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Thanksgiving crossword

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Thanksgiving1234567891011121314

Across

  • 5 Savory brown sauce ladled over mashed potatoes
  • 7 Spiced orange dessert topped with whipped cream
  • 8 What fills the refrigerator the next day
  • 10 Golden baked side made from meal ground of kernels
  • 13 Massachusetts colony tied to the first celebration
  • 14 Bringing in of the crops the holiday celebrates

Down

  • 1 Forked bone two people pull for luck
  • 2 Meal where every guest brings a dish
  • 3 Tart red berry served as a sauce
  • 4 Native nation present at the 1621 harvest gathering
  • 5 Feeling thankful for what you have
  • 6 Sweet roots often baked with a bit of brown sugar
  • 9 Seasoned bread mixture cooked inside the bird
  • 11 Month of the fourth-Thursday feast
  • 12 Large bird often roasted for the holiday meal

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Thanksgiving1W2PIOSTHL3CB4WURO5GRAV6YACANRA7PUMPKINPIEAMPBTSA8LEFTOVER9SNRFT10COR11NBREADUUAOYLFGVFE12TI13PLYMOUTHNBRGEK14HARVESTY
  1. 1 down: WISHBONE. Forked bone two people pull for luck
  2. 2 down: POTLUCK. Meal where every guest brings a dish
  3. 3 down: CRANBERRY. Tart red berry served as a sauce
  4. 4 down: WAMPANOAG. Native nation present at the 1621 harvest gathering
  5. 5 across: GRAVY. Savory brown sauce ladled over mashed potatoes
  6. 5 down: GRATEFUL. Feeling thankful for what you have
  7. 6 down: YAMS. Sweet roots often baked with a bit of brown sugar
  8. 7 across: PUMPKINPIE. Spiced orange dessert topped with whipped cream
  9. 8 across: LEFTOVERS. What fills the refrigerator the next day
  10. 9 down: STUFFING. Seasoned bread mixture cooked inside the bird
  11. 10 across: CORNBREAD. Golden baked side made from meal ground of kernels
  12. 11 down: NOVEMBER. Month of the fourth-Thursday feast
  13. 12 down: TURKEY. Large bird often roasted for the holiday meal
  14. 13 across: PLYMOUTH. Massachusetts colony tied to the first celebration
  15. 14 across: HARVEST. Bringing in of the crops the holiday celebrates
Thanksgiving123456789101112131415

Across

  • 2 Meal where every guest brings a dish
  • 8 Spiced orange dessert topped with whipped cream
  • 9 Feeling thankful for what you have
  • 10 Golden baked side made from meal ground of kernels
  • 12 Seasoned bread mixture cooked inside the bird
  • 13 Sweet roots often baked with a bit of brown sugar
  • 15 Big-balloon procession through New York City

Down

  • 1 Month of the fourth-Thursday feast
  • 3 Large bird often roasted for the holiday meal
  • 4 Native nation present at the 1621 harvest gathering
  • 5 Tart red berry served as a sauce
  • 6 Bringing in of the crops the holiday celebrates
  • 7 Massachusetts colony tied to the first celebration
  • 11 Forked bone two people pull for luck
  • 14 Savory brown sauce ladled over mashed potatoes

