March Crossword Puzzle

Print a criss-cross vocabulary crossword for March: wind and thaw, first flowers, the equinox, Roman history and dates.

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Answer key: March Crossword

1K2LA3MBIU4THI5RD6TEOH7DB8AQUAMARIN9EWFNQ10MFU11SHAMROCKIRDN12SPRINGOLX

Across 2 LAMB · 4 THIRD · 8 AQUAMARINE · 11 SHAMROCK · 12 SPRING

Down 1 KITE · 3 MUD · 5 ROBIN · 6 THAW · 7 DAFFODIL · 9 EQUINOX · 10 MARS

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Wind, Thaw and Mud 24

  • Anemometer Device on a mast whose cups whirl faster as the air speeds up
  • Blustery Said of a day when the wind blows in loud bursts
  • Boots Pulled on over thick socks before a walk down a March lane
  • Breeze Wind soft enough to carry a dandelion seed and no more
  • Drizzle Rain in very fine drops
  • Flood High river after snow melts fast upstream
  • Frost It silvers the lawn at dawn and is gone by recess
  • Gale Wind that snaps twigs from trees, force 8 to a sailor
  • Gust Sudden rush of wind that can snatch a hat
  • Icicle A row of them along the eaves shrinks on a sunny March afternoon
  • Kite It dives and climbs on a long line when March blows hard
  • Lamb March "goes out like" this gentle animal
  • Lion March "comes in like" this roaring animal
  • Mud Melting snow turns dirt roads into this
  • Pinwheel Toy whose folded blades whirl when you run with it
  • Proverb An old saying, such as the one about March's two animals
  • Puddle What a low spot in the playground becomes after a downpour
  • Rainbow To see one, put the sun behind you and a shower in front
  • Sleet It rattles on the window: small pellets of ice
  • Slush Soupy mix of snow and melt underfoot
  • Thaw The end-of-winter melt, when snowbanks shrink day by day
  • Umbrella It folds, and a strong wind can flip it inside out
  • Vane Rooster-topped arrow on a barn roof that swings with the wind
  • Windsock Cone at an airfield that swells and swings when the air moves

Buds, Bulbs and Birds 23

  • Bucket Pail hung on a tree trunk to catch dripping sweetness
  • Bud Tight knob at the tip of a branch, about to unfold
  • Bulb What gardeners bury in October for flowers in March
  • Catkin Fuzzy gray nub on a streamside shrub in early March
  • Crocus Its stems stay underground, so each cup seems to sit on the soil
  • Daffodil Yellow bloom whose botanical name is Narcissus
  • Geese Their noisy V passes overhead on the way north
  • Groundhog Marmot that comes out of its long sleep as the cold ends
  • Hare Its antics in March gave English the saying "mad as a March ___"
  • Jonquil Another common name used for some narcissus flowers
  • Migrate Head north again, as swallows and warblers do about now
  • Nest What a pair of songbirds weave before the eggs come
  • Peeper Small chorus frog of the United States and Canada that prefers ponds
  • Quebec Part of Canada that alone makes 72% of a sweet tree product
  • Robin Red-breasted bird that tugs earthworms from a lawn
  • Sap Sugary liquid collected from holes drilled in tree trunks
  • Snowdrop Small bloom whose genus name joins the Greek for milk and flower
  • Sprout A seed's first shoot above the soil
  • Syrup Sweet pancake topping that starts out in maple trees
  • Trumpet Shape of the cup at the center of some narcissus flowers
  • Tulip Large, showy bloom in red, orange, pink, yellow or white, often with a blotch of another color inside
  • Willow Tree or shrub called "pussy" when its furry flowers appear
  • Worm Soil dweller that comes up after rain

Calendar, Sky and Birthstones 21

  • Aquamarine Pale blue March birthstone
  • Aries Zodiac constellation whose Latin name means "ram"
  • Autumn Season that March begins in the southern half of the world
  • Axis A top has one and so does the Earth: the line it whirls about
  • Beryl Its blue variety is a March gem; its pink one is morganite
  • Bloodstone Dark birthstone flecked with red jasper
  • Daylight What evenings gain when the clocks change in March
  • East Where the Sun rises, almost exactly, on about March 20
  • Equator The line of 0° latitude; the noon Sun is overhead there about March 20
  • Equinox March 20, give or take a day, when the Sun stands over latitude 0
  • Forward Direction the clocks jump on a March night
  • Hemisphere Half of a sphere; March is a fall month in the Southern one
  • Hour What a day loses when clocks skip from 2 to 3 in the morning
  • Leap ___ day, February 29, comes just before March 1
  • Pisces Zodiac constellation pictured as two fishes on cords
  • Quarter March 31 ends the first ___ of the year: 3 months of 12
  • Spring What begins on March 1, by the forecasters' count, in the north
  • Sunday The clocks change on the second one in March
  • Third March is the ___ month of the year
  • Thirty-one Number of days in March
  • Tilt Slant of about 23.4° that sends the Sun's direct rays north after March

