Fun and educational crosswords on a wide variety of subjects. Full answer guides included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Compact, aesthetically-pleasing grids created using professional software. All clues indicate the number of letters in the answers.
Fun and educational crosswords on a wide variety of subjects. Full answer guides included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Compact, aesthetically-pleasing grids created using professional software. All clues indicate the number of letters in the answers.
A fun and educational crossword on Oscars winners for Best Actor (1990-2016). Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (19x19) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
14-across
Dr. Hannibal Lecter in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’, 1991; also starred in The Remains of the Day (7,7)
Answer - Anthony Hopkins
12-down
Ben Sanderson in ‘Leaving Las Vegas’, 1995, Face/Off, Pig, and National Treasure star; barred enclosure? (7,4)
Answer - Nicolas Cage
A fun and educational crossword on the phonetic alphabet. Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (15x15) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
14-across
E - sound reflection (4)
Answer - Echo
2-down
T - ballroom dance with postures and abrupt pauses (5)
Answer - Tango
A fun and educational crossword on Oscars winners for Best Actress (1929-1989). Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (19x19) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
5-down
Mary Poppins in ‘Mary Poppins’, 1964; ‘Sound of Music’ lead (5,7)
Answer - Julie Andrews
9-down
Sophie Zawistowski in ‘Sophie’s Choice’, 1982; Margaret Thatcher in ‘The Iron Lady’, 2011; nominated a record-breaking 21 times (5,6)
Answer - Meryl Streep
A fun and educational crossword on Oscars winners for Best Actress (1990-2016). Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (19x19) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
1-across
Virginia Woolf in ‘The Hours’, 2002; also starred in ‘Moulin Rouge’, ‘The Others’, and ‘Big Little Lies’ (6,6)
Answer - Nicole Kidman
8-down
Viola de Lesseps / Thomas Kent in ‘Shakespeare in Love’, 1998; ‘consciously uncoupled’ from Chris Martin; Goop wellness guru (7,7)
Answer - Gwyneth Paltrow
A fun and educational crossword on Oscars winners for Best Actor (1929-1989). Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (19x19) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
8-across
Ted Kramer in ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’, 1979; Raymond Babbitt in Rain Man, 1988; also starred in The Graduate and Meet the Parents (6,7)
Answer - Dustin Hoffman
9-down
Gordon Gekko in ‘Wall Street’, 1987; married to Catherine Zeta-Jones (7,7)
Answer - Michael Douglas
A fun and educational crossword on card games – the answer to every clue is a type of card game. Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (17x17) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
16-across
Poker variation, 2 private cards, 5 communal; don’t let go (5,6)
Answer - Texas Hold’em
8-down
Don’t exceed 21; dark tool to lift cars? (9)
Answer - Blackjack
A fun and educational crossword on films of 2017 – the answer to every clue is a film from 2017. Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (19x19) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
25-across
"The Shape of ___ "; romantic fantasy centring on a mute cleaner’s draw to a humanoid amphibian, won best film Oscar (5)
Answer - Water
24-down
"The Greatest ___ "; fifth-highest grossing live-action musical ever, starring Hugh Jackman, inspired by the Barnum & Bailey Circus, more popular with the public than with critics (7)
Answer - Showman
A fun and educational crossword on opposites – every clue and answer is a pair of opposites. Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (19x19) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
10-across
Light (4)
Answer - Dark
27-across
Fast (4)
Answer - Slow
A fun and educational crossword on opposites – every clue and answer is a pair of opposites. Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (19x19) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
18-across
Hot (4)
Answer - Cold
30-down
Fact (7)
Answer - Fiction
A fun and educational crossword on opposites – every clue and answer is a pair of opposites. Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (19x19) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
7-across
For (7)
Answer - Against
8-down
Far (4)
Answer - Near
A fun and educational crossword on irregular past participles – the answer to every clue is an irregular past participle. Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (19x19) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
42-across
Win (3)
Answer - Won
5-down
Sing (4)
Answer - Sung
A fun and educational crossword on irregular past participles – the answer to every clue is an irregular past participle. Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (19x19) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
27-across
Awake (6)
Answer - Awoken
1-down
Shine (5)
Answer - Shone
A fun and educational crossword on occupational surnames. Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (15x15) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
15-across
18th century explorer Captain James makes food (4)
Answer - Cook
18-across
Writer Beatrix uses kilns (6)
Answer - Potter
A fun and educational crossword on occupational surnames. Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (15x15) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
6-across
Tennis-player Boris the baker (6)
Answer - Becker
16-down
Seafood catcher and Price toy-maker (6)
Answer - Fisher
A fun and educational crossword on occupational surnames. Full answer guide included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grid (15x15) created using specialist software.
Sample questions
19-across
Bow and arrow expert author Jeffrey (6)
Answer - Archer
3-down
Falconer and theoretical physicist Stephen (7)
Answer - Hawking
A bundle of 14 fun and educational crosswords on language.
Topics include: 3- letter words, 4- letter words, 5-letter words, French expressions used in English x3, Latin phrases used in English x3, opposites x3, and US-UK English x2.
Full answer guides included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grids created using specialist software.
A bundle of 14 fun and educational crosswords on literature.
Topics include: Asterix stories, Charles Dickens stories, Man Booker Prize winners, Pride and Prejudice, Roald Dahl short stories, Shakespeare plays, Shakespeare quotes x3, Sherlock Holmes stories x2, The Mr Men books x2, and Tintin stories.
Full answer guides included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grids created using specialist software.
A bundle of 14 fun and educational crosswords on music.
Topics include: Christmas songs x2, Michael Jackson songs, music albums (20-29 million sales), music albums (30 million plus sales), music theory, musical instruments x2, nursery rhymes x2, Paul Simon songs, REM songs, The Beatles songs, and The Cranberries songs.
Full answer guides included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grids created using specialist software.
A bundle of 13 fun and educational crosswords on nature.
Topics include: hetronyms, irregular past participles x2, marketing slogans x2, measure words and containers, rhyming slang, sayings (relating to animals, clothing, and parts of the body), the phonetic alphabet, collocations (x and y) x2.
Full answer guides included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grids created using specialist software.
A bundle of 18 fun and educational crosswords on sport and leisure.
Topics include: BBC Sports Personality of the Year, board games, card games, chess, chess openings x2, doctor doctor jokes, Monopoly cards, Monopoly properties (UK), NBA teams, sports x2, Summer Olympics host cities, Winter Olympics host cities, tennis players (men’s game), tennis players (women’s game), and tennis in general x2.
Full answer guides included in multiple formats to aid teachers in reviewing. Clues indicate the number of letters in the answers. Compact grids created using specialist software.
