Weather criss-cross

Fourteen weather words crossed together: FOG, MIST and RAIN holding up LIGHTNING, BLIZZARD and UMBRELLA. DRIZZLE is «a very light rain that falls in fine drops», and the neighbouring clues distinguish it from the rest — this grid is where a child learns that rain has several names.

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1B2REEZEAI3F4MONSOONR5UMBRELLAC6BLIZZAR7D8FSRO9LI10GHTNINGAZLZ11S12SUM13MER14CLOUDIENSNTY

What is on this sheet

Grid
12 × 16
Clues
14
Across
7
Down
7

Across

  1. 1. A light, gentle wind that feels pleasant on the skin
  2. 4. A season of very heavy rain in parts of the world
  3. 5. A folding cover you hold up to stay dry in the rain
  4. 6. A severe snowstorm with strong wind and low visibility
  5. 9. A sudden bright flash in the sky during a storm
  6. 12. The warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn
  7. 14. A mass of tiny water droplets floating in the sky

Down

  1. 2. Water that falls from clouds in small drops
  2. 3. A prediction of what the weather will be like
  3. 7. A very light rain that falls in fine drops
  4. 8. A thick, low cloud that makes it hard to see far
  5. 10. A very strong wind that can bend trees and branches
  6. 11. Describing a clear sky full of bright daylight
  7. 13. A light haze of tiny water droplets in the air

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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