned meat product

59. Uncommon or undercooked

62. Halley’s ___

63. North American nation, for short

64. “__ __ war” or “___ ___ kindness” (2 words)

66. Daze or render senseless

68. Description of agreement between Pearl and Sea Witch:

“A ___ ___ ___ ___” (4 words)

70. Steal girder shaped like 9th letter of the alphabet

72. Tennis great Rafael

73. Side sheltered from the wind

74. Cowboy exhibition

76. Unit of area on the sea floor

77. Hide and ___

80. Sudden attacks, in reverse

82. Intends

84. ___way: artificial water channel

85. Valleys or dales

87. NBA statistic

88. Southeast for short

90. Chief Executive Officer, for short

91. Into the direction of the breeze

92. Vortex, or hot tub with waterjets

94. Former soccer superstar Hamm

95. Rapper and actor, or a refreshing summer beverage?

97. Snakelike creature of the sea

98. Televise

99. Pearl was a mermaid, but now she ___ ___ human (2

words).

101. Smallest of the world’s oceans

104. Copper-mining town 15 mi. west of Houghton, Michigan

106. Actress Thurman

107. Type of tuna favored on sushi menus

108. Owns

109. The Sea King has four of these

111. Wanderer with no fixed residence

113. Spiral-shelled mollusk, or slow-moving mail

115. Process of recovery from an injury

116. ___ constrictor, in reverse

117. Flow of ocean water

119. Precious stone

120. Mound or hillside on the beach

122. Chair

123. Prince Stefan, Yorick, and William

124. Patron saint of sailors

125. Navigational instruments used on ships

126. It fills the Atlantic

Down 1. Written history of the Merpeople

2. Originally, or born as

3. ___ House, home of the Vice President

4. Self-introduction from Robert McCloskey’s blueberry gal

5. “___ ___ ho and a bottle of rum”

6. Gave medical care

7. Precise or stern

8. Past tense of “is”

9. Alternates, for short

13. Matador’s cheer

14. Long journeys

15. What Pearl can no longer do after making a bargain with

the Sea Witch

16. Dark-colored version of 97 Across

18. Adrift on the ocean

19. Sea Witch and Great Mother

20. Matches perfectly: “Fits to ___ ___” (2 words)

23. Ring-like coral island enclosing a lagoon (e.g., Bikini)

24. Where the Merpeople reside (2 words)

26. Prince Stefan’s fiancée

27. One of Pearl’s sisters

28. They ebb and flow

29. One circuit on a track

32. Slip up or expire

34. Capital city of Togo

35. Hans Christian Andersen sea story

37. Prince Stefan on his wedding day

38. Environmental Protection Agency, for short

43. Single thing

44. Brother of Frasier Crane

45. Route, for short

54. Capsized ship?

55. Bottom of the sea

57. It’s found on the beach or in an hourglass

59. He was lost in a storm

60. Unmarried girls

65. Jefferson Davis was its first president, for short

67. “Arms” of a fish?

69. Japanese city east of Osaka

71. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author Dahl

75. Made a line or picture

76. Amount, for short

78. Sailor and friend of Timothy

79. Sea King’s maternal parent

81. 506 A.D. to Julius Caesar

83. Stitched edge of a skirt or a sail (2 words)

84. Cuttlefish genus, or an old-style photograph with a

brownish tint

86. What you breathe in at sea

87. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, for short

89. To feel ill or to trouble

90. Quahogs or Littlenecks

91. Hunters of Moby Dick

93. MBTA Green Line terminus: “___ Street”

96. Opposite of “fals”?

100. Large fish with a dorsal fin

102. Blacken, or a popular fish entrée: Arctic ___

103. Small island

105. White, long-legged wading birds with droopy plumes

106. Sophisticated or refined

110. Lack of difficulty

111. Barnes & ___

112. First Daughter Malia

113. Fraudulent scheme

114. Pecan or almond

116. Sweetened beverages, usually lemon or lime

118. Spanish aunt

121. At this moment

Answers to LITTLE MERMAID CROSSWORD

(Difficulty level: Shark)

G R E E N B A Y N S E A W I T C H A

R E L M O U N O T A O L A V

E S E A S H O R E B R O S E A S A L T O

A P I A O S C A L I B S I T E S Y

T P E A R L T E N T A C L E S E S E A

S R A N L I D O C T A L L A T E S T G

C I K E B A D E L K P O L O E H E

R U N M E R P E O P L E W M A R I N E R S

O C O I S S A E P S U E S T I L T

L E L N A D E L O T U S O E L I E S

L S E E S P A M R A R E C O M E T A

U S A G R A C T O F E S T U N

F M B A R G A I N I S A B A R G A I N L D

I B A R O N A D A L C N L E E

N R O D E O A C R E S E E K F W M G

S D I A R M M E A N S S L U I C E R

V A L E S F T S S E A C E O L R E

W I N D W A R D T W H I R L P O O L M I A

H N L I C E T E E L A I R I S A T

A A R C T I C F R E D A U M A A H I M

L H A S D A U G H T E R S N O M A D O

E S N A I L N R E H A B A O B R T

R C U R R E N T G E M S A N D B A N K H

S E A T I T M E N E L M O E

M S E X T A N T S E S E A W A T E R