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Thanksgiving Challenge Crossword #1

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Thanksgiving Challenge Crossword #1

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Thanksgiving Challenge Crossword #1

15 × 15 grid · 18 words · Hard · CrosswordWise

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  1. 4. Of plenty, the cornucopia
  2. 5. Straw man decorating the porch
  3. 6. Sound a turkey makes
  4. 7. Pole crop of the Three Sisters
  5. 9. Patuxet guide who taught the Pilgrims to plant corn
  6. 11. Potato topped with marshmallows
  7. 14. Weekday the holiday always lands on
  8. 15. How the holiday gathers people

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  1. 1. Turkey-moistening kitchen tool
  2. 2. Grand holiday meal
  3. 3. Grandma's dessert with a crust
  4. 4. Autumn gathering of crops
  5. 8. Orange sweet potatoes, candied
  6. 9. One of the Three Sisters crops
  7. 10. Where the bird spends the morning
  8. 12. Big New York event with giant balloons
  9. 13. Another word for corn
  10. 14. Fun run held on the holiday morning

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Thanksgiving Challenge Crossword #1

15 × 15 grid · 18 words · Hard · CrosswordWise

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  1. 4. Of plenty, the cornucopia — HORN
  2. 5. Straw man decorating the porch — SCARECROW
  3. 6. Sound a turkey makes — GOBBLE
  4. 7. Pole crop of the Three Sisters — BEANS
  5. 9. Patuxet guide who taught the Pilgrims to plant corn — SQUANTO
  6. 11. Potato topped with marshmallows — SWEET
  7. 14. Weekday the holiday always lands on — THURSDAY
  8. 15. How the holiday gathers people — TOGETHER

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  1. 1. Turkey-moistening kitchen tool — BASTER
  2. 2. Grand holiday meal — FEAST
  3. 3. Grandma's dessert with a crust — PIE
  4. 4. Autumn gathering of crops — HARVEST
  5. 8. Orange sweet potatoes, candied — YAMS
  6. 9. One of the Three Sisters crops — SQUASH
  7. 10. Where the bird spends the morning — OVEN
  8. 12. Big New York event with giant balloons — PARADE
  9. 13. Another word for corn — MAIZE
  10. 14. Fun run held on the holiday morning — TROT

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About This Free Printable Crossword

While the turkey rests, the serious solvers have work to do. This hard Thanksgiving crossword gathers eighteen answers onto a 15x15 grid, blending kitchen words with real history: the Patuxet guide who taught the Pilgrims to plant corn, the weekday the holiday always lands on, and the fun run held on the holiday morning all make appearances. The mix of harvest vocabulary and historical names gives teens and adults a genuine challenge in the gap between the parade and the pie.

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