July Crossword Puzzle

Print a criss-cross vocabulary crossword for July: the calendar, July holidays, the 1969 Moon landing, history, heat and picnics.

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  • Caesar
  • Canada
  • Crab
  • Fireworks
  • Heat wave
  • Larkspur
  • Lemonade
  • Parade
  • Picnic
  • Ruby
  • Seventh
  • Winter

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Answer key: July Crossword

1PICNI2CA3WINTERA4L5PD6S7LA8HEATWAVEERRVMKA9FIREWORKSDNNP10CAESA11RTAURUHDRABEBY

Across 1 PICNIC · 3 WINTER · 8 HEATWAVE · 9 FIREWORKS · 10 CAESAR

Down 2 CANADA · 4 LARKSPUR · 5 PARADE · 6 SEVENTH · 7 LEMONADE · 10 CRAB · 11 RUBY

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July on the Calendar 22

  • August Month that follows July
  • Caesar Julius ___, born in July, as its name recalls
  • Chromium The color of July's gem is due to the presence of this
  • Corundum Mineral of both July's red gem and the sapphire
  • Crab Clawed creature of July's first zodiac sign
  • Delphinium Garden flower on an erect stem, named from the Greek word for dolphin
  • Fifth July's rank back when March opened the year
  • January Northern month whose season July matches south of the equator
  • Julian Calendar whose name honors the same man as July does
  • June The month just before July
  • Larkspur July birthday bloom that hides a bird in its name
  • Leo Zodiac sign of the lion, from late July
  • Midpoint July 2 holds this spot in a common year
  • Quarter Three-month block; the year's third begins on July 1
  • Quintilis July's Roman name until 44 BC
  • Ruby Red gem that is July's birthstone
  • Senate Roman body that renamed the month in 44 BC
  • Seventh July's place among the twelve months
  • Thirty-one How many days July has
  • Warmest On average, what July is in most of the northern half of the world
  • Water lily July's second birthday bloom, whose leaves lie on the surface of a lake
  • Winter July's season in the Southern Hemisphere

July Days and Holidays 22

  • Band Brass, woodwinds and a baton at the head of the march
  • Bastille Stronghold already due to be torn down when it fell on July 14, 1789
  • Canada Northern nation whose big day is July 1
  • Chess Board game with a United Nations world day on July 20
  • Declaration Congress agreed on its wording on July 4, 1776
  • Dominion The July 1 holiday up north was ___ Day until 1982
  • Fireworks They pop and sparkle overhead on July 4
  • Float A tractor pulls it past the crowd, crepe paper fluttering
  • Fourth July day Americans call Independence Day
  • France Country whose national day is July 14
  • Friendship What a pen pal offers; its international day is July 30
  • Idaho It became the 43rd state on July 3, 1890
  • Maple Tree whose leaf is on the red-and-white flag of the nation born on July 1
  • Ottawa Northern seat of government; its televised July 1 shows began in the late 1960s
  • Parade Drummers, twirlers and fire engines go by
  • Paris City whose July 14 march ends at a square where the president stands
  • Population The people of the planet, counted; World ___ Day is July 11
  • Provinces The country formed on July 1, 1867, began with four of these
  • Resolution What Congress adopted on July 2, 1776, two days before the famous date
  • Tiger Big cat with a worldwide day of its own every July 29
  • Tricolor Blue, white and red flag of the nation whose day is July 14
  • Wyoming Grand Teton and Yellowstone are its two national parks; statehood came on July 10, 1890

