Challenging Crossword Puzzles

Challenging Crosswords

These crosswords are intended to be moderately challenging. They are made up of any size words but have less then twenty words in the list. To view or print a challenging crossword puzzle click on its title.

Title	Subject	Instructions / Description	Sample Puzzle Hints
60TH ANNIVERSARY OF PBC	NONE		WHERE CONGREGATION MET AT R-MWC. ACTIVE MISSIONS GROUP IN THE CHURCH. SYMBOLISM OF TWO CANDLES IN SANCTUARY. FIRST PASTOR.
Australia	World Geography		a nickname for Australia. an original Australian instrument. Australia is the smallest -- in the world. a large rock formation in Australia. a marsupial with powerful hind legs.
Bedtime Stories	Society		Night Noises. An Enchanted Evening. Go To Sleep, Abu!. The Monster In The Dark. Just The Way I Like It!.
Between Shades Of Gray	Books	Using the clues, determine the vocabulary word and fill out the crossword	Who is one of the teachers in the book. Who is realted to papa in the book. Jonas lived where . Who does Jonas talk to at home all the time.. Who read the good book to the class .
Birds	Animals		All birds have f________.. Owls have eyes that are f______ - facing.. Ostriches lay the largest e____.. The hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly b_________.. Penguins are birds that cannot ______..
Body Systems	Body		points at which bones meet. consists of organs and tissues that transport materials to body cells. strong, flexible tissue that provides cushioning at your joints. occurs when a bone is pushed out of it's joint. tissue that attach your muscles to bones.
Brain Health	Health		__________ interaction helps to maintain brain vitality.. Foods that are high in _________ are considered protective foods.. Cold water ______ contain beneficial omega-3 fatty acids.. ________ your intake of protective foods.. Lifelong __________ can increase brain health..
Brazil and Belgium	World Geography		Most Urbanized Region in Brazil. A primary industry -oranges, wheat etc.. Unscramble-vegndleopi. Capital of belguim. Main Language in Belgium.
Business Studies	Business and Work		The combination of factors which help a business to take into account customer needs when selling a product, usually summarised with 4 p’s.. The process of gaining information about customers, competitors and market trends through collecting primary and secondary data. The part of the marketing mix that focuses on where a firm’s products are sold. Part of the marketing mix - goods or services made by a business. Part of the marketing mix - how much customers are asked to pay.
Buy Rent Lease	Business and Work		involves a legal document that defines the conditions of a rental agreement between a tenant and a landlord: the term or duration of such a contract . A person who pays for the right to live in a residence owned by someone else . A person who owns a rental property . A portion of the purchase price, paid when a contract is agreed upon, it shows the buyer is serious: an arrangement made under contractual provisions between transacting parties . Money held by a landlord to ensure the tenant abides by the lease and doesn’t damage the property .
Canadas Mineral Wealth	World Geography		used to mine oilsands, coal and other minerals that are located un horizontal layers near the surface. naturally occuring, pure, non-living substance found in rocks. any mineral that can be burned to produce energy (coal, natural gas, oil etc.). non-metallic minerals such as salt or asbestos, used in industry and manufacturing. rock that contains enough valuable minerals to make mining profitable.
Carleigh's Crossword Puzzle	NONE		lacking knowledge. grooved. an upward current of air. to slide. to become aware of using your senses.
Characteristics of Life	Society		Process by which metabolic wastes are eliminated from the body. The act or the means by which a molecule or ion is moved across the cell membrane or via the bloodstream.. The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.. The process by which cells break down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain.. The process of increasing in physical size..
Circles	Math		A line that intersects a circle in exactly one point. is an arc whose endpoints are the endpoints of a diameter.It has a measure of 180 . arc has a measure that is greater 180. A segment whose endpoints are 2 points. A line that intersects a circle in exactly one point.
Civil War	History	Use the Hints to write in the word!	The U.S. had a giant state and they needed a slave state and a free state. So people would vote which would be a slave or free. In the end, Kansas became a slave state and Nebraska became a free state. A group of people joining together, another name for the North or the United States during the Civil War. People who were against slavery and wanted to rebel it. The U.S. states (Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia, and Missouri) that were slave states but didn't join the Confederate States and stayed with the Union. restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or pretty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
Climate Change	Earth Sciences	Complete the puzzle below	What happens to polar ice caps because of climate change. What is a main cause of greenhouse gases. Where can most greenhouse gases be found. What country is the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide. What is the name of the energy source that uses the suns rays as a power source.
