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Autumn crossword
Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.
Across
- 2 Orange gourd carved in October
- 5 Straw-stuffed field guard in a floppy hat
- 8 Season of falling foliage, also called fall
- 11 Fan-shaped tool for tidying the lawn
- 12 Gathering in of ripe crops
- 14 Cool enough for a jacket
- 15 Oak's little nut, squirrel's treasure
- 16 Big outdoor blaze on a crisp evening
Down
- 1 Pressed apple drink served warm with spice
- 3 Long seasonal flight of geese heading south
- 4 Knitted pullover pulled from the closet
- 6 Puzzling path cut through tall stalks
- 7 Tart red bog berry served as sauce
- 9 Tree with scarlet stars and sweet syrup
- 10 Tenth month, full of costumes
- 13 September day when light and dark are equal
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Show the answer key
- 1 down: CIDER. Pressed apple drink served warm with spice
- 2 across: PUMPKIN. Orange gourd carved in October
- 3 down: MIGRATION. Long seasonal flight of geese heading south
- 4 down: SWEATER. Knitted pullover pulled from the closet
- 5 across: SCARECROW. Straw-stuffed field guard in a floppy hat
- 6 down: CORNMAZE. Puzzling path cut through tall stalks
- 7 down: CRANBERRY. Tart red bog berry served as sauce
- 8 across: AUTUMN. Season of falling foliage, also called fall
- 9 down: MAPLE. Tree with scarlet stars and sweet syrup
- 10 down: OCTOBER. Tenth month, full of costumes
- 11 across: RAKE. Fan-shaped tool for tidying the lawn
- 12 across: HARVEST. Gathering in of ripe crops
- 13 down: EQUINOX. September day when light and dark are equal
- 14 across: CHILLY. Cool enough for a jacket
- 15 across: ACORN. Oak's little nut, squirrel's treasure
- 16 across: BONFIRE. Big outdoor blaze on a crisp evening
Across
- 2 Pressed apple drink served warm with spice
- 6 Season of falling foliage, also called fall
- 7 Straw-stuffed field guard in a floppy hat
- 9 Tart red bog berry served as sauce
- 10 Orange gourd carved in October
- 11 Knitted pullover pulled from the closet
- 13 Big outdoor blaze on a crisp evening
- 14 Tenth month, full of costumes
- 16 Tree with scarlet stars and sweet syrup
Down
- 1 Oak's little nut, squirrel's treasure
- 3 Fan-shaped tool for tidying the lawn
- 4 Long seasonal flight of geese heading south
- 5 Gathering in of ripe crops
- 8 Puzzling path cut through tall stalks
- 12 September day when light and dark are equal
- 15 Cool enough for a jacket
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
- 1 down: ACORN. Oak's little nut, squirrel's treasure
- 2 across: CIDER. Pressed apple drink served warm with spice
- 3 down: RAKE. Fan-shaped tool for tidying the lawn
- 4 down: MIGRATION. Long seasonal flight of geese heading south
- 5 down: HARVEST. Gathering in of ripe crops
- 6 across: AUTUMN. Season of falling foliage, also called fall
- 7 across: SCARECROW. Straw-stuffed field guard in a floppy hat
- 8 down: CORNMAZE. Puzzling path cut through tall stalks
- 9 across: CRANBERRY. Tart red bog berry served as sauce
- 10 across: PUMPKIN. Orange gourd carved in October
- 11 across: SWEATER. Knitted pullover pulled from the closet
- 12 down: EQUINOX. September day when light and dark are equal
- 13 across: BONFIRE. Big outdoor blaze on a crisp evening
- 14 across: OCTOBER. Tenth month, full of costumes
- 15 down: CHILLY. Cool enough for a jacket
- 16 across: MAPLE. Tree with scarlet stars and sweet syrup
Across
- 2 Orange gourd carved in October
- 4 Straw-stuffed field guard in a floppy hat
- 6 Knitted pullover pulled from the closet
- 8 Gathering in of ripe crops
- 10 Tenth month, full of costumes
- 13 Season of falling foliage, also called fall
- 15 Tree with scarlet stars and sweet syrup
- 16 Big outdoor blaze on a crisp evening
Down
- 1 Long seasonal flight of geese heading south
- 3 Tart red bog berry served as sauce
- 5 Puzzling path cut through tall stalks
- 7 Oak's little nut, squirrel's treasure
- 9 September day when light and dark are equal
- 11 Cool enough for a jacket
- 12 Fan-shaped tool for tidying the lawn
- 14 Pressed apple drink served warm with spice
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
- 1 down: MIGRATION. Long seasonal flight of geese heading south
- 2 across: PUMPKIN. Orange gourd carved in October
- 3 down: CRANBERRY. Tart red bog berry served as sauce
- 4 across: SCARECROW. Straw-stuffed field guard in a floppy hat
- 5 down: CORNMAZE. Puzzling path cut through tall stalks
- 6 across: SWEATER. Knitted pullover pulled from the closet
- 7 down: ACORN. Oak's little nut, squirrel's treasure
- 8 across: HARVEST. Gathering in of ripe crops
- 9 down: EQUINOX. September day when light and dark are equal
- 10 across: OCTOBER. Tenth month, full of costumes
- 11 down: CHILLY. Cool enough for a jacket
- 12 down: RAKE. Fan-shaped tool for tidying the lawn
- 13 across: AUTUMN. Season of falling foliage, also called fall
- 14 down: CIDER. Pressed apple drink served warm with spice
- 15 across: MAPLE. Tree with scarlet stars and sweet syrup
- 16 across: BONFIRE. Big outdoor blaze on a crisp evening
About Autumn
Autumn begins at the equinox, when day and night run nearly equal and the sun's path drops lower across the sky. Shorter days shut down the chlorophyll in maple leaves, letting yellows and oranges that were there all along finally show. Oaks drop acorns by the thousand, squirrels bury far more than they recover, and geese line up for migration. On the ground, the season turns practical: apples pressed into cider, cranberry bogs flooded for harvest, fields cut into corn mazes.
A seasonal page for teachers and families working through September and October, when the leaves outside the window are doing exactly what the clues describe.
What is in this crossword
A 19 by 18 crossword with 8 across and 8 down, on the subject of Autumn.
- Grid
- 19 x 18
- Across
- 8
- Down
- 8
- Longest answer
- MIGRATION (9 letters)