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Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzles

Five Thanksgiving crosswords for the kids’ table, the classroom or the wait before dinner. Each one prints with its answer key, solves on a phone, and opens in the maker if you want to change the clues.

Thanksgiving Crossword

Medium · 15 clues

The feast, the parade, the football and the leftovers. Everyday answers, a little thinking.

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  1. 1Plymouth colonists who sailed in 1620
  2. 4Month of the holiday in the U.S.
  3. 6Bread mixture baked inside the bird or beside it
  4. 8Horn of plenty
  5. 9Two people pull it; the bigger half wins
  6. 11Detroit hosts a game of it every Thanksgiving
  7. 13Turkey sandwiches the next day
  8. 14Macy’s puts one on in New York every year
  9. 15The bird at the center of the table

Down

  1. 2Ship that carried the Pilgrims in 1620
  2. 3Thankful
  3. 5Pie filling made from an orange squash
  4. 7Tart red berry served as a sauce
  5. 10The crops gathered in the fall
  6. 12Poured over mashed potatoes

Thanksgiving Crossword for Kids

Easy · 12 clues

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

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  1. 2Yellow vegetable on the cob
  2. 4You fill it with food
  3. 6The people we share dinner with
  4. 7A short sleep after a big meal
  5. 9A very big meal
  6. 11It turns red or orange in the fall

Down

  1. 1Small soft breads in a basket
  2. 3The sound a turkey makes
  3. 5What we give on this day
  4. 8Dessert with a crust, cut in slices
  5. 9The season of Thanksgiving
  6. 10Pilgrims wore a tall one with a buckle in pictures

The First Thanksgiving, 1621

Hard · 13 clues

The harvest feast at Plymouth and how it became a national holiday. Longer answers, trickier clues.

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  1. 2Colony where the 1621 harvest feast was held
  2. 4Today’s state where Plymouth lies
  3. 6Native nation that joined the feast
  4. 8President who moved the date a week earlier in 1939
  5. 11Congress fixed it on the ___ Thursday of November in 1941
  6. 12Number of days the celebration lasted
  7. 13Edward ___, whose letter is the main record of the feast

Down

  1. 1Sarah Josepha ___, who campaigned for the holiday (and published “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
  2. 3Wampanoag leader who came with about ninety men
  3. 5Patuxet man who taught the colonists to plant corn
  4. 7Governor who sent four men out fowling
  5. 9President who proclaimed a national Thanksgiving in 1863
  6. 10The Wampanoag brought five of these

Thanksgiving Dinner

Medium · 13 clues

Everything on the table, from the bird to the pie. Everyday answers, a little thinking.

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  1. 2A prayer before the meal
  2. 3Flaky breads, a Southern side
  3. 5Tells you when the turkey reaches 165 degrees
  4. 6Turkey leg
  5. 8Spoon pan juices over the bird
  6. 11Goes on top of the pumpkin pie (7,5)
  7. 12Green bean dish topped with crispy onions

Down

  1. 1Cook in the oven, like the turkey
  2. 2Heart, liver and gizzard, bagged inside the bird
  3. 4Orange root often topped with marshmallows (5,6)
  4. 7Potatoes ___ with butter and milk
  5. 9Slice the turkey at the table
  6. 10Nut pie from the South

Parade and Football

Medium · 12 clues

The other Thanksgiving traditions: balloons, bands and the big games. Everyday answers, a little thinking.

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  1. 3How each half begins
  2. 4Giant inflated characters floating down the street
  3. 7Worth six points
  4. 9Decorated platform on wheels
  5. 11High school musicians in step (8,4)
  6. 12Department store behind the New York parade (no apostrophe)

Down

  1. 1The National ___ airs after the parade (3,4)
  2. 2Player who throws the passes
  3. 5He arrives at the very end of the parade
  4. 6Break in the middle of the game
  5. 8Dallas team that hosts a game every year
  6. 10Detroit team that hosts a game every year

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