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1.	ITESLJ https://iteslj.org/cw/ Lots of interactive crosswords for ESL students at six levels, starting from easy. Created by Charles Kelly of The Internet TESL Journal.
2.	ESOL Courses Blog https://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/crosswords/crossword.html Lots and lots of interactive crosswords - Theme based. Great for elementary level students.
3.	Puzzle Maker https://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/ Free crossword puzzle maker and other puzzles.
4.	ManyThings.org https://www.manythings.org/cs/ Lots of online crosswords on verbs, opposites and Voice of America Special English words. Requires javascript.
5.	Vocabulary.co.il https://vocabulary.co.il/games2/crosswords/index.php 53 online crossword puzzles for Pre-Intermediate (plus) learners on a range of topics. Some require javascript to play.
6.	ESL Flow https://www.eslflow.com/Elementarycrosswordpuzzles.html Printable crosswords in PDF.
7.	BBC World Service Learning English https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/crossword/ Online crossword puzzles. Most are quite challenging, and suitable for Intermediate learners upwards. New crosswords are added fortnightly.
8.	ESL Galaxy.com https://www.esl-galaxy.com/crosswords.htm Dozens of theme-based crosswords in pdf format - ready to print.
9.	PrintActivities.com https://www.printactivities.com/Crosswords.html Hundreds of printable puzzles: "These printable crossword puzzles are small and easy enough for kids and beginner level crossword puzzle enthusiasts."
10.	ABC Teach https://abcteach.com/directory/fun_activities/crossword_puzzles/ Lots and lots of colourful PDF crosswords for kids. Great for ESL students.
11.	ESL Civics.com https://www.elcivics.com/esl-crossword-puzzles/crossword-puzzles.html Crossword puzzles with a largely American theme. There's a puzzle for ecery U.S. state. Others on holidays and American life. All in pdf format.
12.	ESL Activities.com https://www.eslactivities.com/crossword.php Online Crossword maker.
13.	Grammica.com https://grammica.com/word-unscrambler Word unscrambler is a free online unscramble word finder and solver. It generates useful and valid similar jumble words phrase with provided letters.
14.	Crossword Helper https://casr.adelaide.edu.au/craig/wow.html Enter the known letters of an unknown word and use a full stop / period for each unknown letter to find the word you need. This is also great for non-crossword lexical dilemmas.
15.	WESLI English Online Crosswords https://www.english.wesli.com/crosswords/ Requires javascript and can take a while to load, but this site has a good selection of crosswords, with puzzles for Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced learners.
16.	Info-ESL https://www.info-esl.com/index.php?cmd=CrossWordGenerator Online puzzlemaker - Can print out paper versions too.
17.	Puzzle Me Silly https://www.puzzlemesilly.com/ Large collection of fun puzzles to print and play, and some you can play online.
18.	English4Kids.com https://www.english-4kids.com/puzzlesheets.html Lots of downloadable puzzles for younger learners.
19.	Boggles World ESL Crosswords https://bogglesworldesl.com/crosswords.htm Lots of easier crosswords in jpg format. Print from web page.
20.	Miguel Mllop.com https://www.miguelmllop.com/practice/crosswords/indextocrosswords.htm Selection of puzzles in pdf format that include grammar-based worksheets.
21.	Anglomaniacy https://www.anglomaniacy.pl/printableTopics2b.htm Selection of topic-based puzzles in pdf format. Suitable for lower levels.
22.	How to Find Printable Crosswords https://www.ehow.com/how_4749035_printable-crossword-puzzles.html An article from e-How on how to find or make crosswords. Has links to puzzle-making sites.
23.	esl4kids.net https://www.esl4kids.net/printable.html A few printable puzzles here, plus other downlaodables for kids.
24.	Printable ESL Crosswords https://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1721638/printable_esl_crossword_puzzles.html?cat=4 An article about crosswords, with links.
25.	English Club.com https://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/crosswords.htm A small selection of online puzzles for ESL students.
26.	Crossword Generator https://www.vclcomponents.com/s/0__/simple_crossword_generator A site with lots of links to downloadable crossword generators (freeware and shareware). Haven t tested any.
27.	Crossword Puzzle Maker https://www.theteacherscorner.net/printable-worksheets/make-your-own/crossword/crossword-puzzle-maker.php Type in the clues and answers and print out your crosswords.
28.	Daily Crossword for Higher Levels https://www.onlinecrosswords.net/externalplay.php?code=7abd1b04bccf3fcbfdb0e3067188632a&lang=EN The site says yhe daily crossword is for kids, but this site would suit higher-level ESL learners.
29.	Printable Baby Stuff https://www.printablebabystuff.com/make-your-own-printable-crossword-puzzles/ Information on how to create your own printable crosswords.
30.	One Across.com https://www.oneacross.com/ A search engine to help you with tricky crossword clues - For higher levels.
31.	Crossword Forge https://www.solrobots.com/crosswordforge/ Easily make and share crossword puzzles and word search puzzles. You can try it for free, but then you have to pay.
32.	teAchnology.com https://teach-nology.com/web_tools/crossword/ A downloadable crossword puzzle maker.
33.	Crossword Puzzle Maker https://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/crossword/crosswordpuzzlemaker.html "To create a free crossword puzzle, enter your information below and select the design options you would like to use."
34.	Instant Online Crossword Puzzle Maker https://www.varietygames.com/CW/ Easy crossword puzzle maker.
35.	edHelper.com https://www.edhelper.com/crossword.htm Puzzle maker that gives you a PDF crossword.
36.	Crossword Puzzle Games https://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/create.html Easy puzzle maker.
37.	Ask Oxford.com https://www.askoxford.com/wordgames/crosswords/crosswordhistory/?view=uk A history of crosswords.
38.	Crossword Dictionary https://www.crossword-dictionary.com/ Online tool for solving crossword clues.
39.	Using English.com https://www.usingenglish.com/links/Word_Oddities_and_Trivia/Crosswords/ List of links to sites that have crosswords - Most of them too challenging for ESL students.
40.	Clue Solver (Sorta) https://www.ojohaven.com/fun/crossword.html "select the length of the answer you're looking for and replace the ?'s (question marks) in the appropriate places with the letters you do know. (Leave the others there to represent the blanks.) Click on the "What is it?" button, and get your answer."
41.	Crossword Solver.com https://www.crosswordsolver.com/ Get free crossword answers with a click of a button. Enter the clue and letter count in the search bar below to instantly get your crossword answer.

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