Free Printable Easter Crossword Puzzle

Works in a Sunday school room and at a spring-break kids' table alike. The list holds the religious side of the holiday (RESURRECTION, DISCIPLE, GOSPEL, VIGIL) next to the baskets-and-candy side (JELLYBEAN, BONNET, MARSHMALLOW, DUCKLING). Written clues and an answer grid, with a new layout from the same 47 clues each time you press the button.

Building your puzzle…

Free and unlimited, no account. Every puzzle is laid out fresh in your browser from the 47-clue easter list.

What each size uses from the easter clues

Easy fills an 11 × 11 grid with 8 clues chosen from the 35 easter answers of three to seven letters, such as ANGEL, LAMB and VIGIL. Medium places 12 clues on 13 × 13 from 43 answers of up to nine letters.

Hard puts 16 clues on 15 × 15, drawn from 47 answers of four to eleven letters; the longest it can use are CRUCIFIXION, MARSHMALLOW and HALLELUJAH.

A way to use the easter crossword

For a Sunday school class, print the hard size. Its clue list includes APOSTLE, GOSPEL and MESSIAH, which makes it a quiet review after the Easter story has been told.

All 47 easter clues

  1. Heavenly messenger at the tomb
  2. One of the twelve sent out
  3. Woven holder for eggs
  4. Church tower ringer
  5. Fancy spring hat for the parade
  6. Egg-delivering hopper
  7. Sweets in the basket
  8. Snack left out for the rabbit
  9. Fluffy yellow hatchling
  10. What holiday eggs are often made of
  11. Title meaning 'anointed one'
  12. Where the holiday service is held
  13. Symbol of the crucifixion
  14. Death on the cross
  15. Yellow trumpet-shaped spring bloom
  16. Follower of Jesus
  17. Fuzzy young quacker
  18. Holiday celebrating the resurrection
  19. Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John
  20. Joyful cry of praise
  21. Sacred or blessed
  22. Search for hidden eggs
  23. Fragrant spring bulb flower
  24. Small chewy sugary treat
  25. Central figure of the holiday
  26. Young sheep, a symbol of sacrifice
  27. Forty-day season before the holiday
  28. White trumpet flower of the season
  29. Soft treat in a Peep
  30. Promised deliverer
  31. Grass bed for eggs in a basket
  32. Frond waved a week before the holiday
  33. Bonnet-filled march down the avenue
  34. Soft egg-dye shade
  35. Solemn walk through the church
  36. Long-eared egg bringer
  37. Renewal after death
  38. Up from the grave
  39. Giving up something precious
  40. Deliverance from sin
  41. One who rescues from sin
  42. What was rolled away from the tomb
  43. Day the holiday always falls on
  44. Dawn service time
  45. Burial chamber found empty
  46. Cup-shaped spring bloom from Holland
  47. Night watch before the holiday

Printing and the answer key

Print once with answers off, then press Answers and print again for the key. The PNG is rendered at 3× and the answer file saves under its own name. Need a whole book of these at KDP trim? KDP Creator builds the pages.

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