Halloween criss-cross

Fourteen Halloween words interlocked, BAT and OWL holding up TOMBSTONE, GRAVEYARD and SKELETON. Every clue describes the thing plainly — PUMPKIN is «an orange gourd carved into a glowing face» — so the puzzle tests whether a child knows the word, not whether they can decode a pun.

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What is on this sheet

Grid: 10 × 20
Clues: 14
Across: 7
Down: 7

Across

1. A flying mammal that comes out at night
4. The undead who shuffles slowly with arms outstretched
5. A container that holds a light to see in the dark
7. A field of graves surrounded by a fence or wall
8. The framework of bones inside a body
10. A sweet treat collected while trick-or-treating
12. An orange gourd carved into a glowing face

Down

2. A carved stone marker placed over a grave
3. An eight-legged creature that spins a web
6. A large pot used for brewing a bubbling potion
9. A nocturnal bird known for its big round eyes
10. A sleeveless cloth worn over the shoulders
11. A character who flies on a broomstick and casts spells
13. A covering worn over the face as a disguise

About this puzzle

The grid has no black squares: it is whatever shape fourteen interlocking words make, and each word crosses at least one other. The clues are the same ones used everywhere else on this site for those words, written plainly for a classroom. Print it and the answer key comes on the second page; open it in the maker to swap in your own words and clues.