Printable crossword · Holidays
Memorial Day crossword
Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.
Across
- 2 Red flower worn to honor fallen soldiers
- 6 Member of the army
- 8 Backyard grilling that marks summer's start
- 9 Hand-to-brow gesture of respect
- 10 Month when the holiday falls
- 14 Famous national cemetery in Virginia
- 15 Circle of flowers laid at a monument
- 16 Bugle call played at military funerals
Down
- 1 Show deep respect for someone's memory
- 3 Marching bands and veterans down Main Street
- 4 One who has served in the armed forces
- 5 Valveless brass horn heard at ceremonies
- 7 What the day asks us all to do
- 11 Stars and stripes flown at half staff
- 12 Stone structure built to honor the past
- 13 Moment of quiet observed at three o'clock
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Show the answer key
- 1 down: HONOR. Show deep respect for someone's memory
- 2 across: POPPY. Red flower worn to honor fallen soldiers
- 3 down: PARADE. Marching bands and veterans down Main Street
- 4 down: VETERAN. One who has served in the armed forces
- 5 down: BUGLE. Valveless brass horn heard at ceremonies
- 6 across: SOLDIER. Member of the army
- 7 down: REMEMBER. What the day asks us all to do
- 8 across: BARBECUE. Backyard grilling that marks summer's start
- 9 across: SALUTE. Hand-to-brow gesture of respect
- 10 across: MAY. Month when the holiday falls
- 11 down: FLAG. Stars and stripes flown at half staff
- 12 down: MONUMENT. Stone structure built to honor the past
- 13 down: SILENCE. Moment of quiet observed at three o'clock
- 14 across: ARLINGTON. Famous national cemetery in Virginia
- 15 across: WREATH. Circle of flowers laid at a monument
- 16 across: TAPS. Bugle call played at military funerals
Across
- 3 Member of the army
- 7 Famous national cemetery in Virginia
- 9 Bugle call played at military funerals
- 11 Marching bands and veterans down Main Street
- 13 Month when the holiday falls
- 14 Backyard grilling that marks summer's start
- 15 Valveless brass horn heard at ceremonies
Down
- 1 Circle of flowers laid at a monument
- 2 Stone structure built to honor the past
- 4 Show deep respect for someone's memory
- 5 One who has served in the armed forces
- 6 Hand-to-brow gesture of respect
- 8 What the day asks us all to do
- 10 Moment of quiet observed at three o'clock
- 12 Stars and stripes flown at half staff
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: WREATH. Circle of flowers laid at a monument
- 2 down: MONUMENT. Stone structure built to honor the past
- 3 across: SOLDIER. Member of the army
- 4 down: HONOR. Show deep respect for someone's memory
- 5 down: VETERAN. One who has served in the armed forces
- 6 down: SALUTE. Hand-to-brow gesture of respect
- 7 across: ARLINGTON. Famous national cemetery in Virginia
- 8 down: REMEMBER. What the day asks us all to do
- 9 across: TAPS. Bugle call played at military funerals
- 10 down: SILENCE. Moment of quiet observed at three o'clock
- 11 across: PARADE. Marching bands and veterans down Main Street
- 12 down: FLAG. Stars and stripes flown at half staff
- 13 across: MAY. Month when the holiday falls
- 14 across: BARBECUE. Backyard grilling that marks summer's start
- 15 across: BUGLE. Valveless brass horn heard at ceremonies
Across
- 4 Famous national cemetery in Virginia
- 7 Backyard grilling that marks summer's start
- 8 Member of the army
- 9 Circle of flowers laid at a monument
- 12 Marching bands and veterans down Main Street
- 13 Bugle call played at military funerals
- 14 Valveless brass horn heard at ceremonies
Down
- 1 Stone structure built to honor the past
- 2 One who has served in the armed forces
- 3 Show deep respect for someone's memory
- 5 What the day asks us all to do
- 6 Stars and stripes flown at half staff
- 8 Moment of quiet observed at three o'clock
- 10 Hand-to-brow gesture of respect
- 11 Month when the holiday falls
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: MONUMENT. Stone structure built to honor the past
- 2 down: VETERAN. One who has served in the armed forces
- 3 down: HONOR. Show deep respect for someone's memory
- 4 across: ARLINGTON. Famous national cemetery in Virginia
- 5 down: REMEMBER. What the day asks us all to do
- 6 down: FLAG. Stars and stripes flown at half staff
- 7 across: BARBECUE. Backyard grilling that marks summer's start
- 8 across: SOLDIER. Member of the army
- 8 down: SILENCE. Moment of quiet observed at three o'clock
- 9 across: WREATH. Circle of flowers laid at a monument
- 10 down: SALUTE. Hand-to-brow gesture of respect
- 11 down: MAY. Month when the holiday falls
- 12 across: PARADE. Marching bands and veterans down Main Street
- 13 across: TAPS. Bugle call played at military funerals
- 14 across: BUGLE. Valveless brass horn heard at ceremonies
About Memorial Day
Memorial Day honors Americans who died in military service, a distinction that sets it apart from Veterans Day. It grew out of Decoration Day, when communities gathered after the Civil War to place flowers on soldiers' graves, and Congress later fixed it to the last Monday in May. At Arlington National Cemetery, small flags go up at every headstone. At three in the afternoon local time, the National Moment of Remembrance calls for a pause, often marked by a bugler sounding Taps.
Reach for this in late May, when a class or family wants the meaning behind the long weekend before the grill gets lit.
What is in this crossword
A 22 by 21 crossword with 8 across and 8 down, on the subject of Memorial Day.
- Grid
- 22 x 21
- Across
- 8
- Down
- 8
- Longest answer
- ARLINGTON (9 letters)