Cross word puzzles are a great way to learn about new things or to test your knowledge of what you already know. Here's a crossword that will see how familiar you are some very interesting places around the world.
Where in the world would you find the city of Rio de Janiero? The Black Forest? The Prime Meridian? You need to supply the name of the country for each interesting place around the world. Test your global knowledge of cities, natural resources and more.
Note: A few answers contain two words. There are NO SPACES between words in the puzzle.
ACROSS
1. City of Casablanca
4. Prime Meridian
6. Caspian Sea
7. Reykjavik - Capital city
11. Ayers Rock
13. RIO DE JANEIRO
14. Euphrates River
16. The Great Pyramids
19. Lima, Capital city
20. Yucatan Peninsula
21. Northwest Territories
22. Taj Mahal
23. Largest Island country
DOWN
1. Timbuktu
2. Petra, City cut from rock
3. Golden Gate Bridge
5. Leaning Tower of Pisa
6. Nairobi, Capital City
8. Mt. Everest (in Tibet and ___)
9. Giant's Causeway
10. Forbidden City
12. City of Karachi
15. Port-au-Prince, Capital City
17. Black Forest
18. Eiffel Tower
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Great Games Crossword How well do you know some of the most popular board games? Try this puzzle out to check your board game IQ.
Cryptic Crossword Puzzles The answer for each cryptic clue is an anagram for one of the words in the clue.
Here are two puzzles from our Bible Crossword Collection:
Who Was Jesus? Jesus was called by many names in the Bible. We’ve hidden 40 of them in this puzzle. See how many you can find.
The Books of the New Testament
Great for personal use or a Sunday School class. Find all the books of
the New Testament. Don't miss the little "twist" in this one!
We also have lots of fun cross word puzzles for children. Here are just a few:
Disney Crossword Puzzles
One of our most popular kids printable crossword puzzles! Supply the
names of some major characters from several Walt Disney stories and
movies.
Let's Eat! Can you can figure out the clues to some of these common foods?
Animal Crossword Puzzles Supply the names we use to describe different baby animals.
A fun collection of brain teasers and spelling challenges. Best for ages 10 to adult.
More Buzzwords, Triangulairs, Zigzags and other fun word play puzzlers are packed inside this fun eBook!
Packed with 20 all-new crosswords, this is written especially for educators and parents of kids in grades 3-5. FUN!!!