Free printable crossword puzzles
Themed crosswords you can play right in your browser or print and solve with a pencil. Each one is a compact numbered grid where every answer crosses another, with across and down clues, a free puzzle PDF and a separate answer key.
All crossword puzzles
How do I print these crossword puzzles?
Open any crossword below and download its puzzle PDF: a single sheet with the numbered grid and all the clues. Print it in black and white, solve it with a pencil, and check your work against the separate answer key PDF. Every download is free, with no sign-up and no watermark.
How it works
- Pick a theme and open its crossword. Every answer in the grid crosses at least one other.
- Print the free PDF: one clean sheet with the numbered grid and the across and down clues.
- Stuck? Each crossword has a separate answer key PDF with the completed grid.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use these crosswords in my classroom for free?
Yes. Print as many copies as you need for your class, tutoring group or library, every year, free of charge. What you may and may not do with the files is spelled out in plain language on our license page.
Do I need an account to play or download anything?
No. Every crossword plays in the browser and downloads as a PDF with no sign-up, no email and no watermark. Nothing you type into the grid is sent anywhere.
What happens if I get stuck on a clue?
Online, the checker locks a word in green the moment it is right, so a wrong crossing shows itself quickly. On paper, every crossword has a separate answer key PDF with the completed grid, so you can peek at a single square without reading the whole solution.
Are the Spanish crosswords the same grids with translated clues?
No. A Spanish crossword is built from Spanish answers, so it is a different grid with its own clues and its own PDFs. That is the only way the crossings can work: translated answers would not cross in the same squares.
When do new crosswords come out?
New crosswords are added steadily, in English and Spanish at the same time, and they appear first on the new and popular puzzles page along with the newest word searches and rebus puzzles. Each one plays online from day one and brings both its PDFs: the puzzle and the answer key.
Prefer hunting words to solving clues?
Then a word search is your puzzle: no clues, just a themed list of words hidden in a grid of letters. Every word search here plays in the browser too.
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