Sports Crossword for ESL Learners

This medium crossword about sports has 15 clues in plain English on an 11 by 11 grid.

93% of the answers are everyday English words rather than names, and a clue averages 6.5 words, so it works as sports vocabulary practice.

Answers run three to eight letters. Start with the short ones below, then use the crossing letters for the longer words.

  • 15 clues
  • 11 x 11 grid
  • Medium
  • Answers 3 to 8 letters

Three short words to start with

  1. 3 Across (4)Move through water using limbs
  2. 5 Across (4)Propel oneself upward into the air
  3. 14 Across (3)Piece of sporting equipment used in baseball

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Across

  1. 1. Throw a baseball, or the mound itself.
  2. 3. Move through water using limbs.
  3. 5. Propel oneself upward into the air.
  4. 6. Bat with a strung frame, used in tennis.
  5. 7. International multi-sport event.
  6. 12. Plunge headfirst into water, or a sharp descent.
  7. 13. Where tennis or basketball is played.
  8. 14. Piece of sporting equipment used in baseball.

Down

  1. 2. Cup or other decorative object given as a prize.
  2. 3. Large open-air venue for sporting events.
  3. 4. Person proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise.
  4. 8. Group of sports teams that compete against each other.
  5. 9. Run at full speed over a short distance.
  6. 10. Trainer of athletes.
  7. 11. Baseball glove.

Answer key

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