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Groundhog Day crossword

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

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Across

  • 2 Underground home dug by the star of the day
  • 7 Custom passed down through the years
  • 11 Burrowing rodent said to forecast the weather
  • 12 Month in which this tradition falls
  • 13 Furry Punxsutawney forecaster's first name
  • 14 Early moment when the ceremony takes place
  • 16 Gathering of onlookers at dawn

Down

  • 1 Day of the month for the famous prediction
  • 3 Do again, like the film's endless day
  • 4 Season everyone hopes is nearly over
  • 5 If it's seen, six more weeks of cold are due
  • 6 Sleep away the cold months
  • 8 Another name for the whistling marmot
  • 9 Weather outlook on the news
  • 10 Foretell, as the weather
  • 15 Warm season the forecast predicts

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Groundhog Day1S2BUR3RO4W5SEEIHCPNA6HOE7TRADITION8WAEOBDOTRWEO9F10P11GROUNDHOGRNCR12FEBRUARYHEDTUC13PHILECACK14SUNRI15SETTP16CROWDING
  1. 1 down: SECOND. Day of the month for the famous prediction
  2. 2 across: BURROW. Underground home dug by the star of the day
  3. 3 down: REPEAT. Do again, like the film's endless day
  4. 4 down: WINTER. Season everyone hopes is nearly over
  5. 5 down: SHADOW. If it's seen, six more weeks of cold are due
  6. 6 down: HIBERNATE. Sleep away the cold months
  7. 7 across: TRADITION. Custom passed down through the years
  8. 8 down: WOODCHUCK. Another name for the whistling marmot
  9. 9 down: FORECAST. Weather outlook on the news
  10. 10 down: PREDICT. Foretell, as the weather
  11. 11 across: GROUNDHOG. Burrowing rodent said to forecast the weather
  12. 12 across: FEBRUARY. Month in which this tradition falls
  13. 13 across: PHIL. Furry Punxsutawney forecaster's first name
  14. 14 across: SUNRISE. Early moment when the ceremony takes place
  15. 15 down: SPRING. Warm season the forecast predicts
  16. 16 across: CROWD. Gathering of onlookers at dawn
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Across

  • 3 Burrowing rodent said to forecast the weather
  • 7 Sleep away the cold months
  • 9 Day of the month for the famous prediction
  • 11 Gathering of onlookers at dawn
  • 12 Season everyone hopes is nearly over
  • 13 Do again, like the film's endless day
  • 15 Weather outlook on the news

Down

  • 1 Month in which this tradition falls
  • 2 Another name for the whistling marmot
  • 4 If it's seen, six more weeks of cold are due
  • 5 Foretell, as the weather
  • 6 Warm season the forecast predicts
  • 8 Custom passed down through the years
  • 9 Early moment when the ceremony takes place
  • 10 Underground home dug by the star of the day
  • 14 Furry Punxsutawney forecaster's first name

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.

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Groundhog Day1F2WEOBO3GROUNDHOG4SUC5PH6SA7HIBERNA8TEAPRUER9SECONDR10BY11CROWDAUOIUKIDN12WINTERCIRG13RE14PEATTTIOHISWI15FORECASTLN
  1. 1 down: FEBRUARY. Month in which this tradition falls
  2. 2 down: WOODCHUCK. Another name for the whistling marmot
  3. 3 across: GROUNDHOG. Burrowing rodent said to forecast the weather
  4. 4 down: SHADOW. If it's seen, six more weeks of cold are due
  5. 5 down: PREDICT. Foretell, as the weather
  6. 6 down: SPRING. Warm season the forecast predicts
  7. 7 across: HIBERNATE. Sleep away the cold months
  8. 8 down: TRADITION. Custom passed down through the years
  9. 9 across: SECOND. Day of the month for the famous prediction
  10. 9 down: SUNRISE. Early moment when the ceremony takes place
  11. 10 down: BURROW. Underground home dug by the star of the day
  12. 11 across: CROWD. Gathering of onlookers at dawn
  13. 12 across: WINTER. Season everyone hopes is nearly over
  14. 13 across: REPEAT. Do again, like the film's endless day
  15. 14 down: PHIL. Furry Punxsutawney forecaster's first name
  16. 15 across: FORECAST. Weather outlook on the news
Groundhog Day123456789101112131415

Across

  • 5 Month in which this tradition falls
  • 7 If it's seen, six more weeks of cold are due
  • 8 Weather outlook on the news
  • 10 Burrowing rodent said to forecast the weather
  • 13 Warm season the forecast predicts
  • 14 Foretell, as the weather
  • 15 Do again, like the film's endless day

Down

  • 1 Season everyone hopes is nearly over
  • 2 Early moment when the ceremony takes place
  • 3 Underground home dug by the star of the day
  • 4 Custom passed down through the years
  • 6 Gathering of onlookers at dawn
  • 9 Another name for the whistling marmot
  • 11 Sleep away the cold months
  • 12 Furry Punxsutawney forecaster's first name
  • 13 Day of the month for the famous prediction

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
Groundhog Day1WI2S3BNUUT4TNR5FEBRUARYRRAIO6CD7SHADOWRIE8FORECASTWID9WO10GROUND11HOG12POIHDB13SPRINGCEELH14PREDICTUNOCANKTD15REPEAT
  1. 1 down: WINTER. Season everyone hopes is nearly over
  2. 2 down: SUNRISE. Early moment when the ceremony takes place
  3. 3 down: BURROW. Underground home dug by the star of the day
  4. 4 down: TRADITION. Custom passed down through the years
  5. 5 across: FEBRUARY. Month in which this tradition falls
  6. 6 down: CROWD. Gathering of onlookers at dawn
  7. 7 across: SHADOW. If it's seen, six more weeks of cold are due
  8. 8 across: FORECAST. Weather outlook on the news
  9. 9 down: WOODCHUCK. Another name for the whistling marmot
  10. 10 across: GROUNDHOG. Burrowing rodent said to forecast the weather
  11. 11 down: HIBERNATE. Sleep away the cold months
  12. 12 down: PHIL. Furry Punxsutawney forecaster's first name
  13. 13 across: SPRING. Warm season the forecast predicts
  14. 13 down: SECOND. Day of the month for the famous prediction
  15. 14 across: PREDICT. Foretell, as the weather
  16. 15 across: REPEAT. Do again, like the film's endless day

About Groundhog Day

Every February 2, a crowd gathers before dawn at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to watch a groundhog emerge and supposedly forecast the season. The custom traces back to European midwinter weather lore that German settlers carried to Pennsylvania. Groundhogs, also called woodchucks, are true hibernators: their heartbeat and body temperature drop sharply through the cold months while they wait out winter in a burrow. The shadow rule says six more weeks of winter if the sky is clear.

Reach for this in late January or early February, when a class or a family is marking the holiday and wants something to work through before the sunrise broadcast.

What is in this crossword

A 26 by 18 crossword with 7 across and 9 down, on the subject of Groundhog Day.

Grid
26 x 18
Across
7
Down
9
Longest answer
HIBERNATE (9 letters)

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