Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzles Printable

A printable Thanksgiving crossword with original clues about the 1621 harvest feast, the Mayflower, the Wampanoag, the food on the table and the parade and football that follow. Print one per place setting, or a set for the long wait before dinner. Press New puzzles for a fresh crossword, then print it or save it as a PDF; the answer key is one click away.

How to play Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzles Printable

• Choose a theme and a difficulty, then press New puzzles to build a fresh crossword.
• The sheet shows a numbered grid with the Across and Down clues underneath, and the length of each answer in brackets.
• Press Print puzzles for the worksheets, or Print both to add an answer key page after them.
• Choose Show answers to preview the filled-in grid on screen before you print it.
• Want a different puzzle? Press New puzzles as many times as you like; there is no limit and no sign-up.

Controls

• Theme picks the topic, or choose Mixed themes for general knowledge.
• Difficulty sets the grid size and clue style: Easy 11×11, Medium 13×13, Hard 15×15, Expert 17×17.
• Puzzles per set builds up to four different crosswords at once, each on its own page.
• Large print makes the clues bigger and keeps the grid at 13×13 or smaller.
• Print puzzles, Print answer key or Print both open your browser’s print dialog; pick “Save as PDF” as the destination to download a PDF.

Tips

• Put one by each plate with a pencil; whoever finishes first gets the first slice of pie.
• Switch to Hard or Expert for bigger grids and more indirect clues.
• Press “Print both” to get an answer key page after the puzzles.

Thanksgiving crossword: a few of the clues

• Ship that crossed the Atlantic in 1620 (9)
• Horn of plenty spilling over with produce (10)
• Forked bone two people pull for luck (8)
• President who proclaimed a national Thanksgiving in 1863 (7)
• Country that gives thanks on the second Monday of October (6)

The answers are MAYFLOWER, CORNUCOPIA, WISHBONE, LINCOLN and CANADA. Each grid picks from about forty Thanksgiving words, so you can print a different puzzle for every guest.

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FAQ

Does it cover the history of Thanksgiving?

Yes. Clues include the Mayflower, Plymouth, the Wampanoag and their leader Massasoit, and Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation, alongside food, autumn and family traditions.

Is the Thanksgiving crossword hard?

It opens on Medium, a 13×13 grid with direct clues. Choose Easy for a quicker 11×11 puzzle, or Hard and Expert for longer answers and indirect clues such as GLEAN and TOM.

How do I save a crossword as a PDF?

Press Print puzzles, then in the print dialog choose Save as PDF as the printer. The grid and clues stay together on one clean page per puzzle.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. Print answer key prints the solved grids with a numbered list of every answer. Print both puts the key after the puzzles.

Is this free to print?

Yes. There is no sign-up and no limit; each press of New puzzles builds a different crossword.