Labor Day Crossword Puzzle for the First Week of School

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Labor Day Crossword

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Answer key: Labor Day Crossword

1S2COOLER3VE4BACKYARDCS5MONDAYUTCI6RK7HOOE8LAWNCHAIR9LMDAMTKO10PARADE11BEACHIK12CAMPING

Across 2 COOLER · 4 BACKYARD · 5 MONDAY · 8 LAWNCHAIR · 10 PARADE · 11 BEACH · 12 CAMPING

Down 1 SEERSUCKER · 3 VACATION · 6 ROADTRIP · 7 HAMMOCK · 9 LAKE

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The Holiday 20

  • Backyard Grassy space behind a house, good for a cookout
  • Beach Sandy shore for one more swim before school
  • Camping Sleeping in a tent outdoors
  • Canada Country whose Labour Day, spelled with a u, falls on the same day
  • Cooler Insulated box that keeps drinks cold
  • Hammock Swinging bed of rope or cloth hung between two trees
  • Lake Body of fresh water for a last swim
  • Lawn chair Folding seat for sitting outside
  • Monday Day of the week Labor Day always falls on
  • Parade Marchers and banners; New York City held the first Labor Day one in 1882
  • Picnic Lunch packed in a basket and eaten at the park
  • Relax Rest and take it easy
  • Road trip Long drive with family or friends, just for fun
  • Seersucker Puckered cloth that old fashion rules put away after Labor Day
  • September Month of Labor Day
  • Summer Season whose unofficial end Labor Day marks
  • Swimsuit What you wear to the pool
  • Vacation Time off for a trip
  • Weekend Saturday and Sunday; the holiday stretches it to three days
  • White Color once thought wrong to wear after Labor Day

How It Began 20

  • Chicago Illinois city where the railroad-car walkout of 1894 began
  • Child labor Putting young children to work in mills and mines, now limited by law
  • Congress Body that passed the 1894 bill making the holiday national
  • Contract Written agreement on pay and hours
  • Employee Person who works for a company for pay
  • Employer The person or company you work for
  • Factory Building where goods are made on an assembly line
  • Knights The ___ of Labor, a workers' group of the 1880s
  • Laborer Worker who does hard physical work
  • Minimum wage Lowest hourly pay the law allows
  • Oregon In 1887, the first state to make Labor Day a public holiday
  • Overtime Extra hours beyond the usual week, often at higher pay
  • Paycheck Payment a worker gets each week or two
  • Picket Line of protesting workers carrying signs outside a workplace
  • Pullman Railroad-car company whose 1894 walkout came just before the holiday became law
  • Shift Set block of hours on the job, such as the night one
  • Strike When workers stop working to demand change
  • Toronto Canadian city whose labor parades gave an organizer the idea in 1882
  • Union Group of workers who join together to bargain
  • Wages Money paid for work by the hour or the day

Jobs and Tools 20

  • Bricklayer Worker who builds walls with mortar
  • Carpenter Builder who works with wood
  • Drill Power tool that bores holes
  • Electrician Worker who puts in wiring and outlets
  • Engineer Person who designs bridges, machines or roads
  • Farmer Person who grows crops and raises livestock
  • Hard hat Helmet worn on a building site
  • Janitor Worker who cleans and cares for a building
  • Librarian Worker who helps you find books
  • Miner Worker who digs coal or ore underground
  • Nurse Hospital worker who cares for patients
  • Overalls Work pants with a bib and shoulder straps
  • Painter Worker who puts a fresh coat on walls
  • Surgeon Doctor who operates
  • Tailor Worker who sews and alters clothes
  • Tape measure Roll-up ruler
  • Toolbox Case that holds a worker's tools
  • Truck driver Worker who hauls goods on the highway
  • Welder Worker who joins metal with heat
  • Wrench Tool for turning nuts and bolts

How this list was compiled: 60 clues written for this site in three sets: the holiday, how it began, and jobs and tools. History clues were checked against English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) in September 2026. No living politician, party or present-day union is named. No clue was copied from a published puzzle. Licence: own work

How it works

This Labor Day crossword puzzle has three sets: the holiday, how it began, and jobs and tools. It is a vocabulary crossword, and the history set names no living politician, party or present-day union.

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How it began, in clues

How It Began runs from the 1882 parade in New York City and the Knights of Labor to Oregon's state holiday in 1887, the Pullman walkout in Chicago and the federal law of 1894.

Print or solve

Print gives Letter or A4 with the answer key last. For grades 2 and 3, choose The Holiday and tick Word bank under the clues.

  • Jobs and Tools makes a good first-week talk: ask each student which job on the list they would pick.

Questions and answers

Is there a Labor Day crossword 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.

What grades is the Labor Day crossword for?

The Holiday and Jobs and Tools suit grades 2 to 5. How It Began suits grades 4 to 8. These bands are our judgement, not a published standard.

Does the puzzle take sides on unions?

No. How It Began keeps to dates and events from 1882 to 1894 and plain work words such as Wages, Shift and Contract. No present-day union, party or politician is named.

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