July 2025 CROSSWORD

Across:

6. The longest-running fair in Illinois

7. Farm child’s transitional rite involving soap and sawdust

8. A swirled and fried dessert often served on a paper plate

10. Civic group that organzies many rural youth competitions

12. Fairground event where grace and glitter go on display

13. Mechanized contest of horsepower and torque

Down:

1. Fair entries that mooooove the crowd!

2. Lined up like wagons, serving up summer on a paper plate

3. Sweet-and-sour refreshment shaken, not stirred

4. The “king of the carnival”, a huge hit at the World’s Fair in 1903

5. Sugary spiral on a stick, often pink or blue

9. Where arts and crafts are displayed

11. Sky-painted finale with a bang