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

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Pizza12345678910111213141516

Across

  • 2 Long-handled paddles for sliding pies in and out
  • 5 Hard grated cheese sprinkled at the table
  • 9 Outer edge you might dip in sauce
  • 10 Bringing dinner to your door in thirty minutes
  • 12 Folded pocket version, stuffed and sealed
  • 14 Stretchy white cheese that melts on top
  • 16 Italian city credited as the dish's birthplace

Down

  • 1 Hot box, sometimes wood-fired
  • 3 Single wedge sold at a walk-up counter
  • 4 Classic pie of basil, cheese and tomato in flag colors
  • 6 Tomato layer spread before the cheese
  • 7 Dried herb shaken from a jar for flavor
  • 8 Sliced fungus topping, not a plant
  • 11 Flour mixture tossed and spun into a round
  • 13 Spicy cured sausage that is America's favorite topping
  • 15 Little salty fish some solvers ask to leave off

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Pizza1OV2PEEL3SNLI4MC5PARMESAN6SRAG7OU8MHR9CRUST10DELIVERYESRG11DHI12CALZONER13PTNU14MOZZ15ARELLAOGONPHMCPHEORVOY16NAPLESI
  1. 1 down: OVEN. Hot box, sometimes wood-fired
  2. 2 across: PEELS. Long-handled paddles for sliding pies in and out
  3. 3 down: SLICE. Single wedge sold at a walk-up counter
  4. 4 down: MARGHERITA. Classic pie of basil, cheese and tomato in flag colors
  5. 5 across: PARMESAN. Hard grated cheese sprinkled at the table
  6. 6 down: SAUCE. Tomato layer spread before the cheese
  7. 7 down: OREGANO. Dried herb shaken from a jar for flavor
  8. 8 down: MUSHROOM. Sliced fungus topping, not a plant
  9. 9 across: CRUST. Outer edge you might dip in sauce
  10. 10 across: DELIVERY. Bringing dinner to your door in thirty minutes
  11. 11 down: DOUGH. Flour mixture tossed and spun into a round
  12. 12 across: CALZONE. Folded pocket version, stuffed and sealed
  13. 13 down: PEPPERONI. Spicy cured sausage that is America's favorite topping
  14. 14 across: MOZZARELLA. Stretchy white cheese that melts on top
  15. 15 down: ANCHOVY. Little salty fish some solvers ask to leave off
  16. 16 across: NAPLES. Italian city credited as the dish's birthplace
Pizza12345678910111213141516

Across

  • 2 Italian city credited as the dish's birthplace
  • 4 Flour mixture tossed and spun into a round
  • 7 Bringing dinner to your door in thirty minutes
  • 10 Tomato layer spread before the cheese
  • 12 Stretchy white cheese that melts on top
  • 15 Dried herb shaken from a jar for flavor
  • 16 Sliced fungus topping, not a plant

Down

  • 1 Single wedge sold at a walk-up counter
  • 3 Little salty fish some solvers ask to leave off
  • 5 Spicy cured sausage that is America's favorite topping
  • 6 Hot box, sometimes wood-fired
  • 8 Hard grated cheese sprinkled at the table
  • 9 Classic pie of basil, cheese and tomato in flag colors
  • 11 Folded pocket version, stuffed and sealed
  • 13 Outer edge you might dip in sauce
  • 14 Long-handled paddles for sliding pies in and out

