Christmas Crossword — Free Printable
Twelve Christmas answers in a friendly criss-cross puzzle, with big squares and clear, plain clues. The grid prints on page 1, the clues on page 2 in large type, and the answer key on page 3. Show the word bank for an easier puzzle.
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Sunroom GamesLarge-print crossword · Puzzle 1
Christmas Crossword
Solve the clues on page 2 and write the answers in the squares. Every answer is about Christmas.
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Clues on page 2 · Answers on page 3sunroomgames.com
Sunroom GamesLarge-print crossword · Puzzle 1
Clues
Across
- 4Wax taper glowing in the window (6)
- 6Little helpers in the North Pole workshop (5)
- 10Treats left out with a glass of milk (7)
- 11Sprig you might kiss beneath (9)
- 12Flying sled on Christmas Eve (6)
Down
- 1Jolly figure in a red suit (5)
- 2Evergreen decorated in the living room (4)
- 3Prickly evergreen with red berries (5)
- 5Last month of the year (8)
- 7Hung by the fireplace to be filled (8)
- 8Sooty passage down to the fireplace (7)
- 9Festive songs sung door to door (6)
The number after each clue is how many letters the answer hassunroomgames.com
Sunroom GamesLarge-print crossword · Puzzle 1 · Answer key
Answer key
Christmas Crossword
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Across
- 4CANDLE
- 6ELVES
- 10COOKIES
- 11MISTLETOE
- 12SLEIGH
Down
- 1SANTA
- 2TREE
- 3HOLLY
- 5DECEMBER
- 7STOCKING
- 8CHIMNEY
- 9CAROLS
Free to print and copy for home, classroom and care-home usesunroomgames.com
How to solve a crossword
Each clue has a number that matches a numbered square in the grid. Across answers read from left to right, and Down answers from top to bottom. Where two answers cross, they share a letter.
- Start with the clues you're sure of. Every answer is about Christmas, so the easy ones come quickly. Write them in first.
- Use the letter count. The number after each clue tells you how many letters the answer has, and it must fill its squares exactly.
- Let the crossings help. Each answer you write gives you letters in the answers that cross it. A word with two or three letters already in place is often easy to guess.
- Write lightly. A pencil and eraser make it easy to change your mind.
- Stuck? Show the word bank. It lists all twelve answers in alphabetical order on the clues page, which makes the puzzle a gentle matching game. It's a good way to start a group session.
Printing tips
- Use Letter paper (8.5 × 11 in). The grid prints on page 1, the clues on page 2 and the answers on page 3.
- Don't want the answers? In the print window, choose to print pages 1 to 2 only.
- Print on one side of the paper, so you can lay the grid and the clues side by side.
- To keep a copy, pick "Save as PDF" as the printer.
- Want another puzzle on the same theme? Tap "Another Christmas crossword" for a new set of words.
- Free to print and copy for home, classroom and care-home use.
For a different kind of puzzle on the same theme, print our Christmas word search or Christmas word scramble. Or print all three in one go with our Christmas puzzle pack.