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regular customer
go on despite difficuty; persevere; refuse to give up
having a natural tendency; inclined
showing sound judgment; sensible; wise
bring out of state of inactivity; wake; provoke
show scornful dissparoval; sneer; jibe
something not what it is supposed to be; fake
reject disdainfully; turn down; refuse
easily frightened; afraid; shy
not neat or orderly; untidy; slovenly
adequately polite; mannerly; courteous
reduce the extent of; compress; abridge
deserving censure; blameworthy; guilty
very pleasing; delightful; delicious
fit for eating; eatable
inclined to chatter to excess; talkative
main point of the matter; core
boldly disrespectful; insulting; rude
annoy; irritate; disgust
special gift for doing something; gift; talent
able to read and write; educated
treat with scorn or contempt; ridicule; taunt
ready to do favors; good-natured; accommodating
be victorious; become dominant; to win
put an end to; suppress; extinguish
line of people or cars waiting their turn; file; line
take pleasure in; like the tast of; savor
firmness in purpose; detrmination; reslove
point beyond which something happens; edge; brink
sudden odd idea or desire; passing notion
encourage with aid or approval
shrewd; clever; crafty
difficult to understand; complicated; intricate
guesswork; conclusion based on insufficient evidence
restrain from acting; discourage
slip away from; escape; avoid
extremely long and indefinite period of time; eternity
free from blame or responsibility; vindicate
suitable under the circumstances; advantageous
come to an end; cease; terminate; die
stormy; rough; harsh
very small quantity; smidgen; bit
agree; correspond; confirm
causing or capable of causing death; deadly; fatal
wound seriously; cripple; disfigure
neither good nor bad; barely adequate; average
no longer in use; old-fashioned; out-of-date
be fortunate; be successful; prosper; flousish
journey; expedition; trip
decrease in ower, size, or extent; subside; abate

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What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

How do I create a crossword template?

For the easiest crossword templates, WordMint is the way to go!

Pre-made templates

For a quick and easy pre-made template, simply search through WordMint’s existing 500,000+ templates. With so many to choose from, you’re bound to find the right one for you!

Create your own from scratch

  • Log in to your account (it’s free to join!)
  • Head to ‘My Puzzles’
  • Click ‘Create New Puzzle’ and select ‘Crossword’
  • Select your layout, enter your title and your chosen clues and answers
  • That’s it! The template builder will create your crossword template for you and you can save it to your account, export as a word document or pdf and print!

How do I choose the clues for my crossword?

Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students' problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

Crosswords are great for building and using vocabulary.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

Can I print my crossword template?

All of our templates can be exported into Microsoft Word to easily print, or you can save your work as a PDF to print for the entire class. Your puzzles get saved into your account for easy access and printing in the future, so you don’t need to worry about saving them at work or at home!

Can I create crosswords in other languages?

Crosswords are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as they test their reading, comprehension and writing all at the same time. When learning a new language, this type of test using multiple different skills is great to solidify students' learning.

We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.