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Swimming crossword

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Swimming123456789101112131415

Across

  • 5 Chemical that keeps pool water clean
  • 6 Trained rescuer on the tall chair
  • 9 Roped-off strip a racer stays in
  • 10 The only race that starts with swimmers facing the wall
  • 12 Stay upright in deep water without going anywhere
  • 13 Stroke with a dolphin kick and both arms sweeping forward
  • 14 Rubbery foot gear for extra push, also called fins
  • 15 Team race of four swimmers in turn

Down

  • 1 Head-first entry off the block
  • 2 Tube that lets a face-down swimmer breathe
  • 3 Inflatable arm rings for a beginner, also called water wings
  • 4 Foam float held out front for leg drills
  • 7 Fastest racing stroke, also called the front crawl
  • 8 Eyewear that keeps chlorine out
  • 11 Timer a coach clicks at the finish

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Swimming1D2SIN3F4KVO5CHLORINEROCKAKETB6LI7FE8GUARDIORO9LANE10BACKSTROKEGSREGDSL11S12TREAD13BUTTERFLYSOL14FLIPPERSEW15RELAYTCH
  1. 1 down: DIVE. Head-first entry off the block
  2. 2 down: SNORKEL. Tube that lets a face-down swimmer breathe
  3. 3 down: FLOATIES. Inflatable arm rings for a beginner, also called water wings
  4. 4 down: KICKBOARD. Foam float held out front for leg drills
  5. 5 across: CHLORINE. Chemical that keeps pool water clean
  6. 6 across: LIFEGUARD. Trained rescuer on the tall chair
  7. 7 down: FREESTYLE. Fastest racing stroke, also called the front crawl
  8. 8 down: GOGGLES. Eyewear that keeps chlorine out
  9. 9 across: LANE. Roped-off strip a racer stays in
  10. 10 across: BACKSTROKE. The only race that starts with swimmers facing the wall
  11. 11 down: STOPWATCH. Timer a coach clicks at the finish
  12. 12 across: TREAD. Stay upright in deep water without going anywhere
  13. 13 across: BUTTERFLY. Stroke with a dolphin kick and both arms sweeping forward
  14. 14 across: FLIPPERS. Rubbery foot gear for extra push, also called fins
  15. 15 across: RELAY. Team race of four swimmers in turn
Swimming123456789101112131415

Across

  • 6 The only race that starts with swimmers facing the wall
  • 8 Inflatable arm rings for a beginner, also called water wings
  • 9 Team race of four swimmers in turn
  • 11 Timer a coach clicks at the finish
  • 12 Trained rescuer on the tall chair
  • 13 Head-first entry off the block
  • 14 Stroke with a dolphin kick and both arms sweeping forward
  • 15 Tube that lets a face-down swimmer breathe

Down

  • 1 Foam float held out front for leg drills
  • 2 Roped-off strip a racer stays in
  • 3 Rubbery foot gear for extra push, also called fins
  • 4 Fastest racing stroke, also called the front crawl
  • 5 Eyewear that keeps chlorine out
  • 7 Stay upright in deep water without going anywhere
  • 10 Chemical that keeps pool water clean

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
Swimming1KI2LCA3FK4FN5GL6BACKSTROKE7T8FLOATIESOE9RELAYGPA10CEEGPRH11STOPWATCH12LIFEGUARDLTD13DIVEROYSS14BUTTERFLYIEN15SNORKEL
  1. 1 down: KICKBOARD. Foam float held out front for leg drills
  2. 2 down: LANE. Roped-off strip a racer stays in
  3. 3 down: FLIPPERS. Rubbery foot gear for extra push, also called fins
  4. 4 down: FREESTYLE. Fastest racing stroke, also called the front crawl
  5. 5 down: GOGGLES. Eyewear that keeps chlorine out
  6. 6 across: BACKSTROKE. The only race that starts with swimmers facing the wall
  7. 7 down: TREAD. Stay upright in deep water without going anywhere
  8. 8 across: FLOATIES. Inflatable arm rings for a beginner, also called water wings
  9. 9 across: RELAY. Team race of four swimmers in turn
  10. 10 down: CHLORINE. Chemical that keeps pool water clean
  11. 11 across: STOPWATCH. Timer a coach clicks at the finish
  12. 12 across: LIFEGUARD. Trained rescuer on the tall chair
  13. 13 across: DIVE. Head-first entry off the block
  14. 14 across: BUTTERFLY. Stroke with a dolphin kick and both arms sweeping forward
  15. 15 across: SNORKEL. Tube that lets a face-down swimmer breathe
Swimming12345678910111213

Across

  • 3 Eyewear that keeps chlorine out
  • 5 Head-first entry off the block
  • 6 Trained rescuer on the tall chair
  • 7 The only race that starts with swimmers facing the wall
  • 9 Chemical that keeps pool water clean
  • 10 Roped-off strip a racer stays in
  • 12 Inflatable arm rings for a beginner, also called water wings
  • 13 Team race of four swimmers in turn

Down

  • 1 Tube that lets a face-down swimmer breathe
  • 2 Rubbery foot gear for extra push, also called fins
  • 4 Fastest racing stroke, also called the front crawl
  • 7 Stroke with a dolphin kick and both arms sweeping forward
  • 8 Foam float held out front for leg drills
  • 11 Stay upright in deep water without going anywhere

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
Swimming1S2FN3GOGGLESOIRPK4FP5DIVERE6LIFEGUARDESS7BAC8KSTROKEUIYT9CHLORINETKE10LANEB11TROR12FLOATIESLRA13RELAYDD
  1. 1 down: SNORKEL. Tube that lets a face-down swimmer breathe
  2. 2 down: FLIPPERS. Rubbery foot gear for extra push, also called fins
  3. 3 across: GOGGLES. Eyewear that keeps chlorine out
  4. 4 down: FREESTYLE. Fastest racing stroke, also called the front crawl
  5. 5 across: DIVE. Head-first entry off the block
  6. 6 across: LIFEGUARD. Trained rescuer on the tall chair
  7. 7 across: BACKSTROKE. The only race that starts with swimmers facing the wall
  8. 7 down: BUTTERFLY. Stroke with a dolphin kick and both arms sweeping forward
  9. 8 down: KICKBOARD. Foam float held out front for leg drills
  10. 9 across: CHLORINE. Chemical that keeps pool water clean
  11. 10 across: LANE. Roped-off strip a racer stays in
  12. 11 down: TREAD. Stay upright in deep water without going anywhere
  13. 12 across: FLOATIES. Inflatable arm rings for a beginner, also called water wings
  14. 13 across: RELAY. Team race of four swimmers in turn

About Swimming

Competitive swimming uses four strokes, and three of them show up here: freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, the last requiring both arms to recover over the water at the same time. A racing pool is divided by floating lane lines that break up waves, and a relay team of four swimmers touches the wall in turn. Around the deck sit the practical things: a kickboard for drills, chlorine to keep the water clean, a lifeguard watching, a stopwatch running.

Reach for this during a swim unit, a summer lesson week, or the days before a school meet.

What is in this crossword

A 21 by 20 crossword with 8 across and 7 down, on the subject of Swimming.

Grid
21 x 20
Across
8
Down
7
Longest answer
BACKSTROKE (10 letters)

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