Mars and the Roman Year 23

  • Birch Tree in the Ukrainian and Czech names for March
  • Britain Great ___ began its legal year on March 25 until 1752
  • Caesar Leader whose calendar reform of 46 BC is named for him
  • Calends The first day of a Roman month; a word for a chart of dates comes from it
  • Consul From 222 BC to 153 BC his year in office started on March 15
  • Festival Romans held more than one for March's god, mirrored by others in October
  • Gregorian The calendar most of the world uses today
  • Ides The 15th of March on the Roman calendar
  • January Month that took over the start of the Roman year from March
  • Julian Name of the calendar established for the Romans in 46 BC
  • Lide English name for March that came down from the Angles
  • Mars Roman god who gave March its name
  • Martius The Roman name of March
  • Mosaic Roman art of tiny tiles; some that show the months still put March at the head
  • Numa Legendary king credited with giving the year two more months
  • Planet The red one shares its name with March's god
  • Remus The twin son of March's god who did not become king
  • Rome City whose early year began in March
  • Romulus Twin said in legend to have founded the city and its ten-month year
  • Russia Country where March 1 began the numbered year until the late 1400s
  • Soothsayer Fortune-teller whose warning about March 15 is ignored in a 1599 play
  • Tuesday Day whose name in Spanish and in French honors March's god
  • War The Roman god of March was the god of this

Dates in March 23

  • Alaska The treaty to buy it for $7.2 million was signed on March 30, 1867
  • Circle Round figure honored, along with pi, on March 14
  • Congress Its terms began on March 4 until the Twentieth Amendment changed the date
  • Diameter Divide a round thing's distance around by pi and you get this
  • Digits 3, 1 and 4 are the first three of pi
  • Florida It became the 27th state on March 3, 1845
  • Forests March 21 is also the international day of these
  • Fourteen Date of Pi Day in March
  • Gold What fills the hidden pot in Irish folklore
  • Green Shade of a clover leaf and of many March 17 hats
  • Leprechaun Little man in a coat and hat who plays tricks in stories from Ireland
  • Maine It became the 23rd state on March 15, 1820
  • Nebraska It became the 37th state on March 1, 1867
  • Ohio Its statehood is dated to March 1, 1803
  • Parade A long one with pipers is a March 17 custom in many cities
  • Pie Sliced on 3/14 because its name sounds like a famous number
  • Poetry March 21 is the world day for this kind of writing
  • Shamrock Three little leaves on one stem, pinned to a coat on March 17
  • Telephone Invention tested with success by Bell on March 10, 1876
  • Texas It declared independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836
  • Vermont It became the 14th state on March 4, 1791
  • Water The United Nations marks a world day for it on March 22
  • Weather Its world day, March 23, marks the 1950 start of a global science body

How this list was compiled: Clues written for this site for grades 4 to 8. Calendar, sky, Roman and date clues were checked against English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), and the daylight saving and season clues also against the NIST and NASA Space Place pages, in October 2026. Daylight saving clues describe the United States, and the weather is that of the Northern Hemisphere. Licence: own work

How it works

This March crossword puzzle fits Letter or A4, answer key included. The first puzzle has 12 words, among them Shamrock, Equinox, Kite, Thaw, Daffodil, Aquamarine and Spring. It is about the month itself, not only its holidays.

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Five sets after the first words

Wind, Thaw and Mud has Gale, Slush, Windsock and Anemometer. Buds, Bulbs and Birds has Crocus, Catkin, Peeper and Jonquil. Calendar, Sky and Birthstones has Equator, Tilt, Bloodstone and Pisces. Mars and the Roman Year has Ides, Calends, Romulus and Consul. Dates in March has Fourteen, Texas, Telephone and Poetry.

Facts to look up

Older classes can check the dates set against an almanac: Vermont became a state on March 4, 1791, and the treaty to buy Alaska was signed on March 30, 1867.

  • St. Patrick's Day has five words here: Shamrock, Green, Leprechaun, Gold and Parade. The St. Patrick's Day crossword, a separate page, has the rest.

Questions and answers

Is there a free printable March crossword puzzle PDF for middle school students?

Yes. Press Print and choose Save as PDF in the print window; the answer key is the last sheet. For middle school, pick Mars and the Roman Year or Calendar, Sky and Birthstones. Nothing to pay and no account.

What grade are the March crossword puzzles for?

First March Words suits grades 4 to 6. The five themed sets suit grades 5 to 8, and the Roman and dates sets ask the most. These bands are our judgment, not a published standard.

Why is March called March?

The name comes from Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war. Mars, Martius and War are all answers.

What are the birthstone and birth flower for March?

The birthstones are aquamarine and bloodstone, and the birth flower is the daffodil. All three are answers, along with Beryl, the mineral that aquamarine is a variety of.

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