Halloween Crossword Puzzles — 9 Free Printables
Nine Halloween crossword puzzles to print, from easy ones with a word bank for young children to history-and-vocabulary puzzles for adults. Every crossword comes with its own answer key on page two, in US Letter and A4, and the number in brackets after each clue tells you how many letters the answer has.
Jump to: Easy (with word bank) · Medium · Hard · All 9 in one PDF
Easy Halloween crosswords — with a word bank
Three small crosswords with eight simple clues each and a word bank printed on the page, so younger children can match the answers to the clues and fill the boxes. The number in brackets after each clue tells them how many letters to look for.
Spooky Night
Easy · 8 clues · word bank
Ghost, Bat, Night, Owl, Spider…
Trick or Treat
Easy · 8 clues · word bank
Candy, Costume, Mask, Door, Bag…
The Witch’s House
Easy · 8 clues · word bank
Witch, Hat, Broom, Cat, Potion…
Medium Halloween crosswords
Three crosswords with twelve clues each about monsters, haunted houses and pumpkin patches. No word bank — about right for children from eight or nine.
Monster Mash
Medium · 12 clues
Vampire, Werewolf, Mummy, Zombie, Skeleton…
Haunted House
Medium · 12 clues
Attic, Cellar, Cobweb, Creak, Candle…
Pumpkin Patch
Medium · 12 clues
Pumpkin, Lantern, Carve, Seeds, Stem…
Hard Halloween crosswords
Three bigger crosswords with thirteen or fourteen clues each on Halloween history, creatures of the night and spooky vocabulary. For older kids, teens and adults.
Halloween History
Hard · 13 clues
Samhain, October, Halloween, Turnip, Bonfire…
Creatures of the Night
Hard · 14 clues
Raven, Vampire, Banshee, Phantom, Wraith…
Spooky Words
Hard · 14 clues
Eerie, Sinister, Macabre, Ghastly, Ominous…
All 9 crosswords in one PDF
One file with all nine crosswords in order — easy, medium, hard — and the nine answer keys at the back. Print pages 1–9 for the class and keep 10–18 for yourself.
How to use these puzzles
- Pick a level. Easy crosswords have eight short clues and a word bank. Medium ones have twelve clues and no word bank. Hard ones have thirteen or fourteen clues, some of them on Halloween’s history.
- Download and print page 1. Each PDF is two pages: the crossword, then the answer key. Print at Actual size (100%).
- Count the letters. The number in brackets after each clue is the length of the answer — a big help when two words seem to fit.
- Check with the key. Page 2 shows the finished grid with every answer filled in, plus a list of the Across and Down answers.
More puzzles to make yourself
Prefer a puzzle with your own words? The word search maker, word scramble maker and hangman generator all turn a list you type into a printable sheet.
Questions people ask
Which crossword suits which age?
The three easy crosswords work from about six or seven, because the word bank does half the job. Medium puzzles suit roughly eight to eleven. The hard puzzles use words like epitaph, macabre and Samhain and are meant for teens and adults.
What does the number after each clue mean?
It is how many letters the answer has. “A bird that hoots at night (3)” is OWL.
Are the answers on the same page?
No — each PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2, so you can print just the first page for the children.
Do I need a colour printer?
No. The title is orange on screen, but the grid, numbers and clues are black and print cleanly in black and white.
Can I use these in my classroom?
Yes, print as many as you need. The Halloween History puzzle makes a good starting point for a lesson on where Halloween customs came from.
More Halloween puzzles and games
- Halloween word search — twelve puzzles from picture grids to 25-word challenges.
- Halloween mazes — pumpkin, ghost, skull and bat-shaped mazes.
- Halloween bingo cards — 30 picture cards plus calling cards.
- Halloween coloring pages — pumpkins, witches and friendly ghosts.
- Halloween mandala coloring pages — twelve detailed designs for older kids and adults.
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