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St. Patrick's Day Crossword

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  • Coins
  • Jade
  • Kale
  • Lawn
  • Magic
  • Reel
  • Tale
  • Wish

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Answer key: St. Patrick's Day Crossword

1T2W3MAGIC4KLS5JADEHL6REE7LAW8COINS

Across 3 MAGIC · 5 JADE · 6 REEL · 8 COINS

Down 1 TALE · 2 WISH · 4 KALE · 7 LAWN

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Symbols and Legends 34

  • Beard Red whiskers on a certain chin
  • Blarney Smooth, flattering talk, named for a stone that visitors kiss
  • Buckle Shiny square fastener on a hat band or a shoe
  • Celtic Like the ancient peoples of Ireland, or their looping knot designs
  • Charm Small token carried for good fortune
  • Clover Plant whose rare four-leaf kind is said to be lucky
  • Coins Round gold pieces, perhaps wrapped chocolate ones
  • Crock Old-fashioned word for a clay pot
  • Fairy Tiny winged being who grants favors in storybooks
  • Folklore Sayings, songs and stories that a community passes along by word of mouth
  • Hammer Tool that goes tap-tap on the heel of a boot
  • Harp Stringed instrument that is the national symbol of Ireland
  • Horseshoe Curved iron footwear for a pony, kept as a lucky token
  • Legend Story from long ago that people repeat as if it were history
  • Leprechaun Little bearded man in green who guards a pot of gold
  • Luck What a rabbit's foot or a found penny is said to bring
  • Magic Power to make a pot of gold disappear
  • Mischief Playful troublemaking
  • Myth Old explanation of the world told through gods and monsters
  • Patrick First name in the full title of the March 17 holiday
  • Pixie Small, playful creature of folktales with pointed ears
  • Rainbow Arc of colors said to end at a hidden pot of gold
  • Saint Title shortened to St. in the name of the holiday
  • Shamrock Three-leaved plant that stands for Ireland
  • Shoemaker Trade of the little man in green, often shown mending a single boot
  • Snakes Creatures that an old story says were chased out of Ireland
  • Sneaky Quiet and sly, like someone tiptoeing off with the gold
  • Tale Story, especially a tall one
  • Toadstool Spotted mushroom drawn as a seat for little folk
  • Treasure Riches hidden away, as in a chest
  • Trick Sly prank, the opposite of a treat
  • Vanish To be there one second and gone the next
  • Wee Tiny, as in "a ___ bit"
  • Wish What you make on a star or a birthday candle

Ireland 34

  • Atlantic Ocean that separates Ireland from Newfoundland
  • Bog Soft, wet, spongy ground
  • Brogue Lilting Irish accent, or a sturdy leather shoe
  • Cabbage Leafy vegetable boiled and served with corned beef
  • Castle Stone fortress with towers and a drawbridge
  • Cliffs Steep rock faces where the land drops to the sea
  • Cork City in the south of Ireland, or the bark stopper in a bottle
  • Cottage Whitewashed little home in the countryside
  • County The island of Ireland has 32 of these
  • Dublin Ireland's largest city, on the River Liffey
  • Emerald Deep green gem that gives Ireland its nickname
  • Euro Currency of Ireland, France, Italy and many neighbors
  • Europe Continent that Ireland belongs to
  • Gaelic Name used for the Irish language and its Scottish cousin
  • Galway City on Ireland's west coast that gives its name to a bay
  • Glen Secluded valley, a word common in place names
  • Hurling Fast Irish field sport played with wooden sticks and a small ball
  • Isle Poetic word for an island
  • Kerry Region in the far southwest of Ireland, known for its mountains and lakes
  • Limerick City in western Ireland whose name is also a kind of funny poem
  • Linen Cloth woven from flax, long made in Ireland
  • Lough Irish word for a lake, pronounced like "lock"
  • Meadow Grassy field full of wildflowers
  • Oats Grain cooked into porridge
  • Pasture Fenced grassland where cows graze
  • Peat Brown, earthy fuel cut in blocks and dried for the fire
  • Potato Underground crop mashed with butter and milk
  • Scone Small baked round, split and spread with jam and cream
  • Shannon Ireland's greatest river, longer than any other on the island
  • Sheep Woolly grazer that dots Irish hillsides
  • Thatch Roof covering of bundled straw or reeds
  • Tricolor Three-striped flag, such as Ireland's of green, white and orange
  • Village Tiny community with one main street
  • Wolfhound Tall, shaggy Irish dog breed once kept to hunt