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Thanksgiving1N2POTLUCKV3T4W5CEUARMRMAB6HK7P8PUMPKINPIE9GRATEFULABRRYY10CORNBREADV11WMOREIOARS12STUFFING13YAMSTHTBHO14GN15PARADEAVY
  1. 1 down: NOVEMBER. Month of the fourth-Thursday feast
  2. 2 across: POTLUCK. Meal where every guest brings a dish
  3. 3 down: TURKEY. Large bird often roasted for the holiday meal
  4. 4 down: WAMPANOAG. Native nation present at the 1621 harvest gathering
  5. 5 down: CRANBERRY. Tart red berry served as a sauce
  6. 6 down: HARVEST. Bringing in of the crops the holiday celebrates
  7. 7 down: PLYMOUTH. Massachusetts colony tied to the first celebration
  8. 8 across: PUMPKINPIE. Spiced orange dessert topped with whipped cream
  9. 9 across: GRATEFUL. Feeling thankful for what you have
  10. 10 across: CORNBREAD. Golden baked side made from meal ground of kernels
  11. 11 down: WISHBONE. Forked bone two people pull for luck
  12. 12 across: STUFFING. Seasoned bread mixture cooked inside the bird
  13. 13 across: YAMS. Sweet roots often baked with a bit of brown sugar
  14. 14 down: GRAVY. Savory brown sauce ladled over mashed potatoes
  15. 15 across: PARADE. Big-balloon procession through New York City
Thanksgiving123456789101112131415

Across

  • 5 What fills the refrigerator the next day
  • 7 Spiced orange dessert topped with whipped cream
  • 10 Golden baked side made from meal ground of kernels
  • 12 Meal where every guest brings a dish
  • 13 Feeling thankful for what you have
  • 14 Forked bone two people pull for luck
  • 15 Bringing in of the crops the holiday celebrates

Down

  • 1 Large bird often roasted for the holiday meal
  • 2 Savory brown sauce ladled over mashed potatoes
  • 3 Seasoned bread mixture cooked inside the bird
  • 4 Tart red berry served as a sauce
  • 6 Native nation present at the 1621 harvest gathering
  • 8 Massachusetts colony tied to the first celebration
  • 9 Month of the fourth-Thursday feast
  • 11 Sweet roots often baked with a bit of brown sugar
  • 12 Big-balloon procession through New York City

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
Thanksgiving1TU2GRRK3SA4C5LEFTOVERS6WYUYAAFNMFB7PUMPKIN8PIEANLRNGYR9NOMY10CORNBREADO11YVG12POTLUCK13GRATEFULATMMRH14WISHBONEAED15HARVESTE
  1. 1 down: TURKEY. Large bird often roasted for the holiday meal
  2. 2 down: GRAVY. Savory brown sauce ladled over mashed potatoes
  3. 3 down: STUFFING. Seasoned bread mixture cooked inside the bird
  4. 4 down: CRANBERRY. Tart red berry served as a sauce
  5. 5 across: LEFTOVERS. What fills the refrigerator the next day
  6. 6 down: WAMPANOAG. Native nation present at the 1621 harvest gathering
  7. 7 across: PUMPKINPIE. Spiced orange dessert topped with whipped cream
  8. 8 down: PLYMOUTH. Massachusetts colony tied to the first celebration
  9. 9 down: NOVEMBER. Month of the fourth-Thursday feast
  10. 10 across: CORNBREAD. Golden baked side made from meal ground of kernels
  11. 11 down: YAMS. Sweet roots often baked with a bit of brown sugar
  12. 12 across: POTLUCK. Meal where every guest brings a dish
  13. 12 down: PARADE. Big-balloon procession through New York City
  14. 13 across: GRATEFUL. Feeling thankful for what you have
  15. 14 across: WISHBONE. Forked bone two people pull for luck
  16. 15 across: HARVEST. Bringing in of the crops the holiday celebrates

About Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving in the United States falls on the fourth Thursday of November, and Abraham Lincoln set it as a national day of thanks in 1863. The holiday traces back to a 1621 harvest gathering at Plymouth, where the Wampanoag and the English colonists shared a meal, though the menu likely leaned on venison and wildfowl rather than the pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce of today. These clues cover the table, the parade, the wishbone, and the history behind them.

Reach for this in the weeks before the fourth Thursday of November, when a class or a family gathering needs something to work through together.

What is in this crossword

A 16 by 20 crossword with 6 across and 9 down, on the subject of Thanksgiving.

Grid
16 x 20
Across
6
Down
9
Longest answer
PUMPKINPIE (10 letters)

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