Looking for a way to celebrate spooky season? Try solving this free printable Halloween crossword puzzle!

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

This Halloween crossword printable has 22 words in it. Solve the clues, and write the answers in their corresponding spaces once you’ve figured them out.

The words in this crossword puzzle for Halloween feature traditions, foods, and animals that are symbols of Halloween. It also comes with a Halloween crossword answer key if you need to check your answers.

For more free printables this month, make sure to get these Halloween printables (word search, word scramble and coloring pages) these fall printables (word find, word scramble, crossword and scavenger hunt) and this October word find.

Get the free printable Halloween crossword puzzles

Get the easy, free Halloween crossword puzzle (with a word bank) here and the harder crossword puzzle printable here. These links will take you to a page where you can print the Halloween crosswords 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 get these Halloween crossword puzzles free from the project card at the bottom of the page. To do this, scroll down and press “print”. It will give you the puzzles in a slightly smaller size.

Halloween crossword 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 Halloween crossword puzzle answers.

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Free Printable Halloween Crossword Puzzle - Answer Key Included

Looking for a fun activity for you kids this Halloween?

Give them this free printable Halloween crossword puzzle. It's a screen free activity they'll love!

You can refer to the Halloween crossword answers if you need help solving this free word puzzle!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Active Time 25 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Difficulty Moderate

Estimated Cost $1

Materials

Pen
Computer paper

Tools

Computer
Printer

Instructions

There are two versions of this Halloween crossword printable. The easier version has a word bank you can refer to containing all the words in this puzzle. The harder one doesn't have a word bank.
To print the Halloween word puzzle, first load your computer paper into your printer.
Then use the print function on this card to print a Halloween crossword puzzle that fills about ¾ 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 Halloween crossword puzzles 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 get this free Halloween crossword puzzle printable, look at the clues at the bottom, use the answers to fill in the puzzle.
See how quickly you can solve this printable Halloween puzzle!
If you get stuck, you can refer to the Halloween crossword puzzle answer key.
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