Spring Crossword Puzzles Printable for March, April and May

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Spring Crossword

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  • Egg
  • Frog
  • Grow
  • Hail
  • Melt
  • Mow
  • Stem
  • Tidy

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Answer key: Spring Crossword

1S2HTAEI3M4EL5T6GGI7FROGDOY8MOW

Across 3 MELT · 7 FROG · 8 MOW

Down 1 STEM · 2 HAIL · 4 EGG · 5 TIDY · 6 GROW

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Spring Weather 24

  • Boots Tall rubber footwear for wet days
  • Breeze Light, gentle wind
  • Cloud White or gray shape that drifts overhead
  • Daylight Each spring day has a little more of it than the day before
  • Dew Tiny drops found on the lawn early in the morning
  • Drizzle Very light fall of tiny drops
  • Fog Gray haze near the ground that hides the end of the road
  • Forecast It tells you tomorrow's weather
  • Gust Sudden, strong rush of wind
  • Hail Balls of ice that bounce when they hit the ground
  • Lightning Bright zigzag flash that comes before a loud boom
  • Melt What snow does on a sunny day
  • Mud Wet, squishy dirt
  • Puddle Small pool on the sidewalk that is fun to jump in
  • Rain It falls in drops on an April day
  • Rainbow Arc of colors that appears when the sun comes out on a wet day
  • Season Spring is one; so is fall
  • Showers In the old rhyme, April ___ bring May flowers
  • Storm Rough weather that can knock out the power
  • Sunshine Bright light on a day with no clouds
  • Thaw What frozen ground does when the cold ends
  • Thunder Loud boom that follows a flash
  • Umbrella You open it over your head on a wet day
  • Windy Like a day when hats blow off and wash flaps on the line

Flowers and Garden 43

  • Asparagus Green spears eaten as a spring vegetable
  • Bloom To open into a flower
  • Blossom Flower on a fruit tree, such as an apple or a pear tree
  • Bud Tightly closed flower that has not opened yet
  • Carrot Orange vegetable that fattens underground
  • Cherry Tree whose spring flowers draw crowds to Washington, D.C.
  • Clover Small plant with three round leaflets; finding four means luck
  • Compost Rotted leaves and kitchen scraps that help plants thrive
  • Crocus Small flower that is one of the first to open as winter ends
  • Daffodil Yellow spring flower shaped like a trumpet
  • Daisy Flower with a yellow center that children link into chains
  • Dandelion Yellow lawn flower that turns into a white puff you can blow
  • Dig Make a hole in the ground
  • Garden Plot where vegetables or flowers are raised
  • Gloves They keep your hands clean while you work in the dirt
  • Greenhouse Glass building where young plants stay warm
  • Grow Get bigger day by day
  • Hose Long tube that brings water from the faucet to the yard
  • Iris Tall flower; also the colored part of your eye
  • Leaf Flat green part of a plant that soaks up sunlight
  • Lettuce Leafy vegetable picked for salads
  • Lilac Bush with sweet-smelling clusters of purple flowers
  • Maple Tree tapped for syrup as winter ends and spring begins
  • Mow Cut the grass
  • Nectar Sweet liquid deep inside a flower
  • Pansy Flower whose dark markings can look like a face
  • Peas Small round green vegetables that come in a pod
  • Petal One of the colored parts of a flower
  • Pollen Yellow flower powder that coats cars in spring
  • Rake Tool with a row of teeth for clearing old leaves
  • Root Part of a plant that grows down into the ground
  • Seed You bury it, and a plant comes up
  • Shovel Tool with a long handle for making deep holes
  • Soil Dark, crumbly dirt for planting
  • Sow Scatter seeds over the ground
  • Sprout First tiny shoot that pushes up out of the ground
  • Stem Stalk that holds a flower up
  • Strawberry Red berry with a green cap, good with shortcake
  • Trowel Small hand tool for filling a flowerpot
  • Tulip Cup-shaped flower that grows from a bulb
  • Violet Small purple flower that shares its name with a color
  • Weed Plant that comes up where you do not want it
  • Wheelbarrow Cart with one wheel for moving dirt

Baby Animals, Birds and Bugs 38

  • Ant Tiny insect that lives in a hill and marches in a line
  • Bee Buzzing insect with a stinger that visits flowers
  • Bunny Pet name for a rabbit
  • Butterfly Insect with big, colorful wings that sips from flowers
  • Calf Baby cow
  • Caterpillar Fuzzy crawler that munches leaves before it grows wings
  • Chick Fluffy yellow baby that pecks its way out of a shell
  • Chirp Short, high sound a small bird makes
  • Cocoon Silk case that a young moth spins around itself
  • Cub Baby bear or baby fox
  • Cygnet Baby swan
  • Duckling Baby duck
  • Egg It has a shell, a white and a yolk
  • Fawn Baby deer with white spots
  • Feather One of the soft, light things that cover a bird
  • Foal Baby horse
  • Frog Green hopper that croaks on warm nights
  • Geese Honking birds that fly in a V-shaped flock
  • Gosling Baby goose
  • Hatch Break out of a shell, as a baby bird does
  • Hen Female chicken
  • Hive Home of a busy, buzzing colony
  • Honey Sweet, sticky golden food that comes in a comb or a jar
  • Kid Baby goat
  • Ladybug Small red beetle with black spots
  • Lamb Baby sheep
  • Migrate Travel a long way at the same time each year, as many birds do
  • Nest Cup of twigs and straw where a bird raises its young
  • Owlet Baby owl
  • Peep High, tiny sound from a newborn bird
  • Piglet Baby pig
  • Pond Small body of still water where ducks paddle
  • Robin Songbird with a reddish-orange breast and bright blue eggs
  • Snail Slow crawler that carries a spiral shell
  • Song Music a bird makes at dawn
  • Tadpole Swimming baby with a tail that will soon have legs and hop
  • Wool Sheep's thick coat, often clipped off as the weather warms
  • Worm Wiggly animal that tunnels through dirt

