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Fourth of July crossword

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Fourth of July12345678910111213

Across

  • 1 Red, white and blue fabric draped on porches
  • 3 What the colonies declared they wanted
  • 5 Outdoor meal on a blanket in the park
  • 7 Juicy green-skinned summer fruit sliced for the crowd
  • 9 Bald bird that symbolizes the nation
  • 11 Tiny paper bits tossed in celebration
  • 12 Handheld stick that fizzes with bright sparks

Down

  • 1 Backyard grilling get-together
  • 2 Marching bands and floats down Main Street
  • 3 Colorful explosions lighting the night sky
  • 4 Freedom, as the famous cracked bell celebrates
  • 6 Stars and stripes on a pole
  • 8 Number of original colonies
  • 10 Top-hatted figure who points and says he wants you
  • 13 Song about a star-spangled banner

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Fourth of July1BUNTINGARB2P3FREEDOMAIC4LRRU5PICNIC6F7WATERMELONBLDWE8T9EAGLEO10URHGR11CONFETTIKCYR12SP13ARKLERTNEETSEHANEMM
  1. 1 across: BUNTING. Red, white and blue fabric draped on porches
  2. 1 down: BARBECUE. Backyard grilling get-together
  3. 2 down: PARADE. Marching bands and floats down Main Street
  4. 3 across: FREEDOM. What the colonies declared they wanted
  5. 3 down: FIREWORKS. Colorful explosions lighting the night sky
  6. 4 down: LIBERTY. Freedom, as the famous cracked bell celebrates
  7. 5 across: PICNIC. Outdoor meal on a blanket in the park
  8. 6 down: FLAG. Stars and stripes on a pole
  9. 7 across: WATERMELON. Juicy green-skinned summer fruit sliced for the crowd
  10. 8 down: THIRTEEN. Number of original colonies
  11. 9 across: EAGLE. Bald bird that symbolizes the nation
  12. 10 down: UNCLESAM. Top-hatted figure who points and says he wants you
  13. 11 across: CONFETTI. Tiny paper bits tossed in celebration
  14. 12 across: SPARKLER. Handheld stick that fizzes with bright sparks
  15. 13 down: ANTHEM. Song about a star-spangled banner
Fourth of July1234567891011121314

Across

  • 2 Red, white and blue fabric draped on porches
  • 4 What the colonies declared they wanted
  • 6 Tiny paper bits tossed in celebration
  • 8 Juicy green-skinned summer fruit sliced for the crowd
  • 10 Handheld stick that fizzes with bright sparks
  • 11 Marching bands and floats down Main Street
  • 14 Bald bird that symbolizes the nation

Down

  • 1 Freedom, as the famous cracked bell celebrates
  • 3 Top-hatted figure who points and says he wants you
  • 5 Colorful explosions lighting the night sky
  • 7 Backyard grilling get-together
  • 9 Number of original colonies
  • 11 Outdoor meal on a blanket in the park
  • 12 Song about a star-spangled banner
  • 13 Stars and stripes on a pole

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
Fourth of July1L2BUNTINGB3U4FREEDOMNR5F6CONFETTI7BILY8WATERMELONRESBWA9TEOMHCRIUK10SPARKLERST11PAR12ADEINECTNNH13FI14EAGLECMAG
  1. 1 down: LIBERTY. Freedom, as the famous cracked bell celebrates
  2. 2 across: BUNTING. Red, white and blue fabric draped on porches
  3. 3 down: UNCLESAM. Top-hatted figure who points and says he wants you
  4. 4 across: FREEDOM. What the colonies declared they wanted
  5. 5 down: FIREWORKS. Colorful explosions lighting the night sky
  6. 6 across: CONFETTI. Tiny paper bits tossed in celebration
  7. 7 down: BARBECUE. Backyard grilling get-together
  8. 8 across: WATERMELON. Juicy green-skinned summer fruit sliced for the crowd
  9. 9 down: THIRTEEN. Number of original colonies
  10. 10 across: SPARKLER. Handheld stick that fizzes with bright sparks
  11. 11 across: PARADE. Marching bands and floats down Main Street
  12. 11 down: PICNIC. Outdoor meal on a blanket in the park
  13. 12 down: ANTHEM. Song about a star-spangled banner
  14. 13 down: FLAG. Stars and stripes on a pole
  15. 14 across: EAGLE. Bald bird that symbolizes the nation
Fourth of July12345678910111213

Across

  • 3 Outdoor meal on a blanket in the park
  • 5 Freedom, as the famous cracked bell celebrates
  • 8 Song about a star-spangled banner
  • 9 Juicy green-skinned summer fruit sliced for the crowd
  • 10 Tiny paper bits tossed in celebration
  • 12 Handheld stick that fizzes with bright sparks
  • 13 What the colonies declared they wanted

Down

  • 1 Month of the big holiday
  • 2 Backyard grilling get-together
  • 3 Marching bands and floats down Main Street
  • 4 Colorful explosions lighting the night sky
  • 6 Top-hatted figure who points and says he wants you
  • 7 Red, white and blue fabric draped on porches
  • 11 Number of original colonies
  • 13 Stars and stripes on a pole

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
Fourth of July1J2BU3PICNIC4FALA5LIBERTYRRB6U7B8ANTHEM9WATERMELONUDWC10CONFET11TIOULTH12SPARKLEREIIKSNRSAGTME13FREEDOMLNAG
  1. 1 down: JULY. Month of the big holiday
  2. 2 down: BARBECUE. Backyard grilling get-together
  3. 3 across: PICNIC. Outdoor meal on a blanket in the park
  4. 3 down: PARADE. Marching bands and floats down Main Street
  5. 4 down: FIREWORKS. Colorful explosions lighting the night sky
  6. 5 across: LIBERTY. Freedom, as the famous cracked bell celebrates
  7. 6 down: UNCLESAM. Top-hatted figure who points and says he wants you
  8. 7 down: BUNTING. Red, white and blue fabric draped on porches
  9. 8 across: ANTHEM. Song about a star-spangled banner
  10. 9 across: WATERMELON. Juicy green-skinned summer fruit sliced for the crowd
  11. 10 across: CONFETTI. Tiny paper bits tossed in celebration
  12. 11 down: THIRTEEN. Number of original colonies
  13. 12 across: SPARKLER. Handheld stick that fizzes with bright sparks
  14. 13 across: FREEDOM. What the colonies declared they wanted
  15. 13 down: FLAG. Stars and stripes on a pole

About Fourth of July

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, and the thirteen colonies it spoke for still show up as the thirteen stripes on the flag. Congress made the day a federal holiday in 1870. The bald eagle in these clues comes from the Great Seal, adopted in 1782. Other answers belong to how the day is kept now: parades down main streets, fireworks after dark, sparklers, bunting on porch rails, and picnic tables loaded with watermelon.

Reach for this sheet in late June, when a class or a family is talking about where the holiday came from before the first fireworks go up.

What is in this crossword

A 19 by 18 crossword with 7 across and 8 down, on the subject of Fourth of July.

Grid
19 x 18
Across
7
Down
8
Longest answer
WATERMELON (10 letters)

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