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Thanksgiving crossword

A free printable thanksgiving crossword puzzle. The words and their clues are written for you below, so you can print it as it is, or swap in your own words and rewrite any clue before you download the PDF. Free, no signup.

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The clues in this thanksgiving crossword

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PIE
Dessert baked in a crust
CORN
Yellow kernels on a cob
YAMS
Sweet orange roots, often candied
APPLE
Fruit picked in an orchard, red or green
CIDER
Warm spiced drink pressed from fruit
FEAST
An enormous meal
GRAVY
Brown sauce poured over the potatoes
AUTUMN
The season when the leaves fall
FAMILY
The people you gather with
PARADE
Marching bands and giant balloons
SQUASH
Butternut or acorn, for example
HARVEST
The gathering in of the crops
ROASTED
Cooked in the oven until browned
NOVEMBER
The eleventh month
CRANBERRY
Tart red berry made into a sauce

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Is the thanksgiving crossword free to print?

Yes. Download it as a PDF sized for US Letter or A4, with an answer key page. No account, no email, no watermark.

Can I change the words and clues?

The thanksgiving words and clues are loaded for you. Add or remove any word in the list, and click any line in the Across or Down list to rewrite its clue in your own words.

Can I make it easier for younger children?

Yes. Remove the longer words, or switch Solvers get to Word bank, which prints the answers under the grid so children fit them in by length instead of solving clues.

Can we solve it on screen?

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Why did a word not fit?

Every word in a crossword has to cross another one. If a word shares no letters with the rest we say so, and Reshuffle tries a different arrangement.