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title: "Free Vegetables crossword with answer key"
description: "A free printable vegetables crossword for children, with clues and answers. Solve carrot, potato, onion, pumpkin and more, then print two pages."
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# Vegetables crossword

Vegetables grow in the garden and fill our plates, from a round pea to a long leek. This crossword gathers the vegetables of the kitchen and the allotment for children to solve. A healthy pick for a food topic.

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Clues (one per line, as ANSWER: clue)PEA: Small round green vegetable in a pod BEAN: Vegetable that grows up a tall pole CARROT: Orange root a rabbit loves POTATO: Root vegetable you mash or roast ONION: Vegetable that makes you cry TOMATO: Red salad vegetable, really a fruit PEPPER: Crunchy vegetable in red or green CABBAGE: Big round leafy green vegetable LETTUCE: Crisp leaves for a salad SPINACH: Dark green leaf that made Popeye strong PUMPKIN: Big orange vegetable carved at Halloween CUCUMBER: Long green salad vegetable RADISH: Small red peppery root LEEK: Long white vegetable, the emblem of Wales

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- Vegetables Crossword Medium

  Across

  2 Crisp leaves for a salad

  3 Dark green leaf that made Popeye strong

  7 Long green salad vegetable

  8 Long white vegetable, the emblem of Wales

  9 Vegetable that makes you cry

  Down

  1 Vegetable that grows up a tall pole

  4 Big round leafy green vegetable

  5 Orange root a rabbit loves

  6 Big orange vegetable carved at Halloween

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- Vegetables Crossword · Answers Medium · Solution

  Across

  2 Crisp leaves for a salad

  3 Dark green leaf that made Popeye strong

  7 Long green salad vegetable

  8 Long white vegetable, the emblem of Wales

  9 Vegetable that makes you cry

  Down

  1 Vegetable that grows up a tall pole

  4 Big round leafy green vegetable

  5 Orange root a rabbit loves

  6 Big orange vegetable carved at Halloween

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  Answer key

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## Clues in this vegetables 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. Small round green vegetable in a pod (3 letters)
2. Vegetable that grows up a tall pole (4 letters)
3. Orange root a rabbit loves (6 letters)
4. Root vegetable you mash or roast (6 letters)
5. Vegetable that makes you cry (5 letters)
6. Red salad vegetable, really a fruit (6 letters)
7. Crunchy vegetable in red or green (6 letters)
8. Big round leafy green vegetable (7 letters)
9. Crisp leaves for a salad (7 letters)
10. Dark green leaf that made Popeye strong (7 letters)
11. Big orange vegetable carved at Halloween (7 letters)
12. Long green salad vegetable (8 letters)
13. Small red peppery root (6 letters)
14. Long white vegetable, the emblem of Wales (4 letters)

## Vegetables by letter count

Stuck on a crossword clue? Here are vegetables grouped by how many letters they have, so you can match the answer to the squares.

| Letters | Vegetables |
| --- | --- |
| 3 letters | Pea, Yam |
| 4 letters | Bean, Leek, Kale, Corn, Okra |
| 5 letters | Onion, Swede, Cress |
| 6 letters | Carrot, Potato, Tomato, Pepper, Radish, Turnip, Marrow, Celery |
| 7 letters | Cabbage, Lettuce, Spinach, Pumpkin, Parsnip, Shallot |
| 8 letters | Cucumber, Broccoli, Beetroot, Chickpea |
| 9 letters | Courgette, Sweetcorn, Aubergine, Artichoke |

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- [Dinosaurs](https://www.oncebooks.com/crossword/dinosaurs)
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## Questions

**What is a 6-letter vegetable?**

Carrot, potato, tomato, pepper, radish, turnip, marrow and celery are six-letter vegetables.

**What is a 7-letter vegetable?**

Cabbage, lettuce, spinach, pumpkin, parsnip and shallot each have seven letters.

**What is a 9-letter vegetable?**

Courgette, sweetcorn, aubergine and artichoke are nine-letter vegetables.

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

Yes. Generate the vegetables 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 vegetables 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 vegetables 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.
