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Pirates1234567891011121314

Across

  • 4 Everyone who works aboard the vessel
  • 5 Sailors' revolt against their commander
  • 6 Needle device that always points north
  • 8 Short curved blade favored at sea
  • 10 Old Spanish gold coin in the chest
  • 12 Edward Teach, the most feared captain of them all
  • 13 Gold and jewels marked by an X on a map
  • 14 Large sailing ship often loaded with riches

Down

  • 1 Colorful talking bird perched on a shoulder
  • 2 Tall pole holding up the sails
  • 3 Board a captive was made to walk
  • 5 Left behind alone on a deserted island
  • 7 Handheld tube for spotting distant ships
  • 8 Warm sea where many raiders once sailed
  • 9 Heavy hook dropped to hold a ship in place
  • 11 Sheltered place where ships tie up

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Pirates1P2M3PAALRSA4CREW5MUTINY6COMPAS7SOAKP8CUTLASSR9AYAONGR10DOUBLOONCLINHAB11HEOS12BLACKBEARD13TREASURERAB14GALLEONOR
  1. 1 down: PARROT. Colorful talking bird perched on a shoulder
  2. 2 down: MAST. Tall pole holding up the sails
  3. 3 down: PLANK. Board a captive was made to walk
  4. 4 across: CREW. Everyone who works aboard the vessel
  5. 5 across: MUTINY. Sailors' revolt against their commander
  6. 5 down: MAROONED. Left behind alone on a deserted island
  7. 6 across: COMPASS. Needle device that always points north
  8. 7 down: SPYGLASS. Handheld tube for spotting distant ships
  9. 8 across: CUTLASS. Short curved blade favored at sea
  10. 8 down: CARIBBEAN. Warm sea where many raiders once sailed
  11. 9 down: ANCHOR. Heavy hook dropped to hold a ship in place
  12. 10 across: DOUBLOON. Old Spanish gold coin in the chest
  13. 11 down: HARBOR. Sheltered place where ships tie up
  14. 12 across: BLACKBEARD. Edward Teach, the most feared captain of them all
  15. 13 across: TREASURE. Gold and jewels marked by an X on a map
  16. 14 across: GALLEON. Large sailing ship often loaded with riches
Pirates1234567891011121314

Across

  • 2 Board a captive was made to walk
  • 4 Heavy hook dropped to hold a ship in place
  • 5 Needle device that always points north
  • 7 Short curved blade favored at sea
  • 8 Gold and jewels marked by an X on a map
  • 10 Tall pole holding up the sails
  • 12 Edward Teach, the most feared captain of them all
  • 13 Old Spanish gold coin in the chest
  • 14 Everyone who works aboard the vessel

Down

  • 1 Sheltered place where ships tie up
  • 3 Colorful talking bird perched on a shoulder
  • 6 Handheld tube for spotting distant ships
  • 7 Warm sea where many raiders once sailed
  • 9 Large sailing ship often loaded with riches
  • 11 Left behind alone on a deserted island

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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Pirates1H2PLANKR3PB4ANCHORRRR5COMPA6SSTPYG7CUTLASSAA8TREASUREISB9GB10MAST11MEL12BLACKBEARDLRNEO13DOUBLOONNN14CREWD
  1. 1 down: HARBOR. Sheltered place where ships tie up
  2. 2 across: PLANK. Board a captive was made to walk
  3. 3 down: PARROT. Colorful talking bird perched on a shoulder
  4. 4 across: ANCHOR. Heavy hook dropped to hold a ship in place
  5. 5 across: COMPASS. Needle device that always points north
  6. 6 down: SPYGLASS. Handheld tube for spotting distant ships
  7. 7 across: CUTLASS. Short curved blade favored at sea
  8. 7 down: CARIBBEAN. Warm sea where many raiders once sailed
  9. 8 across: TREASURE. Gold and jewels marked by an X on a map
  10. 9 down: GALLEON. Large sailing ship often loaded with riches
  11. 10 across: MAST. Tall pole holding up the sails
  12. 11 down: MAROONED. Left behind alone on a deserted island
  13. 12 across: BLACKBEARD. Edward Teach, the most feared captain of them all
  14. 13 across: DOUBLOON. Old Spanish gold coin in the chest
  15. 14 across: CREW. Everyone who works aboard the vessel
Pirates1234567891011121314

Across

  • 3 Sailors' revolt against their commander
  • 5 Gold and jewels marked by an X on a map
  • 6 Short curved blade favored at sea
  • 9 Old Spanish gold coin in the chest
  • 10 Everyone who works aboard the vessel
  • 11 Edward Teach, the most feared captain of them all
  • 12 Sheltered place where ships tie up
  • 13 Board a captive was made to walk
  • 14 Tall pole holding up the sails

Down

  • 1 Large sailing ship often loaded with riches
  • 2 Colorful talking bird perched on a shoulder
  • 3 Left behind alone on a deserted island
  • 4 Warm sea where many raiders once sailed
  • 6 Needle device that always points north
  • 7 Handheld tube for spotting distant ships
  • 8 Heavy hook dropped to hold a ship in place

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
Pirates1G2P3MUTINYAA4CAL5TREASURE6CUTLA7SSRRO8AOEPOI9DOUBLOONMOYTBN10CREWPNGBEHA11BLACKBEARD12HARBORSAARSS13PLANK14MAST
  1. 1 down: GALLEON. Large sailing ship often loaded with riches
  2. 2 down: PARROT. Colorful talking bird perched on a shoulder
  3. 3 across: MUTINY. Sailors' revolt against their commander
  4. 3 down: MAROONED. Left behind alone on a deserted island
  5. 4 down: CARIBBEAN. Warm sea where many raiders once sailed
  6. 5 across: TREASURE. Gold and jewels marked by an X on a map
  7. 6 across: CUTLASS. Short curved blade favored at sea
  8. 6 down: COMPASS. Needle device that always points north
  9. 7 down: SPYGLASS. Handheld tube for spotting distant ships
  10. 8 down: ANCHOR. Heavy hook dropped to hold a ship in place
  11. 9 across: DOUBLOON. Old Spanish gold coin in the chest
  12. 10 across: CREW. Everyone who works aboard the vessel
  13. 11 across: BLACKBEARD. Edward Teach, the most feared captain of them all
  14. 12 across: HARBOR. Sheltered place where ships tie up
  15. 13 across: PLANK. Board a captive was made to walk
  16. 14 across: MAST. Tall pole holding up the sails

About Pirates

Much of what people picture as piracy comes from novels rather than court records. Walking the plank appears almost nowhere in the historical accounts, while marooning, leaving a sailor on a bare spit of sand, was a genuine punishment. Blackbeard, born Edward Teach, blockaded Charleston harbor and died in battle in 1718, near the close of the era historians call the Golden Age of Piracy. A doubloon was real Spanish gold, and a galleon carrying it across the Caribbean made a slow, heavy target.

Reach for this when a lesson on Atlantic trade, the Caribbean colonies, or Treasure Island needs a companion sheet that separates the legends from the record.

What is in this crossword

A 24 by 15 crossword with 8 across and 8 down, on the subject of Pirates.

Grid
24 x 15
Across
8
Down
8
Longest answer
BLACKBEARD (10 letters)

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