Board Games Crossword for Seniors

This medium crossword about board games has 16 clues on an 11 by 11 grid.

A clue averages 9.2 words, and the sheet prints with larger clue text and lines for a name and the date.

It opens with "A game of sliding and bumping based on the ancient Pachisi" at 3 Across, five letters.

  • 16 clues
  • 11 x 11 grid
  • Medium
  • Answers 4 to 8 letters

Where to start

  1. 3 Across (5)A game of sliding and bumping based on the ancient Pachisi
  2. 11 Across (8)The classic crossword game of building words for points
  3. 1 Down (4)A flat piece used to build words in Scrabble

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Across

  1. 3. A game of sliding and bumping based on the ancient Pachisi
  2. 7. The royal game of kings and grandmasters
  3. 9. The castle-like piece that moves in straight lines
  4. 11. The classic crossword game of building words for points
  5. 14. The most numerous piece on a sixty-four square grid
  6. 15. A shuffled stack of cards waiting to be drawn

Down

  1. 1. A flat piece used to build words in Scrabble
  2. 2. What you do when you cannot or choose not to make a move
  3. 4. A horizontal row on a chessboard
  4. 5. Standard cubic randomizers for many parlor games
  5. 6. The final destination for a piece in Mouse Trap or Life
  6. 8. Game of hidden ranks where the goal is to capture the flag
  7. 10. Game where players trade sheep and ore to build settlements
  8. 11. A single unit of space on a checkerboard
  9. 12. The piece that is restricted to diagonal movement
  10. 13. What a property becomes once you add houses or hotels

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