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Veterans Day crossword
Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.
Across
- 3 Hand-to-brow gesture of respect
- 4 Official military dress
- 7 Day of the month for the observance
- 8 Brass horn that sounds Taps
- 10 Agreement to stop fighting, signed in 1918
- 11 Time spent in uniform, or a memorial ceremony
- 13 Marching procession down Main Street
- 14 What we pay to those who served
Down
- 1 Member of the army
- 2 Patriotic song sung with hands over hearts
- 5 Month when this holiday falls
- 6 Award pinned to a chest for bravery
- 9 Someone who has served in the armed forces
- 12 Circle of greenery laid at a monument
- 13 Red flower worn in remembrance
Print the page above, or take the easy 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: SOLDIER. Member of the army
- 2 down: ANTHEM. Patriotic song sung with hands over hearts
- 3 across: SALUTE. Hand-to-brow gesture of respect
- 4 across: UNIFORM. Official military dress
- 5 down: NOVEMBER. Month when this holiday falls
- 6 down: MEDAL. Award pinned to a chest for bravery
- 7 across: ELEVENTH. Day of the month for the observance
- 8 across: BUGLE. Brass horn that sounds Taps
- 9 down: VETERAN. Someone who has served in the armed forces
- 10 across: ARMISTICE. Agreement to stop fighting, signed in 1918
- 11 across: SERVICE. Time spent in uniform, or a memorial ceremony
- 12 down: WREATH. Circle of greenery laid at a monument
- 13 across: PARADE. Marching procession down Main Street
- 13 down: POPPY. Red flower worn in remembrance
- 14 across: HONOR. What we pay to those who served
Across
- 1 Someone who has served in the armed forces
- 5 Official military dress
- 8 Patriotic song sung with hands over hearts
- 10 Agreement to stop fighting, signed in 1918
- 13 Time spent in uniform, or a memorial ceremony
- 14 Hand-to-brow gesture of respect
- 15 Stars and Stripes, flown proudly today
Down
- 2 Day of the month for the observance
- 3 Member of the army
- 4 Circle of greenery laid at a monument
- 6 Month when this holiday falls
- 7 Marching procession down Main Street
- 9 What we pay to those who served
- 11 Award pinned to a chest for bravery
- 12 Brass horn that sounds Taps
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 across: VETERAN. Someone who has served in the armed forces
- 2 down: ELEVENTH. Day of the month for the observance
- 3 down: SOLDIER. Member of the army
- 4 down: WREATH. Circle of greenery laid at a monument
- 5 across: UNIFORM. Official military dress
- 6 down: NOVEMBER. Month when this holiday falls
- 7 down: PARADE. Marching procession down Main Street
- 8 across: ANTHEM. Patriotic song sung with hands over hearts
- 9 down: HONOR. What we pay to those who served
- 10 across: ARMISTICE. Agreement to stop fighting, signed in 1918
- 11 down: MEDAL. Award pinned to a chest for bravery
- 12 down: BUGLE. Brass horn that sounds Taps
- 13 across: SERVICE. Time spent in uniform, or a memorial ceremony
- 14 across: SALUTE. Hand-to-brow gesture of respect
- 15 across: FLAG. Stars and Stripes, flown proudly today
Across
- 2 What we pay to those who served
- 3 Hand-to-brow gesture of respect
- 4 Red flower worn in remembrance
- 7 Stars and Stripes, flown proudly today
- 8 Someone who has served in the armed forces
- 10 Official military dress
- 11 Brass horn that sounds Taps
- 12 Agreement to stop fighting, signed in 1918
Down
- 1 Circle of greenery laid at a monument
- 3 Time spent in uniform, or a memorial ceremony
- 4 Marching procession down Main Street
- 5 Member of the army
- 6 Month when this holiday falls
- 9 Day of the month for the observance
- 12 Patriotic song sung with hands over hearts
- 13 Award pinned to a chest for bravery
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: WREATH. Circle of greenery laid at a monument
- 2 across: HONOR. What we pay to those who served
- 3 across: SALUTE. Hand-to-brow gesture of respect
- 3 down: SERVICE. Time spent in uniform, or a memorial ceremony
- 4 across: POPPY. Red flower worn in remembrance
- 4 down: PARADE. Marching procession down Main Street
- 5 down: SOLDIER. Member of the army
- 6 down: NOVEMBER. Month when this holiday falls
- 7 across: FLAG. Stars and Stripes, flown proudly today
- 8 across: VETERAN. Someone who has served in the armed forces
- 9 down: ELEVENTH. Day of the month for the observance
- 10 across: UNIFORM. Official military dress
- 11 across: BUGLE. Brass horn that sounds Taps
- 12 across: ARMISTICE. Agreement to stop fighting, signed in 1918
- 12 down: ANTHEM. Patriotic song sung with hands over hearts
- 13 down: MEDAL. Award pinned to a chest for bravery
About Veterans Day
The fighting of World War I stopped on November 11, 1918, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, and the United States marked the date as Armistice Day. In 1954 Congress changed the name to Veterans Day so the holiday would honor everyone who has served in the armed forces, not just one war's survivors. It differs from Memorial Day, which remembers those who died. Ceremonies often end with a bugler sounding Taps and a wreath laid in silence.
A teacher or family filling the week before November 11 with something more substantial than a coloring page.
What is in this crossword
A 16 by 22 crossword with 8 across and 7 down, on the subject of Veterans Day.
- Grid
- 16 x 22
- Across
- 8
- Down
- 7
- Longest answer
- ARMISTICE (9 letters)