The Moon Landing of July 1969 24

  • Apollo ___ 11 left Earth on July 16, 1969, and was back on July 24
  • Astronaut Person who rides a rocket for a living
  • Columbia Mother ship of the 1969 Moon crew, named after a cannon in an 1865 novel
  • Countdown T minus ten, T minus nine: the call from the control room
  • Crater The Moon lander was steered away from boulders beside a big one
  • Dust The Moon lander's engine kicked up clouds of it
  • Eagle Bird whose name the first crewed Moon lander bore
  • Florida State the Moon rocket left on July 16, 1969
  • Footprint Shape a boot presses into soft ground
  • Giant "One ___ leap for mankind"
  • Houston City the crew radioed from the Moon
  • Ladder Moon lander's nine-rung way down to the surface
  • Lunar Word for anything that belongs to the Moon
  • Module Unit of a spaceship, such as the lander or the command ship
  • Orbit Path of a spacecraft that circles the Moon without landing
  • Pacific Waters where a carrier waited for the returning Moon crew
  • Plaque Moon lander's sign that says "We came in peace for all mankind"
  • Quarantine The Moon crew's 21 days sealed off after coming home
  • Rocks Moon ___: part of the 47.5 pounds of samples flown home
  • Saturn The ___ V rocket lifted the Moon crew off on July 16, 1969
  • Splashdown Ocean landing that ended the Moon trip on July 24, 1969
  • Television Families crowded around one to see the Moon walk
  • Tranquility The 1969 Moon landing site lay in the Sea of ___
  • Twenty Date in July 1969 when two men landed on the Moon

July in History 24

  • Atlantis Shuttle whose landing on July 21, 2011, ended the program
  • Bread What a Missouri bakery began selling pre-cut on July 7, 1928
  • Convention The first one on women's rights opened in New York State on July 19, 1848
  • Erie Digging of the ___ Canal began on July 4, 1817
  • Hawaii Its star reached the flag in July 1960, making 50
  • Jupiter Planet struck by pieces of a comet in July 1994
  • Mariner ___ 4 flew past Mars in July 1965 with the first close-up photos
  • NASA Its founding law, the Space Act, was signed on July 29, 1958
  • Patent Inventors apply for one; the first in the US is dated July 31, 1790
  • Pathfinder Mars ___ landed on the Red Planet on July 4, 1997
  • Pluto New Horizons flew past this world on July 14, 2015
  • Potomac A law signed on July 16, 1790, put the future seat of government along this river
  • Quebec City founded by a French explorer on July 3, 1608
  • Rosetta A French officer found the ___ Stone in July 1799
  • Rover Moon car first driven on July 31, 1971
  • Sheep Kind of animal that Dolly, born on July 5, 1996, was
  • Skylab Its debris fell on the Indian Ocean and Western Australia on July 11, 1979
  • Sojourner Six-wheeled robot that rolled onto Mars in July 1997
  • SOS Distress call in dots and dashes, in force since July 1, 1908
  • Stamp The first US ones for letters went on sale July 1, 1847
  • Viking ___ 1 landed on Mars on July 20, 1976
  • Walden Pond where Thoreau began his stay in a cabin on July 4, 1845
  • Webb Space telescope whose first color pictures came out in July 2022
  • Zeppelin A count gave his name to this airship, which first flew on July 2, 1900

Heat, Storms and Stars 24

  • Aphelion Our planet drifts widest from the Sun at this spot, each July
  • Breeze It ruffles the flag and cools your neck
  • Cricket "The ___ as a Thermometer" was the title of an 1897 science article
  • Cumulonimbus Kind of cloud in which electrical storms occur
  • Degrees They rise on a hot afternoon: 90, 95, 100
  • Dog days The hot, sticky stretch that starts early in July
  • Hail Frozen pellets that bounce off the porch roof
  • Heat wave Day after day of sizzling afternoons
  • Humid Said of air damp enough to make a shirt cling
  • Lightning Its channel can be hotter than the surface of the Sun
  • Mile A boom five seconds after the flash means the strike was about one ___ away
  • Monsoon Rainy pattern that arrives in New Mexico around July
  • Noon Midday hour of the lunch bell
  • Perseids Falling stars that begin to cross the night sky in mid-July
  • Puddle Sparrows bathe in one after a July storm
  • Rainbow Arc of colors when the sun returns after a storm
  • Shade The dog naps in it beneath the oak
  • Sirius The Dog Star, whose name the hottest days borrow
  • Sultry Hot and damp, like the air before a storm
  • Thunder Rumble you hear after the sky flickers
  • Tilt Earth's ___, not its distance from the Sun, brings summer
  • Triangle The Summer ___ joins three bright stars of the night sky
  • Vapor Unseen moisture that makes an afternoon muggy
  • Vega Brightest star of Lyra, one corner of summer's three-star pattern

