Ocean criss-cross

Fourteen ocean words in one grid, from EEL and RAY to LIGHTHOUSE and JELLYFISH. ANCHOR is «a heavy hook that keeps a boat from drifting away» — the clues stay on what a child could see from a boat or a beach, not on marine biology.

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1K2J3EEL4SEALLPL5OYSTERF6C7ISLANDRS8B9AN10CHORABU11LR12RAYONRBA13SEAHORSECNT14LIGHTHOUSEER

What is on this sheet

Grid
11 × 17
Clues
14
Across
8
Down
6

Across

  1. 3. A long, snake-like creature that lives in water
  2. 4. A sea animal with flippers that barks and swims
  3. 5. A shellfish that can form a pearl inside its shell
  4. 7. A piece of land with water all around it
  5. 9. A heavy hook that keeps a boat from drifting away
  6. 12. A flat sea creature with wide fins like wings
  7. 13. A tiny fish with a curved neck, shaped like a horse
  8. 14. A tall tower that helps guide ships safely to shore

Down

  1. 1. A large brown seaweed that grows in the ocean
  2. 2. A soft, see-through creature that can sting
  3. 6. A sea animal with claws that walks sideways
  4. 8. A small shelled creature that clings to rocks or boats
  5. 10. A steady flow of water moving through the sea
  6. 11. A sea animal with big claws and a hard shell

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.

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