Musical Instruments Crossword — Free Printable
Twelve musical instrument 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
Musical Instruments Crossword
Solve the clues on page 2 and write the answers in the squares. Every answer is about musical instruments.
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Clues on page 2 · Answers on page 3sunroomgames.com
Sunroom GamesLarge-print crossword · Puzzle 1
Clues
Across
- 3Silvery woodwind held out to the side (5)
- 6Six-string instrument you strum (6)
- 8Pair of brass plates crashed together (7)
- 10Highest-pitched bowed string in an orchestra (6)
- 11Curved brass-bodied woodwind of jazz (9)
Down
- 1Snare, bass and tom-toms, for example (5)
- 2Valveless brass horn that sounds taps (5)
- 3Bowed instrument at a square dance (6)
- 4Tiny, shrill woodwind, highest in the band (7)
- 5Pocket-sized reed instrument of the blues (9)
- 7Brass horn played by moving a slide (8)
- 9Round, twangy instrument of bluegrass (5)
The number after each clue is how many letters the answer hassunroomgames.com
Sunroom GamesLarge-print crossword · Puzzle 1 · Answer key
Answer key
Musical Instruments Crossword
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Across
- 3FLUTE
- 6GUITAR
- 8CYMBALS
- 10VIOLIN
- 11SAXOPHONE
Down
- 1DRUMS
- 2BUGLE
- 3FIDDLE
- 4PICCOLO
- 5HARMONICA
- 7TROMBONE
- 9BANJO
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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 musical instruments, 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 musical instrument 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 musical instrument word search or musical instrument word scramble.