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April Fools crossword

Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.

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April Fools123456789101112131415

Across

  • 2 Sense of funniness, spelled the American way
  • 4 Wig and glasses, for example
  • 8 Final laugh-getting words of a joke
  • 9 Poke fun at, gently
  • 10 Small burst of laughter
  • 12 Playful trick pulled on a friend
  • 13 Paper bits that fly from a popper
  • 15 Made-up story passed off as true news

Down

  • 1 ___ cushion, a classic gag seat
  • 3 Month when the joking day falls
  • 5 Easily fooled by a tall tale
  • 6 Unexpected turn that makes you jump
  • 7 Court entertainer in a bell-topped cap
  • 11 Shout after a trick works
  • 14 Day of the month for the fooling

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April Fools1W2HUMORO3AOPPRE4DIS5GUISEUL6SL7J8PUNCHLINERISPB9TEASERLE10GIG11GLE12PRANKSO13CON14FETTIICR15HOAXSAT
  1. 1 down: WHOOPEE. ___ cushion, a classic gag seat
  2. 2 across: HUMOR. Sense of funniness, spelled the American way
  3. 3 down: APRIL. Month when the joking day falls
  4. 4 across: DISGUISE. Wig and glasses, for example
  5. 5 down: GULLIBLE. Easily fooled by a tall tale
  6. 6 down: SURPRISE. Unexpected turn that makes you jump
  7. 7 down: JESTER. Court entertainer in a bell-topped cap
  8. 8 across: PUNCHLINE. Final laugh-getting words of a joke
  9. 9 across: TEASE. Poke fun at, gently
  10. 10 across: GIGGLE. Small burst of laughter
  11. 11 down: GOTCHA. Shout after a trick works
  12. 12 across: PRANK. Playful trick pulled on a friend
  13. 13 across: CONFETTI. Paper bits that fly from a popper
  14. 14 down: FIRST. Day of the month for the fooling
  15. 15 across: HOAX. Made-up story passed off as true news
April Fools1234567891011121314

Across

  • 5 Month when the joking day falls
  • 8 Poke fun at, gently
  • 9 Final laugh-getting words of a joke
  • 11 Paper bits that fly from a popper
  • 12 Small burst of laughter
  • 13 Day of the month for the fooling
  • 14 Playful trick pulled on a friend

Down

  • 1 Made-up story passed off as true news
  • 2 Easily fooled by a tall tale
  • 3 Court entertainer in a bell-topped cap
  • 4 Wig and glasses, for example
  • 6 Unexpected turn that makes you jump
  • 7 ___ cushion, a classic gag seat
  • 10 Sense of funniness, spelled the American way
  • 12 Shout after a trick works

Print the page above, or take the medium grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
April Fools1H2G3JO4DUE5APRILLSXS6S7WL8TEASEG9PUNCHLINE10HUROBRUIPOLMSRPE11CONFETTIERSE12GIGGLEO13FIRSTCH14PRANK
  1. 1 down: HOAX. Made-up story passed off as true news
  2. 2 down: GULLIBLE. Easily fooled by a tall tale
  3. 3 down: JESTER. Court entertainer in a bell-topped cap
  4. 4 down: DISGUISE. Wig and glasses, for example
  5. 5 across: APRIL. Month when the joking day falls
  6. 6 down: SURPRISE. Unexpected turn that makes you jump
  7. 7 down: WHOOPEE. ___ cushion, a classic gag seat
  8. 8 across: TEASE. Poke fun at, gently
  9. 9 across: PUNCHLINE. Final laugh-getting words of a joke
  10. 10 down: HUMOR. Sense of funniness, spelled the American way
  11. 11 across: CONFETTI. Paper bits that fly from a popper
  12. 12 across: GIGGLE. Small burst of laughter
  13. 12 down: GOTCHA. Shout after a trick works
  14. 13 across: FIRST. Day of the month for the fooling
  15. 14 across: PRANK. Playful trick pulled on a friend
April Fools1234567891011

Across

  • 3 Wig and glasses, for example
  • 4 ___ cushion, a classic gag seat
  • 7 Final laugh-getting words of a joke
  • 8 Day of the month for the fooling
  • 9 Paper bits that fly from a popper
  • 10 Made-up story passed off as true news
  • 11 Small burst of laughter

Down

  • 1 Court entertainer in a bell-topped cap
  • 2 Unexpected turn that makes you jump
  • 5 Easily fooled by a tall tale
  • 6 Shout after a trick works

Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
April Fools1J2SE3DISGUISERT4WHOOPEERR5GI6GUSO7PUNCHLINE8FIRSTL9CONFETTIHB10HOAX11GIGGLEE
  1. 1 down: JESTER. Court entertainer in a bell-topped cap
  2. 2 down: SURPRISE. Unexpected turn that makes you jump
  3. 3 across: DISGUISE. Wig and glasses, for example
  4. 4 across: WHOOPEE. ___ cushion, a classic gag seat
  5. 5 down: GULLIBLE. Easily fooled by a tall tale
  6. 6 down: GOTCHA. Shout after a trick works
  7. 7 across: PUNCHLINE. Final laugh-getting words of a joke
  8. 8 across: FIRST. Day of the month for the fooling
  9. 9 across: CONFETTI. Paper bits that fly from a popper
  10. 10 across: HOAX. Made-up story passed off as true news
  11. 11 across: GIGGLE. Small burst of laughter

About April Fools

April Fools' Day falls on the first of April, and no one can point to the moment it started. Newspapers, radio stations and even museums have joined in over the years, running straight-faced stories about spaghetti harvests and invented animals until readers wrote in. The rules are mostly unwritten: the trick should be harmless, and it ends with the reveal, the moment a jester drops the act and someone admits they fell for it. This crossword works through the vocabulary of that day.

Reach for this in the last week of March, when a classroom or a family is already trading plans for the first.

What is in this crossword

A 17 by 20 crossword with 8 across and 7 down, on the subject of April Fools.

Grid
17 x 20
Across
8
Down
7
Longest answer
PUNCHLINE (9 letters)

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