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Hanukkah Crossword Puzzles

Two Hanukkah crosswords: one about the story, the candles and the food, and an easy one built around the dreidel. Print them with their answer keys or solve online.

Hanukkah Crossword

Medium · 13 clues

The Festival of Lights: the story, the candles and the food. Everyday answers, a little thinking.

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Across

  1. 3Chocolate coins, or real ones
  2. 5Candleholder lit each night of the festival
  3. 6There was only enough for one day, but it lasted eight
  4. 8Number of nights of Hanukkah
  5. 10Jelly doughnuts eaten for the holiday
  6. 11Four-sided spinning top
  7. 12Hebrew month when Hanukkah begins, on the 25th
  8. 13The helper candle that lights the others

Down

  1. 1City where the Temple stood
  2. 2The rebels who took back the Temple
  3. 4Hanukkah is called the Festival of ___
  4. 7Potato pancakes fried in oil
  5. 9It was rededicated in Jerusalem

Hanukkah Crossword for Kids

Easy · 12 clues

Short words and simple clues for early readers. Short answers, plain clues.

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Across

  1. 2Dreidel letter: you put one in
  2. 6Potato pancakes fried in oil
  3. 7A top with four sides
  4. 8How many nights Hanukkah lasts
  5. 10Dreidel letter: you take half
  6. 12What you do with a dreidel

Down

  1. 1Dreidel letter: you take the whole pot
  2. 3It holds the candles
  3. 4We light a new one every night
  4. 5Who gathers to light the candles
  5. 9Presents, sometimes one each night
  6. 11Dreidel letter: you get nothing

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