Get a free Cinco de Mayo crossword puzzle to celebrate the holiday. It’s a great way to teach your children or students about the history of Cinco de Mayo and how to celebrate it.

There are two versions of this free printable crossword puzzle. The easier version comes with a word bank, and a harder version doesn’t have one.

This printable crossword puzzle has 11 words in it. Solve the clues, and write the word in its corresponding space once you’ve figured it out.

The words in this Cinco de Mayo printable are about the Battle of Puebla and ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. There’s an answer key included if you need help solving this puzzle.

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Get the free Cinco de Mayo crossword puzzles

Get the easier Cinco de Mayo crossword (with a word bank) here and the harder Cinco de Mayo printable here. These links will take you to a page where you can print the crossword puzzles as high-resolution images.

Be sure to choose portrait orientation and “fit to page” for the printable area on your printer settings. Printing this way will give you a full page printout.

You can also print these Cinco de Mayo crosswords free from the project card at the bottom of the page. To do this, scroll down and press “print”. It will give you the word puzzles in a slightly smaller size.

Cinco de Mayo crossword puzzle answers

Some free crossword puzzles are easy to solve and others leave you wondering what the last word could be.

If you are a having hard time solving the puzzle, you can click here for the Cinco de Mayo crossword puzzle answers.

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Free Cinco de Mayo Crossword Puzzles (2 Versions) With Answers

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a free crossword puzzle printable. It has 11 clues relating to the history of the holiday, and ways to celebrate it.

It would be a great way to teach your kids or students about the holiday.

There are two versions of the crossword puzzle, an easier version with a word bank, and a harder version without one.

There's also an answer key included if you need extra help.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Active Time 20 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Difficulty Moderate

Estimated Cost $1

Materials

Pen
Computer paper

Tools

Computer
Printer

Instructions

There are two versions of this Cinco de Mayo crossword puzzle. The easier version has a word bank you can refer to containing all the words in this word puzzle. The harder one doesn't have a word bank.
To print the puzzle, first load your computer paper into your printer.
Then use the print function on this card to print a Cinco de Mayo puzzle that fills about 3/4 of an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper.
Choose portrait layout and if possible "fit to page" in your settings. Doing this will fill the entire page.
Alternatively, you can print the Cinco de Mayo crosswords as high resolution images using the print feature in your browser window with these links: crossword with word bank and crossword without word bank.
After you print this Cinco de Mayo word puzzle, look at the clues at the bottom, use the answers to fill in the puzzle.
See how quickly you can solve this Cinco de Mayo printable!
If you get stuck, you can refer to the Cinco de Mayo crossword puzzle answer key.
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