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Christmas Challenge Crossword #1

Hard15×15 grid18 wordsChristmas theme

Christmas Challenge Crossword #1

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1 DownTreat traditionally left out for Santa

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Christmas Challenge Crossword #1

15 × 15 grid · 18 words · Hard · CrosswordWise

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  1. 2. Prickly green plant with red berries used as decoration
  2. 4. Month when Christmas arrives
  3. 7. Long strip tied into a bow on gifts
  4. 8. Feeling the holiday season is full of
  5. 12. Word before 'Christmas' in the famous greeting
  6. 15. Reindeer famous for his shiny red nose
  7. 16. 'Silent Night,' for one
  8. 17. Winter handwarmer, often lost in pairs

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  1. 1. Treat traditionally left out for Santa
  2. 3. Old-fashioned word for the Christmas season
  3. 4. One of Santa's original eight reindeer
  4. 5. Mother of baby Jesus
  5. 6. Carpenter who was Mary's husband
  6. 9. Dr. Seuss character who tried to steal Christmas
  7. 10. Sound the bells make in a classic holiday song
  8. 11. Snowman who came to life one day
  9. 13. Reindeer who shares a name with the love arrow guy
  10. 14. Fragrant gift brought by the Wise Men

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Christmas Challenge Crossword #1

15 × 15 grid · 18 words · Hard · CrosswordWise

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  1. 2. Prickly green plant with red berries used as decoration — HOLLY
  2. 4. Month when Christmas arrives — DECEMBER
  3. 7. Long strip tied into a bow on gifts — RIBBON
  4. 8. Feeling the holiday season is full of — JOY
  5. 12. Word before 'Christmas' in the famous greeting — MERRY
  6. 15. Reindeer famous for his shiny red nose — RUDOLPH
  7. 16. 'Silent Night,' for one — CAROL
  8. 17. Winter handwarmer, often lost in pairs — MITTEN

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  1. 1. Treat traditionally left out for Santa — COOKIE
  2. 3. Old-fashioned word for the Christmas season — YULE
  3. 4. One of Santa's original eight reindeer — DASHER
  4. 5. Mother of baby Jesus — MARY
  5. 6. Carpenter who was Mary's husband — JOSEPH
  6. 9. Dr. Seuss character who tried to steal Christmas — GRINCH
  7. 10. Sound the bells make in a classic holiday song — JINGLE
  8. 11. Snowman who came to life one day — FROSTY
  9. 13. Reindeer who shares a name with the love arrow guy — CUPID
  10. 14. Fragrant gift brought by the Wise Men — MYRRH

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About This Free Printable Crossword

The biggest Christmas crossword we make: eighteen holiday answers woven through a 15x15 challenge grid, from the words of the carols to the gifts of the Wise Men. This is the hard-difficulty edition for confident solvers, so expect the full season on the page at once, the reindeer whose name means thunder sharing space with the fragrant resin brought to the newborn king, and the plant you stand under for a kiss crossing the trimmings on the tree. Filling every square is a genuine half hour for most solvers, longer in the best way.

Print it for the Christmas Eve table, a snowy weekend, or a holiday road trip; classrooms use challenge grids as week-long extension work or team puzzles where four students split the quadrants. Choose letter or A4 paper, press Print Puzzle for the blank grid with all eighteen clues, and keep Print Answer Key for the solved page, which prints separately every time. Save as PDF in the print dialog keeps a copy for next year. When the last square is filled, our easier Christmas crosswords are waiting in the printable collection.

How to Print This Crossword Puzzle

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  3. Print as many copies as you need — free for classrooms, families, libraries, and road trips. The answer key always prints separately.

Answer Key

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