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title: "Free Halloween crossword with answer key"
description: "A free printable Halloween crossword for children, with clues and answers. Solve pumpkins, ghosts, witches and other spooky words, then print two pages."
source: "https://www.oncebooks.com/crossword/halloween"
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# Halloween crossword

Halloween is the spookiest night of the year, full of costumes and carved pumpkins. This crossword gathers the ghoulish words of the season for children to solve. A frightfully fun pick for the last week of October.

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Clues (one per line, as ANSWER: clue)PUMPKIN: Orange gourd carved into a lantern GHOST: A white spooky spirit that says boo WITCH: She flies on a broomstick SPIDER: Eight-legged creature that spins a web SKELETON: All the bones with no body VAMPIRE: Caped creature with two long fangs ZOMBIE: A creature that rises from the grave BAT: Winged animal that flies at night CAULDRON: Big pot a witch stirs her potion in COSTUME: Outfit you wear to dress up CANDY: Sweets given out at the door SPOOKY: Word meaning scary or eerie COBWEB: An old, dusty spider web GOBLIN: A small, mischievous monster

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6 answers did not fit this grid and were left out: VAMPIRE, SPOOKY, SPIDER, GHOST, WITCH, CANDY. 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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- Halloween Crossword Medium

  Across

  5 An old, dusty spider web

  6 All the bones with no body

  Down

  1 A creature that rises from the grave

  2 A small, mischievous monster

  3 Orange gourd carved into a lantern

  4 Big pot a witch stirs her potion in

  5 Outfit you wear to dress up

  1

  Puzzle
- Halloween Crossword · Answers Medium · Solution

  Across

  5 An old, dusty spider web

  6 All the bones with no body

  Down

  1 A creature that rises from the grave

  2 A small, mischievous monster

  3 Orange gourd carved into a lantern

  4 Big pot a witch stirs her potion in

  5 Outfit you wear to dress up

  2

  Answer key

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## Clues in this halloween 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.

1. Orange gourd carved into a lantern (7 letters)
2. A white spooky spirit that says boo (5 letters)
3. She flies on a broomstick (5 letters)
4. Eight-legged creature that spins a web (6 letters)
5. All the bones with no body (8 letters)
6. Caped creature with two long fangs (7 letters)
7. A creature that rises from the grave (6 letters)
8. Winged animal that flies at night (3 letters)
9. Big pot a witch stirs her potion in (8 letters)
10. Outfit you wear to dress up (7 letters)
11. Sweets given out at the door (5 letters)
12. Word meaning scary or eerie (6 letters)
13. An old, dusty spider web (6 letters)
14. A small, mischievous monster (6 letters)

## Making a whole halloween book?

This page makes one halloween puzzle. To publish a themed book on Amazon KDP, the [KDP crossword maker](https://www.oncebooks.com/kdp-crossword-maker) drafts a clue bank and generates hundreds of graded puzzles at any trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and answer-key PDF. Generate once, export unlimited sizes.

## More crossword themes

- [Animals](https://www.oncebooks.com/crossword/animals)
- [Ocean Animals](https://www.oncebooks.com/crossword/ocean-animals)
- [Space](https://www.oncebooks.com/crossword/space)
- [Dinosaurs](https://www.oncebooks.com/crossword/dinosaurs)
- [Birds](https://www.oncebooks.com/crossword/birds)
- [Food](https://www.oncebooks.com/crossword/food)

[See every crossword theme](https://www.oncebooks.com/crossword)

## Questions

**Is this halloween crossword free to print?**

Yes. Generate the halloween 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 halloween 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 halloween 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.