Days of the Week English to Spanish	Holidays and Seasons	Los días de la semana	Monday. Saturday. Thursday. Tuesday. Sunday.
Determining Price and Additional Factors Affecting Price	Business and Work	Fill in the blanks and use the words to complete the crossword puzzle.	Businesses will often create a _______ to control their variable costs.. Using this formula, a business can determine the ______ necessary for profit.. Fixed costs are costs that do not change regardless of the ________ or decrease in the amount of goods or services produced.. The more products a company produces, the _________ the cost of each individual product will be.. ____________ is the selling price minus the variable costs..
DINNER TIME	Food		comes from a cow. it's breakable. a vegetable. a fruit. it's expected at the table.
Disney	Entertainment	Figure out these famous Disney things	likes warm hugs. Wears blue and blue. Let It Go. lives with 7 little men. Fastest racecar.
Dog Nutrient	Animals		Proteins are made of this kind of acid. Dogs are these kind of eater. What is the number one crop grown in Delaware?. This must be included on the dog food label. The dogs food standards must meet this group's requirements.
Earth Spheres	Science		seismic waves with particles of rock that move back and forth. mostly made of iron. strength of an earthquake. part of earth where life exist. all water on, under or above earth.
Economics	Business and Work		an arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to exchange things.. when goods price is lower consumer will buy more of it.. one's own persona gain.. firms purchase the factors of production form households.. financial gain made in transaction. .
Electric Vehicles	Other		FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. THE DISTANCE A CAR WILL DRIVE ON A SINGLE CHARGE OF THE BATTERY. STORES ELECTRICAL ENERGY. CHEVY'S DESIGN TO BE ALL ELECTRIC FOR 40 MILES, THEN USE GAS. MEASURED BY THE TIME IT TAKES A CAR TO ACCELRATE FROM 0-HIGHER SPEEDS.
Enders Game	Books - Science Fiction	Enders Game Book	A formation of small warships . Enlist compulsorily typically into the arred services. Formula declares ones abdonment. Person who is killed due to their religion. Causing horror or disgust .
Ethics in Technology	Technology	Write the word described in the boxes	expressing opinions freely. a computer that can do things normally done by a human. keep things personal without bother or interference. Transferring something between computers or taking it from the internet. when there is not a name given.
Filing System	NONE	Read each of the description and place the correct word in each box according to the topic studied in class.	To remove something from a surface or disc.. To file something __________________ is to put all items from one area together.. Are office documentations of clients kept in an organized way.. Use to store digital information. Type of transparent bags, useful to store pictures..
Genetics	Health		the scientific study of heredity. a heterozygous organism . only present when two of the same alleles are. sex cells. two identical alleles.
Geo 20S Grade 10 B	NONE	Fill in the following Crossword slots with the hints given below	Coordinate system defined by letter and number. A range of longitudes where a common standard time is used. The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator. A radio navigation system that allows users to determine their exact location. A circle that shows direction.
Global Economics	Business and Work		method used by society to make and sell goods. encourage competition. one's own personal gain. large number of firms all produce the same product. making a product different from others.
Greek Gods	Other		the place she moved to . a boy Phoebe likes. the jock clique. the Goddess of Victory. the nerds clique.
Hana's Suitcase	Books		What was the name of the concentration camp where Hana died?. Hana’s father went to who’s house in order to listen to the radio? . What was the name of the director of the Tokyo Holocaust Center? . What was the name of the town where Hana grew up in? . What does waisenkid mean in English? .
Honesty and Dishonesty	Home and Family	Find these words	To tell a deliberate untruth. A person has this if they are honesty and ethical. One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself. Shoplifting is an example of _________. Free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice. 'life's not _____'.
How well do you know Sandra and Ryan	NONE		Birth country of bride. Brides favorite activity. Official name of bride. Number of times Ryan has travelled to Taiwan. Colour of Ryan 's current Jujitsu belt.
