Printable World Crosswords

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US States

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  1. 1. The City of Trees in a land known for potatoes
  2. 3. The only member of the Union that grows coffee commercially
  3. 7. The very first state to ratify the Constitution
  4. 9. Texas city that prides itself on being weird
  5. 10. The top producer of corn in the nation
  6. 11. The Empire State's seat of power
  7. 12. The fuzzy fruit synonymous with Georgia

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  1. 2. It is round on the ends and high in the middle
  2. 3. The capital of the Big Sky Country
  3. 4. It was once known as Sewards Folly
  4. 5. The capital city in the heart of the Mitten State
  5. 6. The sturdy rock that gives New Hampshire its nickname
  6. 8. State where you can find a Great Salt Lake

World Religions

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  1. 1. The original bridge between the physical and the spectral
  2. 2. Ancient paper trail for the gods
  3. 4. A fate that sounds like a kiss from the universe
  4. 7. Fit for a king, provided the king follows the menu
  5. 8. A story that hits home by going around the side
  6. 10. A mouth that speaks for the silent gods
  7. 13. Sitting down near the teacher for some deep secrets
  8. 16. A god's chosen skin in the game of life
  9. 18. Permissible path for the palate
  10. 19. A master of the law who might be your teacher
  11. 20. The path that guides the thirsty to the water

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  1. 1. A mound that holds a piece of the enlightened
  2. 3. A tiered structure often found in a garden of peace
  3. 5. The one whose voice rises above the city five times
  4. 6. A belief that reads the same coming or going
  5. 8. A crowded room for those who are all heart and soul
  6. 9. One who stays at the door until everyone else is inside
  7. 11. The door to the teacher where the kitchen is always open
  8. 12. A weekly pause that refreshes the soul
  9. 14. The wheel that keeps on spinning without a driver
  10. 15. Binding contract worn on the arm and head
  11. 17. The three-letter sound of the entire universe

World Religions

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  1. 1. Cosmic order or duty in Indian religious traditions
  2. 5. The house of worship for a Jewish congregation
  3. 8. Slender tower where a call to prayer is traditionally delivered
  4. 10. A school of Buddhism that emphasizes the value of meditation and intuition
  5. 11. The ultimate state of release from suffering in some Eastern traditions
  6. 12. A person who leads prayers in a mosque
  7. 13. Belief or opinion at odds with established church doctrine

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  1. 1. The Hindu festival of lights symbolizing the victory of light over darkness
  2. 2. A male member of a religious community living under vows
  3. 3. Food that satisfies the requirements of Jewish law
  4. 4. A Sanskrit term for a heavy or influential spiritual guide
  5. 6. One who journeys to a sacred place as an act of devotion
  6. 7. A period of rest and religious observance from Friday sunset to Saturday
  7. 9. The oldest layers of Sanskrit literature and Hindu scripture

World Religions

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  1. 3. Strong belief in a higher power or religion
  2. 4. A building used for religious worship
  3. 7. The central religious text of Islam

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  1. 1. The sacred book of Christianity
  2. 2. A table or platform used for religious rituals
  3. 5. A man who lives in a monastery and takes religious vows
  4. 6. A school of Buddhism focused on meditation

World Capitals

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  1. 1. The finish line for a famous desert rally
  2. 5. Crazy, then escaped in Spain
  3. 6. Meeting place where a tin meets a fruit
  4. 9. A feline and a human walk into a Nepalese valley
  5. 12. A grand duchy that shares its name with its center
  6. 14. A Russian fur without the 'U' in Belarus
  7. 15. Wisdom found in Bulgaria
  8. 17. A high-altitude city that starts with a marsh
  9. 20. Sausage city that isn't quite a frankfurter
  10. 21. Saint James goes to Chile

