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Labor Day crossword
Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.
Across
- 1 Work stoppage to demand better conditions
- 3 People the holiday honors
- 4 Marching procession with bands and floats
- 5 Pay earned for a job done
- 7 Stars and stripes flown on the day
- 8 Outdoor meal on a blanket in the park
- 9 Month when the American holiday falls
- 11 Color traditionally not worn after this day
- 12 Day off work, officially
Down
- 1 Season this weekend unofficially closes
- 2 Grilling event popular on the long weekend
- 3 Three-day stretch of rest in this case
- 6 Cool, tart drink for a hot day outside
- 7 Colorful sky display at some celebrations
- 10 Day of the week the holiday always lands on
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Show the answer key
- 1 across: STRIKE. Work stoppage to demand better conditions
- 1 down: SUMMER. Season this weekend unofficially closes
- 2 down: BARBECUE. Grilling event popular on the long weekend
- 3 across: WORKERS. People the holiday honors
- 3 down: WEEKEND. Three-day stretch of rest in this case
- 4 across: PARADE. Marching procession with bands and floats
- 5 across: WAGES. Pay earned for a job done
- 6 down: LEMONADE. Cool, tart drink for a hot day outside
- 7 across: FLAG. Stars and stripes flown on the day
- 7 down: FIREWORKS. Colorful sky display at some celebrations
- 8 across: PICNIC. Outdoor meal on a blanket in the park
- 9 across: SEPTEMBER. Month when the American holiday falls
- 10 down: MONDAY. Day of the week the holiday always lands on
- 11 across: WHITE. Color traditionally not worn after this day
- 12 across: HOLIDAY. Day off work, officially
Across
- 2 Pay earned for a job done
- 6 People the holiday honors
- 7 Work stoppage to demand better conditions
- 10 Month when the American holiday falls
- 11 Day off work, officially
- 12 Day of the week the holiday always lands on
- 13 Marching procession with bands and floats
- 14 Three-day stretch of rest in this case
- 15 Organized group of workers
Down
- 1 Stars and stripes flown on the day
- 3 Season this weekend unofficially closes
- 4 Grilling event popular on the long weekend
- 5 Color traditionally not worn after this day
- 8 Colorful sky display at some celebrations
- 9 Cool, tart drink for a hot day outside
- 13 Outdoor meal on a blanket in the park
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: FLAG. Stars and stripes flown on the day
- 2 across: WAGES. Pay earned for a job done
- 3 down: SUMMER. Season this weekend unofficially closes
- 4 down: BARBECUE. Grilling event popular on the long weekend
- 5 down: WHITE. Color traditionally not worn after this day
- 6 across: WORKERS. People the holiday honors
- 7 across: STRIKE. Work stoppage to demand better conditions
- 8 down: FIREWORKS. Colorful sky display at some celebrations
- 9 down: LEMONADE. Cool, tart drink for a hot day outside
- 10 across: SEPTEMBER. Month when the American holiday falls
- 11 across: HOLIDAY. Day off work, officially
- 12 across: MONDAY. Day of the week the holiday always lands on
- 13 across: PARADE. Marching procession with bands and floats
- 13 down: PICNIC. Outdoor meal on a blanket in the park
- 14 across: WEEKEND. Three-day stretch of rest in this case
- 15 across: UNION. Organized group of workers
Across
- 1 Outdoor meal on a blanket in the park
- 4 Pay earned for a job done
- 5 Day off work, officially
- 8 Cool, tart drink for a hot day outside
- 9 Three-day stretch of rest in this case
- 10 Month when the American holiday falls
- 12 Work stoppage to demand better conditions
- 13 People the holiday honors
Down
- 1 Marching procession with bands and floats
- 2 Stars and stripes flown on the day
- 3 Colorful sky display at some celebrations
- 6 Day of the week the holiday always lands on
- 7 Grilling event popular on the long weekend
- 11 Organized group of workers
- 13 Color traditionally not worn after this day
- 14 Season this weekend unofficially closes
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 across: PICNIC. Outdoor meal on a blanket in the park
- 1 down: PARADE. Marching procession with bands and floats
- 2 down: FLAG. Stars and stripes flown on the day
- 3 down: FIREWORKS. Colorful sky display at some celebrations
- 4 across: WAGES. Pay earned for a job done
- 5 across: HOLIDAY. Day off work, officially
- 6 down: MONDAY. Day of the week the holiday always lands on
- 7 down: BARBECUE. Grilling event popular on the long weekend
- 8 across: LEMONADE. Cool, tart drink for a hot day outside
- 9 across: WEEKEND. Three-day stretch of rest in this case
- 10 across: SEPTEMBER. Month when the American holiday falls
- 11 down: UNION. Organized group of workers
- 12 across: STRIKE. Work stoppage to demand better conditions
- 13 across: WORKERS. People the holiday honors
- 13 down: WHITE. Color traditionally not worn after this day
- 14 down: SUMMER. Season this weekend unofficially closes
About Labor Day
Labor Day lands on the first Monday in September, and it began as a workers' holiday: labor unions organized parades in the 1880s to show the public how many people kept the country running. Congress made it a federal holiday in 1894. The three-day weekend now marks the unofficial close of summer, with picnics, barbecues and the old custom of putting away white clothes. This crossword works through the terms behind the day off, from wages and strikes to the parades themselves.
A teacher planning the first week of the fall term, or anyone filling a quiet holiday morning before the grill gets lit.
What is in this crossword
A 22 by 18 crossword with 9 across and 6 down, on the subject of Labor Day.
- Grid
- 22 x 18
- Across
- 9
- Down
- 6
- Longest answer
- FIREWORKS (9 letters)