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Halloween Crossword: Free Printable & Answers

Eight Halloween clues turn familiar party words into a connected crossword. Read a definition, count the spaces, and use crossing letters to check the answer. The download includes a clean puzzle grid, a separate clue sheet, and the completed solution.

A good fit for Readers who can follow short clues, Halloween stations, and family puzzle tables.

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Halloween crosswords worksheet showing the exact default printable — The original printable. Ready when you are.

A LITTLE MORE THAN A WORKSHEET

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Solve the clues in pairs: one person reads while the other checks the crossing letters. Then write a new clue for one answer without using any of the words in its printed clue.

Make the most of it

Read the clues before filling the grid; start with the most familiar answer.
Keep the solution page with the organizer.
Use the Halloween word search first if the vocabulary is new.

Vocabulary in this crossword

PUMPKIN
GHOST
WITCH
SPIDER
COSTUME
CANDY
BROOM
BAT

THE LITTLE PRINT STUDIO

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Across

2. An outfit worn to dress as someone else (7)

3. A spooky figure often shown in a white sheet (5)

6. A sweeping tool in many witch stories (5)

7. A sweet treat handed out at Halloween (5)

Down

1. A storybook character who may ride a broom (5)

4. An eight-legged animal that can spin a web (6)

5. An orange squash often carved into a lantern (7)

6. A flying mammal often pictured at Halloween (3)

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Printing your halloween printable

Choose US Letter for an 8.5 × 11 inch sheet, or A4 for a 210 × 297 mm sheet. The two downloads contain the same puzzle. Open the PDF, select the matching paper size, and print at actual size. Print single-sided if you want to hand out the puzzle without revealing the answer key.

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