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Fourth of July Crossword

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Answer key: Fourth of July Crossword

1G2RILL3H4PE5PAIUOM6F7L8CONCERTBIENIAURMIO9WATERMELONCNOGWN10CSEOAOARRDOLKEKAS11HOLIDAYU12HOTDOG

Across 1 GRILL · 8 CONCERT · 9 WATERMELON · 11 HOLIDAY · 12 HOTDOG

Down 2 REUNION · 3 HAMBURGER · 4 PICNIC · 5 POTATOSALAD · 6 FIREWORKS · 7 LEMONADE · 10 COOKOUT

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The Holiday 20

  • Barbecue Outdoor party where food is cooked over a fire
  • Bunting Flag-colored fabric draped on porches and railings
  • Carnival Fair with rides, games and cotton candy
  • Concert Band music played outdoors for a crowd
  • Cookout Casual meal cooked and eaten outside
  • Fireworks Rockets that burst into bright colors in the night sky
  • Grill Metal rack over hot coals
  • Hamburger Ground beef patty in a round bun
  • Holiday Day off work and school to celebrate
  • Hot dog Sausage in a long bun
  • Ketchup Tomato sauce squeezed onto a burger
  • Lemonade Sweet and sour drink made from citrus juice and sugar
  • Parade Marching bands, floats and flags going down Main Street
  • Picnic Meal eaten outdoors on a blanket
  • Potato salad Cold side dish of boiled spuds and mayonnaise
  • Reunion Gathering of relatives who have not met in a while
  • Sparkler Hand-held stick that throws off tiny sparks
  • Summer Season of the Fourth in the United States
  • Sunscreen Lotion that stops sunburn
  • Watermelon Big striped fruit with pink flesh and black seeds

1776 and the Declaration 20

  • 1776 Year of the vote for independence
  • Almanac Yearly book of weather, dates and tips, a big seller in the 1700s
  • Britain Country the 13 settlements broke away from
  • Broadside Large sheet printed on one side and posted in public, as the famous document first was
  • Colonies The 13 British settlements that broke away
  • Congress The Second Continental ___ adopted the famous document on the Fourth
  • Declaration Paper adopted on the Fourth that told the world a new country was born
  • Delegate Person sent to speak and vote for a colony
  • Draft First version of a piece of writing
  • Fife Small, shrill flute played with a drum to keep marchers in step
  • Founders Leaders who set up the new country
  • Inkwell Small pot of ink that a writer dipped a pen into
  • Liberty Freedom
  • Minuteman Colonial soldier ready to fight at a moment's notice
  • Parchment Heavy writing sheet made from animal skin, used for important papers
  • Patriot Colonist who backed the fight for freedom
  • Philadelphia Most populous city in Pennsylvania, home of Independence Hall
  • Redcoat Nickname for a British soldier of the 1770s
  • Revolution The war in which the new states won their freedom
  • Thirteen Number of original states

Flag and Symbols 20

  • Anthem Song sung before ballgames, the country's official one since 1931
  • Banner Star-Spangled ___
  • Bell A cracked one in Pennsylvania is a symbol of freedom
  • Canton Blue corner of the flag
  • Capitol Domed building in Washington, D.C., where laws are made
  • Democracy Government by the people
  • Eagle Bald bird named the national bird by law in 2024
  • Fifty Number of states today
  • Flagpole Tall mast the flag flies from
  • Motto Short saying that sums up what a group or a country stands for
  • Nation A country and its people
  • Old Glory Nickname for the flag
  • Pledge The ___ of Allegiance, said to the flag
  • Salute Raised-hand greeting to the flag
  • Seal Official stamp of the United States, called the Great ___
  • Stars 50 of them sit on the blue field of the flag
  • Statue The one in New York Harbor holds up a torch
  • Stripes Seven red and six white run across the flag
  • Uncle Sam Figure from a 1917 recruiting poster who stands for the US government
  • Veteran Person who once served in the armed forces

How this list was compiled: 60 clues written for this site in three sets: the holiday, 1776 and the Declaration, and the flag and other symbols. History clues keep to what English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) states, checked in September 2026; the Declaration was adopted on July 4 and mostly signed on August 2, so no clue says it was signed on the Fourth. Nothing is quoted from it. Licence: own work

How it works

This Fourth of July crossword puzzle has three sets: the holiday, 1776 and the Declaration, and the flag and its symbols. It is a vocabulary crossword, and the history clues keep to checked dates.

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What the 1776 set holds

1776 and the Declaration has Philadelphia, the parchment, the printed broadside, minutemen and redcoats. The Declaration was adopted on July 4 and mostly signed on August 2, so no clue says signed on the Fourth.

More 4th of July puzzles

For a younger class, the 4th of July word search hides the same kind of words with no clues to read. Print gives Letter or A4 with the answer key last.

  • For grades 2 and 3, choose The Holiday, take clues away with their crosses until 8 are left and tick Word bank under the clues.

Questions and answers

Is there a 4th of July crossword puzzle with answers?

Yes. Every print ends with the answer key on a sheet of its own, and Show all clues and answers, under the puzzle, lists all 60 clues with their answers.

Which grades is the July 4 crossword puzzle for?

The Holiday suits grades 2 to 4. Flag and Symbols suits grades 3 to 5, and 1776 and the Declaration grades 4 to 8. These bands are our judgement, not a published standard.

Can a family solve the fourth of July crossword on a phone?

Yes. Tap a square and type. Every phone opens on the same first puzzle, so relatives at another picnic can race you on the same grid.

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