Looking for a way to celebrate Thanksgiving? Get a free printable Thanksgiving crossword puzzle! It’s a fun activity the whole family can enjoy.

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 crossword puzzle for Thanksgiving has 18 words in it. Solve the clues, and write the word in its corresponding space once you’ve figured it out.

Some of the words in this Thanksgiving crossword printable are symbols of Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving foods, while others describe the history of the First Thanksgiving. There’s also an answer key included if you need to check your answers.

For more free printables this month, check out these Thanksgiving printables (word search, word scramble and scavenger hunt), these fall printables (word search, word scramble, crossword, scavenger hunt and coloring pages) and this November word find.

Get the free printable thanksgiving crossword puzzles

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

Be sure to choose portrait orientation and “fit to page” in your printer settings. Doing this will give you a full page printout.

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

Thanksgiving crossword puzzle answer key

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 Thanksgiving crossword answers.

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Free Printable Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle - With Answer Key

Looking for an holiday activity the whole family can enjoy?

Get these free printable Thanksgiving crossword puzzles to solve together.

They feature 18 words describing Thanksgiving foods, symbols and history of the First Thanksgiving.

There's a Thanksgiving crossword answer key if you need to check your work.

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 free printable Thanksgiving 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 crossword, first load your computer paper into your printer.
Then use the print function on this card to print a Thanksgiving word 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 free Thanksgiving 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 print this Thanksgiving crossword, look at the clues at the bottom, use the answers to fill in the puzzle.
See how quickly you can solve this free Thanksgiving printable!
If you get stuck, you can refer to the Thanksgiving crossword puzzle answers.
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