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Football12345678910111213141516

Across

  • 3 Units gained on every run and completed throw
  • 6 Padded headgear with a face mask
  • 7 Dropped ball that either team can recover
  • 10 Extra period after a tied fourth quarter
  • 13 Slangy name for the oval ball itself
  • 15 Player who calls the signals and throws the pass
  • 16 Kick on fourth down to give up the ball far away

Down

  • 1 Tight circle where the next play is shared
  • 2 Bringing down the passer behind the line
  • 4 Two-point play, or a defender in the deep secondary
  • 5 Official in stripes who throws the flag
  • 8 Scoring area at each end of the field
  • 9 Bring the carrier to the ground
  • 11 Six points scored by crossing the goal line
  • 12 Play that starts each half
  • 14 Nickname for the marked playing field

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Football1HUD2SD3YARD4S5RLCA6HELMETK7FUMBL8EFENET9TDRYAZEC10OVER11TIME12K13PIGSKINO14GILE15QUARTERBACKECIKHDODIFORFWON16PUNT
  1. 1 down: HUDDLE. Tight circle where the next play is shared
  2. 2 down: SACK. Bringing down the passer behind the line
  3. 3 across: YARDS. Units gained on every run and completed throw
  4. 4 down: SAFETY. Two-point play, or a defender in the deep secondary
  5. 5 down: REFEREE. Official in stripes who throws the flag
  6. 6 across: HELMET. Padded headgear with a face mask
  7. 7 across: FUMBLE. Dropped ball that either team can recover
  8. 8 down: ENDZONE. Scoring area at each end of the field
  9. 9 down: TACKLE. Bring the carrier to the ground
  10. 10 across: OVERTIME. Extra period after a tied fourth quarter
  11. 11 down: TOUCHDOWN. Six points scored by crossing the goal line
  12. 12 down: KICKOFF. Play that starts each half
  13. 13 across: PIGSKIN. Slangy name for the oval ball itself
  14. 14 down: GRIDIRON. Nickname for the marked playing field
  15. 15 across: QUARTERBACK. Player who calls the signals and throws the pass
  16. 16 across: PUNT. Kick on fourth down to give up the ball far away
Football123456789101112131415

Across

  • 2 Bring the carrier to the ground
  • 6 Official in stripes who throws the flag
  • 10 Player who calls the signals and throws the pass
  • 12 Nickname for the marked playing field
  • 14 Units gained on every run and completed throw
  • 15 Scoring area at each end of the field

Down

  • 1 Bringing down the passer behind the line
  • 3 Play that starts each half
  • 4 Padded headgear with a face mask
  • 5 Extra period after a tied fourth quarter
  • 7 Slangy name for the oval ball itself
  • 8 Six points scored by crossing the goal line
  • 9 Two-point play, or a defender in the deep secondary
  • 11 Tight circle where the next play is shared
  • 13 Kick on fourth down to give up the ball far away

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
Football1S2TAC3KLECIKC4HK5OEOVLFEM6REFEREE7PTTI8TIGOM9SS10QUARTERBACKCFI11HHENUDT12GRIDIRON13P14YARDSDWUL15ENDZONEET
  1. 1 down: SACK. Bringing down the passer behind the line
  2. 2 across: TACKLE. Bring the carrier to the ground
  3. 3 down: KICKOFF. Play that starts each half
  4. 4 down: HELMET. Padded headgear with a face mask
  5. 5 down: OVERTIME. Extra period after a tied fourth quarter
  6. 6 across: REFEREE. Official in stripes who throws the flag
  7. 7 down: PIGSKIN. Slangy name for the oval ball itself
  8. 8 down: TOUCHDOWN. Six points scored by crossing the goal line
  9. 9 down: SAFETY. Two-point play, or a defender in the deep secondary
  10. 10 across: QUARTERBACK. Player who calls the signals and throws the pass
  11. 11 down: HUDDLE. Tight circle where the next play is shared
  12. 12 across: GRIDIRON. Nickname for the marked playing field
  13. 13 down: PUNT. Kick on fourth down to give up the ball far away
  14. 14 across: YARDS. Units gained on every run and completed throw
  15. 15 across: ENDZONE. Scoring area at each end of the field
Football12345678910111213141516

Across

  • 4 Kick on fourth down to give up the ball far away
  • 6 Extra period after a tied fourth quarter
  • 7 Bring the carrier to the ground
  • 9 Player who calls the signals and throws the pass
  • 13 Bringing down the passer behind the line
  • 15 Dropped ball that either team can recover
  • 16 Scoring area at each end of the field

Down

  • 1 Official in stripes who throws the flag
  • 2 Padded headgear with a face mask
  • 3 Tight circle where the next play is shared
  • 5 Nickname for the marked playing field
  • 8 Units gained on every run and completed throw
  • 10 Six points scored by crossing the goal line
  • 11 Play that starts each half
  • 12 Slangy name for the oval ball itself
  • 14 Two-point play, or a defender in the deep secondary

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
Football1REF2H3HEE4PUNTR5GLDERMD6OVERTIMELD7TACKLE8YI9QUAR10TERBAC11KROOI12PDUNCI13SACKK14SGHOASDFFKO15FUMBLEIWT16ENDZONEY
  1. 1 down: REFEREE. Official in stripes who throws the flag
  2. 2 down: HELMET. Padded headgear with a face mask
  3. 3 down: HUDDLE. Tight circle where the next play is shared
  4. 4 across: PUNT. Kick on fourth down to give up the ball far away
  5. 5 down: GRIDIRON. Nickname for the marked playing field
  6. 6 across: OVERTIME. Extra period after a tied fourth quarter
  7. 7 across: TACKLE. Bring the carrier to the ground
  8. 8 down: YARDS. Units gained on every run and completed throw
  9. 9 across: QUARTERBACK. Player who calls the signals and throws the pass
  10. 10 down: TOUCHDOWN. Six points scored by crossing the goal line
  11. 11 down: KICKOFF. Play that starts each half
  12. 12 down: PIGSKIN. Slangy name for the oval ball itself
  13. 13 across: SACK. Bringing down the passer behind the line
  14. 14 down: SAFETY. Two-point play, or a defender in the deep secondary
  15. 15 across: FUMBLE. Dropped ball that either team can recover
  16. 16 across: ENDZONE. Scoring area at each end of the field

About Football

American football is played on a hundred-yard field marked every five yards, which is why the game picked up the nickname gridiron. A touchdown counts six points, a safety two, and the offense gets four downs to gain ten yards or hand the ball over. The clues here cover scoring, positions, equipment and officiating, from the huddle that sets a play to the punt that gives it up. PIGSKIN survives as slang even though modern balls use cowhide.

Reach for this sheet during football season, in a classroom or at home before kickoff, when someone wants the vocabulary that goes with the game.

What is in this crossword

A 23 by 19 crossword with 7 across and 9 down, on the subject of Football.

Grid
23 x 19
Across
7
Down
9
Longest answer
QUARTERBACK (11 letters)

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