Picnics, Pools and Camp 27

  • Ants Tiny uninvited guests at an outdoor lunch
  • Baseball Nine innings, three strikes, one home plate
  • Bike Ride it with a helmet on and a bell to ring
  • Blanket Checkered cloth laid down before the hamper opens
  • Bubbles They drift off a dipped wand and pop
  • Bunk Top or bottom bed in a cabin
  • Camp A week of archery, songs and letters home
  • Cannonball Tuck-and-jump that soaks everyone on the deck
  • Canoe Paddlers kneel or sit in this slim boat
  • Chalk Dusty sticks for hopscotch squares
  • Cherry Pie filling picked by the bucket in an orchard
  • Corn Golden ears with silk and a green husk
  • Dock Fishing lines dangle from it into the lake
  • Fair Midway games, funnel cake and a pie contest
  • Ferris The ___ wheel lifts its riders in a slow, high circle
  • Firefly Glowing flier that kids chase across the lawn
  • Flip-flops Open shoes that smack the heel at each step
  • Goggles They leave rings around a swimmer's eyes
  • Ice cream Two cold scoops dripping down a cone
  • Jar Glass home, for one evening, of a blinking bug
  • Lanyard A lifeguard's whistle hangs from one
  • Lemonade Tart citrus sipper from a frosty pitcher
  • Picnic Outdoor meal of sandwiches from a hamper
  • Pool Place to swim laps or just splash
  • Sprinkler Kids in swimsuits dash through its ticking spray
  • Swing Playground seat that sails you toward the sky
  • Watermelon A slice of it starts a seed-spitting contest

How this list was compiled: Clues written for this site for grades 3 to 8. Dates and facts were checked against English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) and pages of NASA, the National Weather Service, the National Archives and the United Nations, in October 2026. Seasons and weather are northern unless a clue says otherwise. Licence: own work

How it works

This July crossword puzzle prints on Letter or A4 with a word bank and answer key. The first puzzle has 12 words, among them Ruby, Larkspur, Fireworks, Parade, Picnic, Lemonade and Heat wave: the whole month, not only the Fourth.

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Six sets after the first words

July on the Calendar has Quintilis, Midpoint, Corundum and Thirty-one. July Days and Holidays has Dominion, Bastille, Tricolor and Resolution. The Moon Landing of July 1969 has Tranquility, Columbia and Splashdown. July in History has Rosetta, Zeppelin, Pathfinder and Patent. Heat, Storms and Stars has Aphelion, Sirius and Monsoon. Picnics, Pools and Camp has Cannonball, Lanyard and Firefly.

Three facts only July has

July 2 is the midpoint of a common year. Early in July, Earth is at its farthest from the Sun. Canada, the United States and France keep their national days on July 1, 4 and 14.

  • July 4 has a few words here, such as Fireworks and Declaration. The Fourth of July crossword has the holiday, 1776 and the flag.

Questions and answers

Is there a free printable July crossword puzzle with answers?

Yes. Press Print and the answer key comes out last, on a sheet of its own. It is free, with no sign-up.

What grades is the July crossword puzzle for?

First July Words, with its word bank, suits grades 3 to 5. The six themed sets suit grades 4 to 8; Aphelion and Quintilis are among the hardest answers. These bands are our judgment, not a published standard.

Why is July called July?

The Roman Senate named it in 44 BC for Julius Caesar, who was born in the month. Before that it was Quintilis, the fifth month of a calendar that began with March.

What are the birthstone and birth flowers for July?

The birthstone is the ruby, and the birth flowers are the larkspur and the water lily. All three are answers, along with Corundum, the mineral that ruby is a variety of.

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