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✏️ This free printable crossword prints on a single page. The answer key sits in a small strip at the bottom — fold it backward along the dotted line before you start, and you can solve honestly without ever seeing the solution. A real challenge — high-school level reasoning and vocabulary recommended.

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General Knowledge Crossword

Crossword · Puzzle No. 23 · ThePuzzleSolver.net

Hard

A clue-based crossword. Solve each clue and write the answer into the numbered grid.

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Across

2. Shallow water separated from the open sea

4. Picture made from many small tiles

6. Imaginary line around the middle of the Earth

7. Ancient Egyptian royal tomb

8. Mountain that can erupt

11. A nation's official song

12. Upper chamber in many governments

Down

1. Fourteen-line poem

3. A secret code

5. Cold, treeless Arctic plain

9. Showy tropical flower

10. Gas that makes up about 21% of the air

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Solution

How to Solve This Crossword

This grid holds 7 Across clues and 4 Down clues. A little order of operations makes any crossword faster:

Answer what you know cold first. Skip anything you have to think about on your first pass through the clue list — fill only the ones you're instantly sure of, and let those letters constrain the rest.
Use crossing letters as free hints. A single confirmed letter can turn an ambiguous clue into an obvious one, especially for short 3- and 4-letter answers.
Watch for clue tense and plurality. A clue ending in 's' almost always wants a plural answer, and past-tense clues want past-tense answers — small grammar cues that narrow your options fast.

With 11 total clues here, working the easy ones first builds the scaffolding for the rest. For deeper technique, see our complete crossword-solving guide.

About This Puzzle

General Knowledge Crossword packs 11 clues into a compact grid — a solid middle-ground crossword that rewards general knowledge without requiring an expert's vocabulary. Print it single-page with the fold-over answer key.