Christmas crossword puzzles: printable, with answers

Two Christmas crosswords to print or solve on the screen: one for kids from about 7, with easy words, and one for the family table or the office party. The answers are on a page of their own.

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How to play

  1. Solve it on the screen: tap a square and type – what you write stays on this device. Or print it: the kids' crossword and the adults' each on a page of their own, the answers on a third.
  2. Each clue says how many letters its word has. Write one letter in each square, across or down; where two words cross, they share a letter.
  3. Stuck? On the screen, the buttons under the crossword check the letters (wrong ones turn red), uncover a letter or a word, or show the answers. On paper, the answers are on the third page.
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Three pages of A4 or Letter: the kids' crossword, the adults' crossword, then the answers. Scale: 100%.

Crossword for kids

123456789

Across

  1. Long sock hung by the fireplace for Santa to fill (8)
  2. Built from three big white balls, with a carrot for a nose (7)
  3. One of Santa's little helpers in the workshop (3)
  4. What Santa rides across the sky on Christmas Eve (6)
  5. Animal with antlers that pulls Santa through the sky (8)

Down

  1. It shines at the very top of the Christmas tree (4)
  2. Red and white striped sweet shaped like a hook (9)
  3. Tiny six-sided ice crystal that falls from the sky (9)
  4. Left out with a glass of milk for Santa on Christmas Eve (7)
  5. A gift wrapped in paper and tied with a bow (7)
AnswersSTOCKINGTASASNOWMANRDOYWCPCELFORALOENAKSLEIGHKIEEREINDEERST123456789

Across

  1. STOCKING
  2. SNOWMAN
  3. ELF
  4. SLEIGH
  5. REINDEER

Down

  1. STAR
  2. CANDYCANE
  3. SNOWFLAKE
  4. COOKIES
  5. PRESENT

Crossword for adults

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Across

  1. Any decoration hung on the tree, like a glass ball (8)
  2. The bird roasted for a British Christmas dinner (6)
  3. Pulled by two people at dinner: it bangs and holds a paper crown (7)
  4. Song sung door to door at Christmas, like “Silent Night” (5)
  5. The four weeks before Christmas, counted down with a calendar (6)
  6. Christmas ___: dark steamed dessert with dried fruit, set alight at the table (7)
  7. Plant hung over a doorway: meet under it and you may get a kiss (9)
  8. Evergreen with prickly leaves and red berries (5)

Down

  1. Tchaikovsky's Christmas ballet: “The ___” (10)
  2. Ring of evergreen branches hung on the front door (6)
  3. Holiday on December 26 in the UK, Canada and Australia (9)
  4. Santa is said to climb down it into the house (7)
  5. Shiny silver strands draped over the branches of the tree (6)
  6. Rolled chocolate cake shaped like a piece of firewood (7)
AnswersORNAMENTUTURKEYCRWCRACKERCEBKCAROLADVENTTXRHICTYNHIPUDDINGINLDMISTLETOEANELYELHOLLYYG1234567891011121314

Across

  1. ORNAMENT
  2. TURKEY
  3. CRACKER
  4. CAROL
  5. ADVENT
  6. PUDDING
  7. MISTLETOE
  8. HOLLY

Down

  1. NUTCRACKER
  2. WREATH
  3. BOXINGDAY
  4. CHIMNEY
  5. TINSEL
  6. YULELOG

Answers

Crossword for kids

STOCKINGTASASNOWMANRDOYWCPCELFORALOENAKSLEIGHKIEEREINDEERST123456789

Crossword for adults

ORNAMENTUTURKEYCRWCRACKERCEBKCAROLADVENTTXRHICTYNHIPUDDINGINLDMISTLETOEANELYELHOLLYYG1234567891011121314

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