Japan Before Modern Times	Asian History		Supreme military commander. A Japanese drama for nobles and samurai. A Japanese drama for farmers, merchants, and other common folk. A social system in which landowners granted people land or other rewards in exchange for military service or labor. Someone who governs a country in the name of a ruler who is unable to rule.
Japanese-American Internment Camp	US History		cause to feel sorrow. occurring alone or once . vertical in position; also : not spread out or decumbent. the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect. situated at the highest point : directly overhead or in the zenith.
Jesus Prays	Bible		Judas ____ Jesus to identify him to his enemies.. The name of the garden.. The disciple who betrayed Jesus.. The helper God would send to His people. What the disciples did instead of watch..
Joelspoon12's game cross word	NONE		Where this trip leads.. The one and only Joelspoon12's favourite gamemode on Halo 4.. A Cod 'seasons pass zombies map'.. Your favourite weapon on Battlefield 3 and COD.. A gamemode on Battlefield 3..
King Arthur	History		Arthur's nephew who plots to kill him. Most noble knight or King Arthur; falls in love with Gwynevere . Arthur as a boy, weak, alone, obedient, ordinary, orphan. Added humor and a modern view point to the story. Magician, powerful, proper etiquette, intelligent, tutor.
Literary Terms	Literature and Writing		A figure of speech in which things are said to be another thing without 'Like' or 'As'. A gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect. A claim that is so obvious or self-evident as to be hardly worth mentioning. contrasting parallelism of expressions, sentences, or ideas. The use of words whose pronunciation suggest their meaning.
Matter	Science		the tiny particles that make up all things. substances that stay the same size and the same shape. The molecules in most solids are tightly packed.. changes from a liquid into a gas. the solid, liquid, and gas forms of matter. changes from a solid into a liquid.
Mixtures	Spelling Lists		A drink that's a greenish-yellow color.. Platelets and plasma mix together to form this substance.. Lemon juice and sugar (with maybe a little water added) mixed together creates this drink.. The stuff you put on salad.. The stuff found in trees..
Mostly I Words	Spelling Lists		A disney movie called 'The ..........'. To support, hold, or bear up from below. Against the law. Without the faculty of reason. Opposite of resistible.
Motion And Forces	Physics		The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.. A property of matter by which it continues in it's existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force.. Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.. The speed of an object plus its direction.. A force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them..
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH	Books		means a misleading image presented to the eye.. means small and weak in size or power.. means having or showing doubt.. means useless.. means widely known and admired..
Nazi Germany	History	Solve the puzzle good luck.	prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death, or killed immediately.. Wiping out an entire group of people. leader of nazi party and third reich in germany during WWII. the countries fighting against the Axis powers. i.e. Britain, France, USA, Canada, USSR etc. organization founded after WWII to promote international peace and cooperation.
Orthopedic Terms	Body		State of healing of the bone in which there is no healing. thinning of the bones with reduction in the bone mass due to the depletion of calcium and bone protien. Inflammation of a joint. A break in the bone. grating sound heard on movement of ends of a broken bone..
Physical Science	Science		An explanation that is based on prior scientific research or observations. The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance. The scientific study of nonliving matter. A measure of the size of an object or region in three-dimensional. The process of obtaining information by using the senses.
Red Riding Hood	Books - Fairy Tales and Fables		A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was in the woods. He heard a loud scream and ran to the house.. 'Granny, what big _ _ _ _ you have!' 'All the better to smell you with!' . She had a nice _ _ _ _ in her basket.. Little Red Riding Hood lived in the _ _ _ _ _ with her mother.. The wolf opened his mouth_ _ _ _ and shouted and Granny jumped out.
Richard Nixon & Watergate	Government and Politics	American History Vocabulary.	Economic slowdown coupled with inflation.. Republican leader of House of Representatives who succeeded the resigning Vice President and later President Nixon & granted Richard Nixon an unconditional pardon for all crimes.. Led embargo on oil from the Middle East to the United States & increase prices of oil during the 1970s causing an energy crisis in America. (Acronym) . Vice President to Richard Nixon who was forced to resign in 1973.. Harvard law professor appointed as a special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate case..
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