Easy crossword puzzle
The friendly one. Twelve everyday things, from the star that lights your morning to the thing that tells you the time, described in plain clues with no tricks.
The grid and the clues
12 clues to solve: 6 across and 6 down.
Across
- 3. The color of lemons and bananas (6)
- 7. The place where children go to learn (6)
- 8. It carries a road over a river (6)
- 10. It has pages, a cover and a story inside (4)
- 11. It shines at night and changes shape through the month (4)
- 12. The star that lights up our day (3)
Down
- 1. You drink it; it falls from the clouds as rain (5)
- 2. The building a family lives in (5)
- 4. The person you visit when you are sick (6)
- 5. It has hands or digits and tells you the time (5)
- 6. Long vehicle that runs on rails (5)
- 9. The place by the house where flowers and vegetables grow (6)
What makes it easy?
Mechanics, not a label. The answers are common nouns everyone can spell, the clues describe rather than pun, and each clue ends with the answer's letter count in brackets. There are no abbreviations, no crossword-only vocabulary and no general knowledge deeper than a walk around the neighborhood.
A good first crossword
If someone has never solved a crossword, start them here: the grid is compact, every answer crosses another, and a wrong guess reveals itself quickly instead of quietly ruining a corner. When this one feels comfortable, the animal crossword is the natural next step, and the science one is waiting after that.
Print it
One free PDF with the grid and clues, one with the answers. Print the first, pocket the second.
