Printable crossword · Sports and outdoors
Basketball crossword
Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.
Across
- 2 Wooden surface where games are played
- 4 Whistle-blower in stripes
- 9 Flat panel behind the ring
- 11 Short break the coach can call
- 12 Metal ring the ball must go through
- 13 Slam the ball down from above the rim
Down
- 1 Sound marking the end of a quarter
- 2 Person calling plays from the sideline
- 3 Taking too many steps without bouncing the ball
- 5 Unguarded shot from the line, worth one point
- 6 Bounce the ball while moving up the court
- 7 Swatting away an opponent's shot
- 8 Pass that leads directly to a score
- 10 Grabbing the ball after a missed shot
- 14 Cord mesh hanging from the ring
Show the answer key
Across
- 3 Pass that leads directly to a score
- 6 Flat panel behind the ring
- 10 Whistle-blower in stripes
- 11 Grabbing the ball after a missed shot
- 13 Cord mesh hanging from the ring
- 14 Person calling plays from the sideline
- 16 Illegal contact that may send a player to the line
Down
- 1 Bounce the ball while moving up the court
- 2 Swatting away an opponent's shot
- 4 Short break the coach can call
- 5 Unguarded shot from the line, worth one point
- 7 Wooden surface where games are played
- 8 Sound marking the end of a quarter
- 9 Taking too many steps without bouncing the ball
- 12 Slam the ball down from above the rim
- 15 Metal ring the ball must go through
Show the answer key
Across
- 4 Pass that leads directly to a score
- 7 Flat panel behind the ring
- 8 Person calling plays from the sideline
- 10 Whistle-blower in stripes
- 12 Grabbing the ball after a missed shot
- 15 Illegal contact that may send a player to the line
Down
- 1 Cord mesh hanging from the ring
- 2 Short break the coach can call
- 3 Bounce the ball while moving up the court
- 5 Unguarded shot from the line, worth one point
- 6 Wooden surface where games are played
- 9 Taking too many steps without bouncing the ball
- 11 Sound marking the end of a quarter
- 13 Swatting away an opponent's shot
- 14 Slam the ball down from above the rim