Green Things 37

  • Algae Green film that grows on still water
  • Alligator Gator, in full
  • Artichoke Green globe whose leaves are pulled off and dipped
  • Avocado Pear-shaped fruit with a big pit and buttery green flesh
  • Basil Sweet-smelling herb leaf laid on a pizza
  • Bean String or lima, for example
  • Broccoli Bunch of tight green florets on a thick stalk
  • Cactus Spiny plant such as the saguaro
  • Celery Crunchy stalk with strings
  • Envy Feeling said to turn a person green
  • Fern Shade plant that uncurls from a fiddlehead
  • Gecko Small reptile whose toe pads cling to walls and ceilings
  • Grass Blades that a mower cuts
  • Grasshopper Field leaper that makes music by rubbing its legs on its wings
  • Guacamole Chunky green dip scooped with tortilla chips
  • Iguana Big plant-eating reptile with a crest of spines along its back
  • Inchworm Looping crawler that seems to measure a twig
  • Ivy Leafy climber that covers old college halls
  • Jade Gemstone prized in China, usually a milky green
  • Jungle Steamy home of monkeys and vines
  • Kale Tough, frilly leafy vegetable, baked into chips
  • Kiwi Egg-sized fruit, fuzzy and brown outside, bright green inside
  • Lawn Mowed yard
  • Lettuce Leafy base of a salad
  • Lizard Scaly reptile that suns itself on a rock
  • Mantis Insect that holds its front legs folded as if praying
  • Moss Soft green carpet on a damp rock or log
  • Olive Pitted fruit sliced onto a pizza, green or black
  • Parrot Talkative bird with a hooked beak
  • Parsley Leafy sprig set beside a restaurant dinner
  • Pea Tiny green ball that rolls off a fork
  • Pepper Bell-shaped vegetable that may be green, red or yellow
  • Pesto Uncooked sauce from Genoa that turns spaghetti green
  • Pistachio Pale green nut in a split tan shell
  • Slime Gooey, stretchy stuff, often dyed green
  • Spinach Dark leafy vegetable eaten raw in salads or cooked
  • Spruce Cone-bearing tree, blue or Norway, for example

Parade and Party 35

  • Accordion Squeeze-box with keys and bellows
  • Bagpipes Wind instrument with a bag and drones, loud enough to lead a march
  • Ballad Story told in verses and sung slowly
  • Balloon It pops if it meets a pin
  • Banner Long cloth sign carried by two people
  • Bow tie Formal neckwear shaped like a butterfly
  • Celebrate To mark an occasion with cake and cheering
  • Chicago American city that dyes its river green each March
  • Confetti Paper shower at a celebration
  • Costume What an actor changes into backstage
  • Craft Art project made by hand
  • Crowd Throng of onlookers
  • Cupcake Bakery item peeled out of a pleated wrapper
  • Dancer One who performs steps to music
  • Drum It goes rat-a-tat-tat or boom
  • Festival Fair, feast or fete
  • Fiddle Bowed instrument at the heart of Irish dance music
  • Float Flower-covered stage towed past the onlookers
  • Footprints Tiny green tracks left across a desk overnight
  • Frosting Icing, to many American bakers
  • Glitter Sparkly dust shaken onto wet glue
  • Jig Lively, hopping Irish dance
  • Majorette Baton twirler who leads a marching band
  • Marcher Person stepping in time down the street
  • Parade Line of bands and bagpipers moving through town
  • Pinch Playful nip for anyone not wearing green, by an American custom
  • Piper One who squeezes and blows to make a skirling tune
  • Reel Quick Irish dance tune, or a spool for fishing line
  • Sash Wide ribbon worn across the chest
  • Sidewalk Where onlookers wait for the bands to pass
  • Streamers Rolls of colored paper unspooled over a doorway
  • Suspenders Clip-on straps that do the job of a belt
  • Top hat Tall, flat-crowned headwear
  • Tradition Something a family or town does every year without fail
  • Trap Shoebox snare a class builds to nab a little visitor in green

How this list was compiled: Clues written for this site for elementary classes about the things of March 17: symbols and legends, Ireland the place, green things, and the parade. Every answer is an entry in Wiktionary (en.wiktionary.org), and each fact about Ireland and the day was checked against English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org, CC BY-SA 4.0) in October 2026. Legends are called stories. No clue was copied from a published puzzle. Licence: own work

How it works

This St. Patrick's Day crossword puzzle is a printable vocabulary crossword about the things of March 17: shamrocks and leprechauns, Ireland the place, green things and the parade. Dublin, the Shannon and the tricolor are in the Ireland set.

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Four sets and a short one

Short Words keeps every answer to 5 letters or fewer: Harp, Jig, Luck, Moss. Symbols and Legends has Shamrock, Horseshoe and Blarney. Ireland has Dublin, Galway, Hurling and Wolfhound. Green Things has Gecko, Pistachio and Artichoke. Parade and Party has Bagpipes, Majorette and Confetti.

What the clues say about the day

The clues keep to symbols, places and customs: March 17, the three-leaved shamrock, the river that Chicago dyes green. Stories are called stories, such as the snakes chased out of Ireland.

  • Green Things has no holiday word in it, for a class that keeps the day as a color day.

Questions and answers

Is there a St. Patrick's Day crossword puzzle for 2nd grade?

Short Words is the nearest: answers of 5 letters or fewer, eight to a puzzle, with a word bank. No set is tied to a grade, and a few answers, such as Lough and Peat, will be new to most second graders.

Does the St. Patrick's Day crossword puzzle print with answers?

Yes. The answer key is the last sheet of each print. Under the puzzle, Show all clues and answers opens the full list of clues.

When is St. Patrick's Day?

March 17, every year. The day is named for Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and its symbols are the shamrock, the harp and the color green.

Which places in Ireland are in the clues?

Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Kerry and the River Shannon, with the Atlantic to the west. All seven are answers in the Ireland set, and under All.

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