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Holiday crosswords
Review words for seasonal and cultural celebrations. Several puzzles include teacher glossaries for specialist vocabulary.
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Solve printable A2 crosswords about holidays, everyday vocabulary and irregular past verbs. Each puzzle includes a separate completed grid.
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Everyday vocabulary crosswords
Match definitions to words about jobs, food, travel, family and other familiar topics. Check the answers against a completed grid.
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Christmas Words - Secular Crossword
Review secular Christmas vocabulary through 14 clues about decorations, gifts and winter scenes. A stocking, a sleigh and a snowflake are among the words learners fit into the grid.
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Halloween Words - Crossword
Solve a 14-clue puzzle about Halloween creatures, costumes and treats. Learners distinguish words such as spider, web and skeleton, then check their spellings on the completed grid.
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Easter Words - Secular Crossword
An A2 puzzle about eggs, Easter treats and spring words. Clues include baby animals, a flower and the missing word in Easter egg hunt. Page 2 shows the completed grid.
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Valentine's Day Words - Crossword
Review words for friendship, kindness and familiar Valentine greetings. The clues mix everyday actions with items such as a card, a rose and a ribbon.
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New Year Words - Crossword
Practise words for the January New Year, from clock and midnight to countdown and resolution. The A2 grid combines time words with things people see and do at celebrations.
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Guy Fawkes Night - Crossword
Use clues about bonfires, fireworks and outdoor displays to review Guy Fawkes Night vocabulary. The teacher page includes short explanations of effigy and display.
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Thanksgiving - Crossword
Solve clues about Thanksgiving food, gathering and gratitude. The 14 answers include cranberry, harvest and feast, with a teacher note about different dates and family traditions.
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Lunar New Year - Crossword
Work out 14 words connected with Lunar New Year, including reunion, lantern and zodiac. The teacher page gives vocabulary support and identifies several examples from Chinese traditions.
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Diwali - Crossword
Review Diwali vocabulary through clues about light, celebration and decorations. Learners meet diya and rangoli alongside everyday words such as gift, candle and sweets.
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Hanukkah - Crossword
Match 14 clues to Hanukkah words such as menorah, dreidel, latke and gelt. The key includes short definitions and explains the helper light on a Hanukkah menorah.
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St Patrick's Day - Crossword
Review vocabulary for St Patrick's Day with clues about Ireland, music, parades and symbols. The teacher note helps learners distinguish a shamrock from a lucky four-leaf clover.
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Carnival - Crossword
Solve clues about street celebrations, including masks, costumes, drums and decorated floats. This A2 puzzle uses carnival vocabulary that can be applied to different places.
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Christmas Traditions - Religious Crossword
An A2 crossword on Christian Christmas traditions and the Nativity story. Clues cover terms such as carol, manger and shepherd, with a completed teacher key.
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Easter Traditions - Religious Crossword
Explore Christian Easter vocabulary through 14 clues, including disciple, tomb and resurrection. The teacher page offers short definitions for specialist words.
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Ramadan - Crossword
Review words about Ramadan, including fasting, dates, sunset and meals. The teacher glossary distinguishes iftar from suhoor and the key gives a completed grid.
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Eid - Crossword
Match clues about Eid celebrations to words for greetings, meals, charity and community. The answer page distinguishes Eid al-Fitr from Eid al-Adha.
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Jobs - Crossword
Find 14 job titles from clues about what people do at work. Learners spell occupations such as plumber, receptionist and vet, then use the completed grid to check.
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Around Town - Crossword
Find places and features in a town from clues about what people do there. The 14 answers include pharmacy, crossing and pavement, with notes on British and American wording.
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Food and Cooking - Crossword
Review cooking actions, equipment and ingredients in a 14-clue puzzle. Learners distinguish chop, slice, peel and stir and spell nouns such as saucepan and flour.
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Travel and Holidays - Crossword
Review words for getting ready, leaving and arriving on a trip. The A2 clues cover passports, reservations, platforms and luggage, with a short note on how to use luggage.
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Health and the Body - Crossword
Name parts of the body and words used at a clinic from 14 short descriptions. The grid includes shoulder, ankle, appointment and bandage, with a key and a short follow-up.
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Clothes and Weather - Crossword
Match definitions to clothing and weather words such as gloves, jumper, cloudy and foggy. Use the completed grid to check spelling, then connect the clothes to different kinds of weather.
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Home and Furniture - Crossword
Solve clues about furniture, fixtures and household items, from cupboard and drawer to kettle and fridge. The key includes a note on cushion and pillow.
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Sports and Hobbies - Crossword
Find words for sports roles, equipment and hobbies from 14 definitions. The grid covers referee, racket, cycling, chess and other activities learners can discuss after solving it.
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Shopping and Money - Crossword
Review shop and payment words such as receipt, change, discount and trolley in an A2 crossword. The teacher page gives a completed grid and ideas for a short shopping role-play.
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Nature and Animals - Crossword
Identify landscapes, plant parts and wild animals from short clues. The 14 answers include habitat, butterfly and desert, with a teacher note on how to use wildlife.
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Technology - Crossword
Solve A2 clues about everyday devices and online actions. The puzzle includes charger, browser, password, download and upload, with a completed teacher key.
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Irregular Past Verbs - Crossword
Complete 14 sentences with the past simple forms of verbs such as take, buy and bring. The base verb appears in bold in each clue, and the teacher key shows it beside the past form.
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Family Relationships - Crossword
Work out 14 family relationships from clues such as Your brother's son. Learners practise nephew, niece, grandchild and other relationship words from a consistent point of view.
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