Flower Garden Crossword — Free Printable
Twelve flower 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
Flower Garden Crossword
Solve the clues on page 2 and write the answers in the squares. Every answer is about flowers.
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Clues on page 2 · Answers on page 3sunroomgames.com
Sunroom GamesLarge-print crossword · Puzzle 1
Clues
Across
- 1Fall bloom, often purple, with a yellow center (5)
- 3Shrub with large blue or pink flower heads (9)
- 5Glossy-leaved shrub, Alabama's state flower (8)
- 9Shade-loving bedding plant with waxy leaves (7)
- 11Showy late-summer flower grown from tubers (6)
- 12Purple herb with a calming scent (8)
Down
- 2Tall yellow giant, Kansas's state bloom (9)
- 4Bright, easy flower grown from seed in summer (6)
- 6Southern tree with big, white, fragrant blooms (8)
- 7Spring shrub with sweet, cone-shaped clusters (5)
- 8Thorny flower given by the dozen (4)
- 10Flower that's also the colored part of the eye (4)
The number after each clue is how many letters the answer hassunroomgames.com
Sunroom GamesLarge-print crossword · Puzzle 1 · Answer key
Answer key
Flower Garden Crossword
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4Z
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5C
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6M
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7L
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8R
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9B
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10I
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11D
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12L
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Across
- 1ASTER
- 3HYDRANGEA
- 5CAMELLIA
- 9BEGONIA
- 11DAHLIA
- 12LAVENDER
Down
- 2SUNFLOWER
- 4ZINNIA
- 6MAGNOLIA
- 7LILAC
- 8ROSE
- 10IRIS
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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 flowers, 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 flower 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 flower word search or flower word scramble.