Outdoor Play and Spring Cleaning 28

  • Baseball Sport with a pitcher, a catcher and nine innings
  • Bat Wooden or metal club that a hitter swings
  • Bike You pedal it
  • Broom Long-handled brush for the porch steps
  • Bubbles You blow them through a wand
  • Chalk Sticks for drawing on the sidewalk
  • Closet Where winter coats go when warm days come
  • Donate Give outgrown clothes to someone who can use them
  • Dust Gray fluff that gathers on shelves
  • Helmet Hard hat for a rider or a batter
  • Hike Long walk in the woods or the hills
  • Hopscotch Sidewalk game of numbered squares and a tossed stone
  • Jacket Light coat for a cool morning
  • Kite Toy with a tail that flies at the end of a long string
  • Mitt Padded leather glove for catching a ball
  • Mop Stringy tool for washing floors
  • Park Public green space with paths, benches and a playground
  • Picnic Meal eaten outside on a blanket
  • Recess Outdoor break in the school day
  • Rope You jump over it as it turns
  • Scooter Ride with a handlebar that you push with one foot
  • Slide Climb the ladder, sit down and whoosh to the bottom
  • Sneeze What an itchy nose makes you do: achoo
  • Sponge It soaks up soapy water
  • Swing Playground seat that hangs from two chains
  • Tag Chasing game in which one player is "it"
  • Tidy Neat, with everything in its place
  • Window Wash it to let in more light; open it to let in air

Spring Days and Holidays 27

  • Arbor ___ Day, a day for planting trees, the last Friday in April
  • Basket Woven holder with a handle for carrying treats
  • Bouquet Bunch of cut flowers tied together as a gift
  • Card Folded paper greeting you can make by hand
  • Clocks Most of the United States sets these one hour ahead in March
  • Dye Color eggshells by dipping them
  • Earth Planet with its own day on April 22
  • Easter Spring holiday kept on a Sunday, in March or April in most churches
  • Equinox Day in March when day and night are almost the same length
  • Flag Stars and stripes flown on a pole
  • Fool Someone tricked on April 1 is called an April ___
  • Groundhog Animal whose shadow on February 2 is said to mean six more weeks of winter
  • Holi Hindu spring festival when people toss colored powder
  • Hunt Search for hidden eggs
  • Leprechaun Tiny bearded shoemaker of Irish tales who guards hidden gold
  • Litter Trash on the ground that volunteers pick up
  • Maypole Tall pole with ribbons that dancers circle on May 1
  • Memorial ___ Day, the last Monday in May, honors those who died in military service
  • Mother In the United States, her day is the second Sunday in May
  • Nowruz Persian New Year, held as spring begins
  • Parade Marching bands and floats moving down a street
  • Passover Jewish spring holiday with a seder meal
  • Poetry April is its national month in the United States
  • Prank Harmless trick played on the first day of April
  • Recycle Turn old cans, paper and bottles into something new
  • Sapling Young tree, just the right size for planting
  • Shamrock Green sprig with three leaflets, worn on March 17

How this list was compiled: 160 clues written for this site for elementary classes. Months are Northern Hemisphere months and holiday dates follow the United States; each date and nature fact was checked against English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) in September 2026. Holiday words sit only in Spring Days and Holidays, so the other sets suit a class that keeps none of them. No clue was copied from a published puzzle. Licence: own work

How it works

These spring crossword puzzles, printable on Letter or A4, keep every holiday word in one set, so the other five suit any class. They are vocabulary crosswords that open on short words such as Rain, Lamb and Kite.

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Short words first, then five themes

Short Spring Words holds answers of 3 or 4 letters, from Mud and Bud to Foal and Kite. Spring Weather has Puddle, Drizzle and Rainbow. Flowers and Garden has Tulip, Pollen and Compost. Baby Animals, Birds and Bugs has Tadpole, Duckling and Robin. Outdoor Play and Spring Cleaning has Hopscotch, Picnic and Mop.

Dates a class can find on the calendar

Spring Days and Holidays clues carry real dates: Earth Day on April 22, Arbor Day on the last Friday in April, Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. Months are Northern Hemisphere months and the dates follow the United States.

  • For first and second graders, stay on Short Spring Words, keep the word bank on and take clues away with their crosses until 6 are left.
  • New puzzle draws another grid from the same set. The answer key prints last, and the line that starts "Print gives" has the page count.
  • Before a planting unit, untick Word bank under the clues in More options and print Flowers and Garden to see which words the class knows.

Questions and answers

Which holidays are in the clues?

St. Patrick's Day, April Fools' Day, Easter, Passover, Holi, Nowruz, Earth Day, Arbor Day, May Day, Mother's Day and Memorial Day, with Groundhog Day as the lead-in. They sit only in Spring Days and Holidays, and under All, so the other five sets have none.

What grades are the spring clues written for?

Short Spring Words suits about grades 1 and 2, with answers such as Mud, Egg and Nest. The themed sets suit grades 2 to 5. Wheelbarrow and Caterpillar, at 11 letters, are the longest answers. These bands are our judgement, not a published standard.

Do the dates work outside the United States?

Earth Day is April 22 worldwide, but Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Arbor Day and the clock change follow the United States, and the months are those of a northern spring. Classes elsewhere can use the other five sets.

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