Cozy Winter Crossword Puzzle for Adults
An easy winter crossword with 14 plain clues, from mittens and cocoa to the winter solstice
A gentle crossword for a winter afternoon. The fourteen answers run from the cold outside (a flurry, an icicle, a sled on the hill) to the warm things indoors, like a kettle, a mug of cocoa and the fireplace. The clues are plain definitions with no wordplay, every answer crosses another, and the answer key is on the next page. It works from December right through February.
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Cozy Winter Crossword Puzzle for Adults
An easy winter crossword with 14 plain clues, from mittens and cocoa to the winter solstice
Across
- 3.Opening in a wall, below a chimney, that holds a wood fire
- 5.Frozen spike that hangs from the edge of a roof
- 7.Small vehicle on runners for sliding down a snowy hill
- 8.Dome-shaped shelter made of blocks of packed snow
- 10.Long strip of fabric wrapped around the neck for warmth
- 11.Woody fruit that drops from an evergreen tree
- 13.Warm winter coat with a hood
Down
- 1.Short, light fall of snow
- 2.Pot with a spout, used to boil water for tea
- 4.Spend the winter in a long, deep rest, as some animals do
- 6.Hand warmers with one pocket for the fingers and one for the thumb
- 7.December's winter ___, the day with the least daylight north of the equator
- 9.Boots with blades for gliding across a frozen pond
- 12.Hot drink made from powdered cacao beans and milk
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About this puzzle
Free printable winter crossword puzzle for adults: 14 plain clues about mittens, cocoa, icicles, the fireplace and the winter solstice. Answer key included.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Format: US Letter PDF with answer key
- Free to download, print, and use
- Commercial use allowed for KDP publishers
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- Print the PDF. Download and print the free STEM crossword PDF. The grid and clue list are on page one.
- Start with confident clues. Read every across and down clue. Fill in the answers you know for certain. These unlock crossing letters.
- Use intersections to confirm. When you're not sure about a clue, check the crossing letters from a confirmed answer. Spelling is a strong constraint.
- Verify with the answer key. Compare the finished grid to the answer key on the second page.