Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle
by David Pleacher
Determine the answer for each of the twenty-eight clues below.
Then fill those words in the boxes below.
3-letter word
1. A dessert that often includes pumpkin or apple.
4-letter words
2. Maize.
3. The season of Thanksgiving (also known as autumn).
4. Another name for sweet potatoes.
5-letter word
5. What you do to a turkey before you eat it.
6-letter words
6. The main course at many Thanksgiving meals.
(one of these is pardoned by the President of the United States)
7. What the holiday is all about - "Giving ______ ."
8. This annual Thanksgiving event takes place in New York City.
9. The sound made by a turkey.
10. What is usually said before the meal.
7-letter words
11. A bright orange squash used to make pies.
12. This Native American, also known as Tisquantum, helped the Pilgrims
after their first winter in the new World and was integral to their survival.
13. These vegetables are like baby cabbages, but they are not from Belgium
despite the name.
14. Bringing in the crops (the yield from plants in a single growing season).
15. Thanksgiving commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the
Pilgrims and the _______.
16. Thanksgiving is a time when family and _____ gather to give thanks.
17. The country that the Pilgrims came from.
8-letter words
18. The famous rock where the Mayflower landed.
19. The main sport that is watched on TV on Thanksgiving day.
20. Thanksgiving is always celebrated on this day of the week.
21. Thanksgiving is always celebrated in this month of the year.
22. These English settlers landed at Plymouth Rock.
23. This gets cooked inside the turkey.
24. Remember what we are ______ for.
9-letter words
25. The name of the Pilgrim's ship.
26. This fruit is used to make a red-jellied side dish.
10-letter word
27. Horn of plenty.
12-letter word
28. The fourth Thursday of November (according to a joint resolution
signed by Congress and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941)
