Hanukkah crossword
Hanukkah is the Jewish festival of lights, celebrated over eight nights. This crossword gathers the words of the festival for children to solve. A warm pick for a lesson about festivals.
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The puzzle and its answer key, as they print.
How to solve a crossword
Fill the white squares so every numbered clue reads across or down.
The method
- 1Read the clue and its number. Each number in the grid starts an answer going across or down. Find the clue with that number and direction.
- 2Count the squares. The run of white squares after the number tells you how many letters the answer has.
- 3Write the answers you are sure of first. Start with the clues you know. Each answer you fill hands letters to the clues that cross it.
- 4Use the crossing letters. A shared letter from an answer you have placed narrows a crossing clue, often to a single word.
- The one rule
- Every white square belongs to an across answer and a down answer, and the two must agree on their shared letter.
- What the answer page shows
- The completed grid is printed at the back.
- How the grades differ
- Easier puzzles use common words and plain clues; harder ones use trickier wording and longer answers.
- Good for
- Word lovers, from a gentle themed puzzle to a classic challenge.
Clues in this hanukkah crossword
The 14 clues below fill the grid above. Each answer length is shown to help younger solvers; the full answer key prints on the second page.
- The Jewish festival of lights (8 letters)
- Candle holder lit over eight nights (7 letters)
- One is lit on each night of the festival (6 letters)
- A spinning top children play with (7 letters)
- Fried potato pancakes eaten at the feast (6 letters)
- Chocolate coins given to children (4 letters)
- The number of nights Hanukkah lasts (5 letters)
- Hanukkah is the festival of this (5 letters)
- A time of celebration (8 letters)
- The faith that celebrates Hanukkah (6 letters)
- It burned for eight days in the story (3 letters)
- Everyone who gathers to celebrate (6 letters)
- Presents given on each night (5 letters)
- What you do with a dreidel (4 letters)
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