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
Pizza1S2N3APLESNICC4DOUGHEO5P6OV7DELIVERY8PPEAPNRE9M10SAU11CE12MOZZARELLAAEORLSN13CGZ14PAIRH15OREGANOUENE16MUSHROOMELTISTA
  1. 1 down: SLICE. Single wedge sold at a walk-up counter
  2. 2 across: NAPLES. Italian city credited as the dish's birthplace
  3. 3 down: ANCHOVY. Little salty fish some solvers ask to leave off
  4. 4 across: DOUGH. Flour mixture tossed and spun into a round
  5. 5 down: PEPPERONI. Spicy cured sausage that is America's favorite topping
  6. 6 down: OVEN. Hot box, sometimes wood-fired
  7. 7 across: DELIVERY. Bringing dinner to your door in thirty minutes
  8. 8 down: PARMESAN. Hard grated cheese sprinkled at the table
  9. 9 down: MARGHERITA. Classic pie of basil, cheese and tomato in flag colors
  10. 10 across: SAUCE. Tomato layer spread before the cheese
  11. 11 down: CALZONE. Folded pocket version, stuffed and sealed
  12. 12 across: MOZZARELLA. Stretchy white cheese that melts on top
  13. 13 down: CRUST. Outer edge you might dip in sauce
  14. 14 down: PEELS. Long-handled paddles for sliding pies in and out
  15. 15 across: OREGANO. Dried herb shaken from a jar for flavor
  16. 16 across: MUSHROOM. Sliced fungus topping, not a plant
Pizza123456789101112131415

Across

  • 3 Flour mixture tossed and spun into a round
  • 4 Long-handled paddles for sliding pies in and out
  • 5 Little salty fish some solvers ask to leave off
  • 9 Stretchy white cheese that melts on top
  • 10 Outer edge you might dip in sauce
  • 12 Bringing dinner to your door in thirty minutes
  • 13 Dried herb shaken from a jar for flavor
  • 14 Hard grated cheese sprinkled at the table
  • 15 Single wedge sold at a walk-up counter

Down

  • 1 Classic pie of basil, cheese and tomato in flag colors
  • 2 Hot box, sometimes wood-fired
  • 6 Folded pocket version, stuffed and sealed
  • 7 Spicy cured sausage that is America's favorite topping
  • 8 Tomato layer spread before the cheese
  • 9 Sliced fungus topping, not a plant
  • 11 Italian city credited as the dish's birthplace

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
Pizza1MAR2O3DOUGHVHE4PEELS5AN6CHOVYRAIL7PT8S9MOZZARELLAAUOPU10CRUSTNPCHEE11N12DELIVERY13OREGANOOOPONL14PARMESANIE15SLICE
  1. 1 down: MARGHERITA. Classic pie of basil, cheese and tomato in flag colors
  2. 2 down: OVEN. Hot box, sometimes wood-fired
  3. 3 across: DOUGH. Flour mixture tossed and spun into a round
  4. 4 across: PEELS. Long-handled paddles for sliding pies in and out
  5. 5 across: ANCHOVY. Little salty fish some solvers ask to leave off
  6. 6 down: CALZONE. Folded pocket version, stuffed and sealed
  7. 7 down: PEPPERONI. Spicy cured sausage that is America's favorite topping
  8. 8 down: SAUCE. Tomato layer spread before the cheese
  9. 9 across: MOZZARELLA. Stretchy white cheese that melts on top
  10. 9 down: MUSHROOM. Sliced fungus topping, not a plant
  11. 10 across: CRUST. Outer edge you might dip in sauce
  12. 11 down: NAPLES. Italian city credited as the dish's birthplace
  13. 12 across: DELIVERY. Bringing dinner to your door in thirty minutes
  14. 13 across: OREGANO. Dried herb shaken from a jar for flavor
  15. 14 across: PARMESAN. Hard grated cheese sprinkled at the table
  16. 15 across: SLICE. Single wedge sold at a walk-up counter

About Pizza

Pizza as we know it grew up in Naples, where bakers stretched dough by hand and slid it into wood-fired ovens on long-handled peels. The Margherita, topped with tomato, mozzarella, and basil, carries the name of an Italian queen. Neapolitan immigrants brought the flatbread to American cities, and delivery boxes and pepperoni followed. This crossword works through the kitchen: the tools, the cheeses, the herbs like oregano, and toppings from mushroom to anchovy, plus the folded calzone.

A good sheet for a family cooking night or a classroom unit on food history and where everyday dishes come from.

What is in this crossword

A 20 by 22 crossword with 7 across and 9 down, on the subject of Pizza.

Grid
20 x 22
Across
7
Down
9
Longest answer
MARGHERITA (10 letters)

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