Jobs crossword
What do you want to be when you grow up? This crossword gathers the jobs children dream about, from doctor to astronaut in training. A friendly way to talk about the world of work.
Harder grades use longer answers and give fewer crossing letters.
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3 answers did not fit this grid and were left out: NURSE, BAKER, CHEF. Try a larger grid or an easier grade.
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Two pages: the puzzle with its numbered clues, and a full answer key with the grid filled in. The answers interlock across and down, sized for clean large-print printing.
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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 jobs 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.
- Person who helps you when you are ill (6 letters)
- Person who helps you learn at school (7 letters)
- Person who cares for patients in hospital (5 letters)
- Person who grows crops and keeps animals (6 letters)
- Person who flies an aeroplane (5 letters)
- Person who cooks in a restaurant (4 letters)
- Person who paints and draws (6 letters)
- Person who looks after your teeth (7 letters)
- Person who fixes pipes and taps (7 letters)
- Person who builds houses and walls (7 letters)
- Doctor for animals (3 letters)
- Person who designs machines and bridges (8 letters)
- Person who makes bread and cakes (5 letters)
- Person who works on a ship (6 letters)
Jobs by letter count
Stuck on a crossword clue? Here are jobs grouped by how many letters they have, so you can match the answer to the squares.
| Letters | Jobs |
|---|---|
| 3 letters | Vet |
| 4 letters | Chef, Cook |
| 5 letters | Nurse, Pilot, Actor, Judge, Medic, Tutor, Baker |
| 6 letters | Doctor, Farmer, Artist, Sailor, Waiter, Singer, Dancer, Tailor |
| 7 letters | Teacher, Dentist, Plumber, Builder, Cleaner, Cashier, Soldier, Surgeon |
| 8 letters | Engineer, Mechanic, Optician, Musician |
| 9 letters | Architect, Librarian, Carpenter, Detective, Astronaut |
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Questions
- What is a 6-letter job?
- Doctor, farmer, artist, sailor, waiter and singer are six-letter jobs.
- What is a 7-letter job?
- Teacher, dentist, plumber, builder, cleaner and surgeon each have seven letters.
- What is an 8-letter job?
- Engineer, mechanic, optician and musician are eight-letter jobs.
- Is this jobs crossword free to print?
- Yes. Generate the jobs puzzle above, with its 14 clues and a full answer key, and print it at no cost and with no sign-up. It is free for classroom, home and personal use.
- Can I change the jobs clues?
- Yes. The generator is pre-filled with a themed clue list, but you can edit any clue, add your own, or change the title and generate a fresh grid. It runs entirely in your browser.
- Can I make a jobs crossword book to sell on KDP?
- Yes. The free tool makes one puzzle. Publisher Studio drafts a clue bank with AI and generates hundreds of graded puzzles at any KDP trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and answer-key PDF, so you can publish a themed book.