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Printable Crossword Puzzles PDF: Download & Print Any PlayCrossword

Published on: November 16, 2025

Printable Crossword Puzzles – Now with PDF Download & Print

The most requested feature by teachers and creators is finally here!

You can now download any crossword on PlayCrossword as a clean, ready-to-print PDF.

  • Free users: 5 PDF downloads per month
  • Premium members: Unlimited PDF downloads forever

Perfect for classrooms, worksheets, homework packets, and offline solving.


How to Download a Printable Crossword PDF

  1. Open any crossword
  2. Click “Download PDF” (top-right corner)
  3. Free users: use your 5 monthly downloads instantly
    Premium users: download as many as you want, anytime

Try It Now – Open a Puzzle


What Every PDF Includes

  • Professional layout with large grid and clues
  • Separate Across & Down lists
  • Plenty of writing space
  • Creator credit and puzzle title
  • Full support for image clues (they print beautifully)

Ready for classrooms, study groups, or family game nights.


Free vs Premium – Which One Is Right for You?

FeatureFree AccountPremium
PDF downloads per month5Unlimited
Play all puzzles
Create & publish puzzles
Remove ads
Priority support
PriceFreeLow monthly/yearly

Most casual users and small classrooms are perfectly fine with 5 free PDFs per month.
Teachers, homeschoolers, and power users love going unlimited.

Upgrade to Premium – Unlock Unlimited PDFs


Ideal for Teachers & Educators

Instantly turn any of our thousands of educational crosswords into printable worksheets:

  • Science & math vocabulary
  • Foreign language practice
  • History timelines
  • Spelling & literacy

No more screenshots or reformatting required.

Browse Ready-to-Print Educational Puzzles


Creators Reach Real Classrooms

Every printed PDF shows your name as the author.
With Premium teachers downloading unlimited copies, your puzzles can now appear on hundreds of real desks.

Create a Printable Crossword


Get Your Printable PDFs Today

  • 5 high-quality PDFs per month → completely free
  • Want more? Premium gives you unlimited downloads + extra perks

PlayCrossword will always be free to play and create.
Premium simply removes limits for power users and helps us keep building new features.

Play online. Print on paper. Learn without limits.

Download Your First Free PDF | Go Unlimited with Premium

Open any puzzle and hit Download — your first 5 are free, no sign-up needed!