Printable Arts Crosswords

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Architecture

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  1. 4. Hard solid mineral material used to build walls
  2. 5. Rounded vault that forms a roof
  3. 6. Top exterior covering of a building

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  1. 1. Large and impressive house
  2. 2. Strong metal alloy widely used in modern construction
  3. 3. Tall and narrow standing structure

Classical Music

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  1. 2. Large plucked instrument with pedals
  2. 4. Set of five horizontal lines for writing notes
  3. 6. Double-reed woodwind instrument
  4. 7. Stick with horsehair used to play strings

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  1. 1. Symbol placed at the beginning of sheet music
  2. 3. Keyboard instrument with black and white keys
  3. 4. Performance by a single musician
  4. 5. Single lever pressed by a pianist

Film Directors

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  1. 4. The king of the world who took us to Pandora and the Titanic
  2. 7. He frequently features nonlinear narratives and stylized violence
  3. 9. The Master of Suspense who never won a Best Director Oscar
  4. 10. Term for a pair of directors like the Coens or Wachowskis
  5. 11. Director who told us to Do the Right Thing
  6. 12. Stylistic genre mastered by directors like Billy Wilder

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  1. 1. The force behind the creation of a galaxy far far away
  2. 2. Director obsessed with the manipulation of time and dreams
  3. 3. A brief appearance by the director in their own film
  4. 5. Iconic prop used by old school directors to shout instructions
  5. 6. Known for his meticulous dark thrillers like Se7en and Zodiac
  6. 8. The most famous command shouted on a movie set

Classical Music

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  1. 1. Symbols used to represent musical sounds
  2. 3. Large triangular instrument with many plucked strings
  3. 7. An orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera
  4. 8. A long musical composition for a full orchestra
  5. 11. The highest pitched member of the string family
  6. 12. A dance in triple time often associated with Strauss
  7. 13. Thin stick used by a conductor to lead the orchestra

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  1. 2. A large ensemble of string brass woodwind and percussion
  2. 4. The lowest female singing voice
  3. 5. Famous composer who continued to write music after going deaf
  4. 6. The highest natural adult male singing voice
  5. 9. Child prodigy who composed The Magic Flute
  6. 10. Keyboard instrument with eighty eight keys

Photography

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  1. 3. A three legged stand used to hold a camera steady
  2. 5. The glass piece on the front of a camera
  3. 6. Another word for a picture or visual representation
  4. 8. The part that opens and closes to let light in
  5. 10. The strip of plastic used in old cameras to capture images
  6. 11. Making an image look sharp and clear
  7. 12. What people do with their mouths for a portrait
  8. 13. The small window you look through to aim

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  1. 1. An indoor room where professional photos are taken
  2. 2. The part of a digital camera that detects light
  3. 4. Modern photography that does not use film
  4. 7. Physical copies of photos on paper
  5. 8. A photo taken of yourself
  6. 9. To let light hit the film or sensor

Architecture

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  1. 2. A circular opening in the center of a dome or wall
  2. 7. A horizontal support across the top of a door or window
  3. 8. A long sequence of columns joined by their entablature
  4. 9. The high part of a wall containing windows above eye level
  5. 10. A framework of rafters and posts supporting a roof

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  1. 1. An arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
  2. 3. A long projecting beam fixed at only one end
  3. 4. The heavy base or box on which a column or statue rests
  4. 5. A rectangular column that projects slightly from a wall surface
  5. 6. The wide central section of an entablature, often decorated with reliefs
  6. 8. A small dome-like structure on top of a larger roof or tower

Film Directors

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  1. 2. Silent era icon who also directed many films
  2. 5. To assemble and modify film footage
  3. 6. Sam, director of 'American Beauty' and '1917'
  4. 9. Siblings who directed 'The Matrix'
  5. 10. A single continuous recording made by a camera
  6. 11. Spike, known for 'Do the Right Thing'
  7. 12. A common transition effect in film

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  1. 1. Opposite of female, often describing many early directors
  2. 2. To move from one scene to another without a transition
  3. 3. Wes, known for his unique visual symmetry
  4. 4. Master of suspense known for 'Psycho'
  5. 7. Actor turned acclaimed director of 'Unforgiven'
  6. 8. Francis Ford, director of 'The Godfather'
  7. 9. Edgar, known for 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Baby Driver'

Classical Music

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  1. 1. Musical instruction to play a stringed instrument with the bow.
  2. 3. A single tone of definite pitch made by a musical instrument or the human voice.
  3. 6. A woodwind instrument with a double-reed mouthpiece.
  4. 7. The written form of a musical composition.
  5. 9. Musical instruments played by striking or shaking them.
  6. 12. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically in an opera or oratorio.
  7. 13. A slow tempo, or a slow movement in music.

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  1. 2. A large organized group of singers.
  2. 4. A group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections.
  3. 5. A person who writes music, especially as a professional occupation.
  4. 8. A musical entertainment given by a single performer or by two or more performers.
  5. 10. A composition for an instrumental soloist, often with piano accompaniment, typically in several movements.
  6. 11. A stringed instrument of the violin family, larger than a viola.

Photography

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  1. 2. A tiny dot that makes up a digital image
  2. 4. To adjust a camera for a clear image
  3. 5. To allow light to reach the camera's sensor or film
  4. 9. A place to display photographs
  5. 13. A three-legged stand for a camera
  6. 14. A person who poses for photographs

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  1. 1. To cut off unwanted parts of an image
  2. 2. To hold a position for a picture
  3. 3. Part of a camera that focuses light
  4. 6. A photograph of a person
  5. 7. To make changes to a photo
  6. 8. To take a picture
  7. 10. Essential element for taking any photo
  8. 11. A book for storing photographs
  9. 12. To magnify or reduce an image

Shakespeare

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  1. 1. The humor of Tybalt that leads to a drawing of swords
  2. 7. The mistress of the weird sisters' charms
  3. 8. Whose eyes are nothing like the sun?
  4. 10. Cymbeline's daughter who found a cave and a lost brother
  5. 12. Heavily armed infantry from the Western Isles mentioned in Macbeth
  6. 15. Hamlet's heavy burdens for those who'd bear them
  7. 17. The fairy queen who loved a long-eared weaver
  8. 18. A motley fool who uses his wit like a stalking-horse

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  1. 1. The blackening stain that even virtue cannot escape, per the Dane
  2. 2. Robin Goodfellow's more mischievous alias
  3. 3. The king who sought a little western flower's juice
  4. 4. A king's spirit doomed for a certain term to walk the night
  5. 5. A mobile forest that spells doom for a usurper
  6. 6. A short-tailed dog or a Rosalind-sized axe
  7. 9. The starting line and the finish line on the Avon
  8. 10. To turn the green sea red with guilty hands
  9. 11. She sang of a willow tree before the pillow fell
  10. 13. The cold pillar of Rome who outlived the Egyptian fire
  11. 14. He has a lean and hungry look; he thinks too much
  12. 16. The green-eyed monster's architect and Othello's undoing
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