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  1. 1. A homer-ism followed by a laugh in Qatar
  2. 2. A hater of nets perhaps, but a lover of wisdom
  3. 3. A cigar-smoking paradise that sounds like a question of possession
  4. 4. A bean found in the Andes
  5. 6. This city is an anagram of a radio component
  6. 7. A loud noise and a rooster in the East
  7. 8. A boot worn by a New Zealand leader
  8. 10. Twice the fashion for the Irish?
  9. 11. Smoky bay on a volcanic island
  10. 13. Sprouts from the heart of Europe
  11. 16. The center of Nigeria found inside a jar
  12. 18. Backwards love found in Italy
  13. 19. Half of a solo performance in Norway

World Capitals

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  1. 2. Fair City where one might find Temple Bar
  2. 5. Where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded annually
  3. 6. West African center founded by the Ga people
  4. 8. Reggae birthplace and seventh largest natural harbor
  5. 11. The Eternal City built on seven hills
  6. 12. City of Light known for its wide boulevards and iron tower
  7. 13. The high-altitude home of the Prado Museum
  8. 14. Northern city with a famous Old Quarter near the Red River

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  1. 1. Rapidly growing Persian Gulf city meaning the rounded bay
  2. 3. Departure point for many 15th-century explorers
  3. 4. Vistula River city that rose like a phoenix after 1945
  4. 7. The Bush Capital located between Sydney and Melbourne
  5. 9. The Rideau Canal hub in the Great White North
  6. 10. The Victorious city near the Giza plateau

World Capitals

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  1. 1. Capital city of South Korea
  2. 5. Capital city of Canada
  3. 6. Capital city of Italy
  4. 7. Capital city of Norway

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  1. 2. Capital city of Peru
  2. 3. Capital city of Japan
  3. 4. Capital city of Egypt

US States

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  1. 1. Eroded terrain where it is remarkably good to find fossils
  2. 7. A president, a luxury car, or a capital on the Great Plains
  3. 8. A honeybee's industrious kingdom proposal in the salt desert
  4. 12. Either a ship, a document, or the Nutmeg State's identity
  5. 15. The grassy river that never seems to reach the end of its flow
  6. 16. The big water that sits like a liquid heart in the south
  7. 17. Peaceful name for a city known for trials or Oregonian law

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  1. 2. The sailing capital that houses the midshipmen
  2. 3. One who arrives ahead of the scheduled land rush
  3. 4. A tropical fan that resisted British cannonballs in 1776
  4. 5. A city whose name means wooded in a land of potatoes
  5. 6. A German statesman or a capital city on the high plains
  6. 9. Sticky-footed resident of the land of the longleaf pine
  7. 10. The only state capital without a golden arches franchise
  8. 11. A heliotropic giant that looks toward the light in Topeka
  9. 13. The queen city of the Rockies, born from a gold strike
  10. 14. A high-altitude sapphire shared by two western neighbors

US States

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  1. 1. The capital city of Oregon
  2. 4. The only island state in the union
  3. 6. The Silver State where Las Vegas is located

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  1. 2. The largest state by land area
  2. 3. New England state famous for lobster
  3. 5. Midwestern state known for corn production

South America

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  1. 2. Linguistic thread from the Inca heart
  2. 5. Bird-shaped capital born from the scrubland
  3. 7. Fine-furred relative of the camel
  4. 8. Gaucho's endless grassy carpet
  5. 13. Archipelago where time and evolution branched
  6. 15. The green lungs of the continent
  7. 16. Mother of cities on the Paraguay River
  8. 18. The navel of the ancient world
  9. 19. Orinoco's vast and flooded plains
  10. 20. Lethal route through the Bolivian mist

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  1. 1. Spitting image of Andean transport
  2. 2. Knotted record for those without an alphabet
  3. 3. Armadillo-backed guitar with a high pitch
  4. 4. Divine radiance worshiped at the solstice
  5. 6. Tabletop where the earth meets the sky
  6. 9. Ecuadorian port where rivers meet the sea
  7. 10. Vined brew for a spiritual journey
  8. 11. Bitter infusion shared in a gourd
  9. 12. Southern tip where the wind never sleeps
  10. 14. Where Malbec finds its altitude
  11. 17. Vulture with a massive shadow over the peaks
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