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Kindness crossword
Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.
Across
- 3 Let go of a grudge
- 5 Give canned goods to a food bank, say
- 6 Feeling what another person is feeling
- 8 Deep concern for someone who is hurting
- 9 Warm, thoughtful treatment of others
- 10 Person next door you might shovel snow for
- 13 Treating everyone as they deserve
- 15 Give a friend your full attention
- 16 Kind words about a job well done
Down
- 1 Minding your manners
- 2 Willing to give freely
- 4 Two words of gratitude, said as one answer
- 7 Person who helps out without pay
- 11 Ready to lend a hand
- 12 Soft in touch and in tone
- 14 Free gift you can give with your face
Print the page above, or take the easy 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: POLITE. Minding your manners
- 2 down: GENEROUS. Willing to give freely
- 3 across: FORGIVE. Let go of a grudge
- 4 down: THANKYOU. Two words of gratitude, said as one answer
- 5 across: DONATE. Give canned goods to a food bank, say
- 6 across: EMPATHY. Feeling what another person is feeling
- 7 down: VOLUNTEER. Person who helps out without pay
- 8 across: COMPASSION. Deep concern for someone who is hurting
- 9 across: KINDNESS. Warm, thoughtful treatment of others
- 10 across: NEIGHBOR. Person next door you might shovel snow for
- 11 down: HELPFUL. Ready to lend a hand
- 12 down: GENTLE. Soft in touch and in tone
- 13 across: RESPECT. Treating everyone as they deserve
- 14 down: SMILE. Free gift you can give with your face
- 15 across: LISTEN. Give a friend your full attention
- 16 across: PRAISE. Kind words about a job well done
Across
- 3 Let go of a grudge
- 5 Willing to give freely
- 6 Deep concern for someone who is hurting
- 7 Two words of gratitude, said as one answer
- 8 Kind words about a job well done
- 10 Feeling what another person is feeling
- 12 Person next door you might shovel snow for
- 13 Minding your manners
- 14 Give a friend your full attention
- 15 Give canned goods to a food bank, say
- 16 Soft in touch and in tone
Down
- 1 Free gift you can give with your face
- 2 Warm, thoughtful treatment of others
- 4 Person who helps out without pay
- 9 Treating everyone as they deserve
- 11 Ready to lend a hand
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: SMILE. Free gift you can give with your face
- 2 down: KINDNESS. Warm, thoughtful treatment of others
- 3 across: FORGIVE. Let go of a grudge
- 4 down: VOLUNTEER. Person who helps out without pay
- 5 across: GENEROUS. Willing to give freely
- 6 across: COMPASSION. Deep concern for someone who is hurting
- 7 across: THANKYOU. Two words of gratitude, said as one answer
- 8 across: PRAISE. Kind words about a job well done
- 9 down: RESPECT. Treating everyone as they deserve
- 10 across: EMPATHY. Feeling what another person is feeling
- 11 down: HELPFUL. Ready to lend a hand
- 12 across: NEIGHBOR. Person next door you might shovel snow for
- 13 across: POLITE. Minding your manners
- 14 across: LISTEN. Give a friend your full attention
- 15 across: DONATE. Give canned goods to a food bank, say
- 16 across: GENTLE. Soft in touch and in tone
Across
- 3 Give canned goods to a food bank, say
- 5 Treating everyone as they deserve
- 7 Ready to lend a hand
- 9 Person next door you might shovel snow for
- 11 Deep concern for someone who is hurting
- 12 Two words of gratitude, said as one answer
- 14 Warm, thoughtful treatment of others
- 15 Free gift you can give with your face
Down
- 1 Soft in touch and in tone
- 2 Minding your manners
- 4 Willing to give freely
- 6 Feeling what another person is feeling
- 8 Person who helps out without pay
- 10 Kind words about a job well done
- 13 Give a friend your full attention
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: GENTLE. Soft in touch and in tone
- 2 down: POLITE. Minding your manners
- 3 across: DONATE. Give canned goods to a food bank, say
- 4 down: GENEROUS. Willing to give freely
- 5 across: RESPECT. Treating everyone as they deserve
- 6 down: EMPATHY. Feeling what another person is feeling
- 7 across: HELPFUL. Ready to lend a hand
- 8 down: VOLUNTEER. Person who helps out without pay
- 9 across: NEIGHBOR. Person next door you might shovel snow for
- 10 down: PRAISE. Kind words about a job well done
- 11 across: COMPASSION. Deep concern for someone who is hurting
- 12 across: THANKYOU. Two words of gratitude, said as one answer
- 13 down: LISTEN. Give a friend your full attention
- 14 across: KINDNESS. Warm, thoughtful treatment of others
- 15 across: SMILE. Free gift you can give with your face
About Kindness
Kindness shows up in small, repeatable actions: holding a door, listening without interrupting, writing a thank you note, checking on a neighbor. Many schools set aside time each February for Random Acts of Kindness Day, and service groups mark days when volunteers give hours to food banks and shelters. The clues here separate feelings from deeds. Empathy and compassion name what you notice in someone else; donate, forgive, praise and volunteer name what you actually do about it.
Reach for this during a classroom unit on character education, or when a counselor or club leader wants a quiet activity that keeps kindness vocabulary in front of a group.
What is in this crossword
A 15 by 25 crossword with 9 across and 7 down, on the subject of Kindness.
- Grid
- 15 x 25
- Across
- 9
- Down
- 7
- Longest answer
- COMPASSION (10 letters)