Engage your mind with terms from academia, learning, and schooling. This section covers subjects, institutions, pedagogical methods, and scholarly achievements.
Education is a cornerstone of knowledge, making it an excellent theme for crossword puzzles. This category offers a diverse range of terms, from ancient philosophical schools to modern scientific disciplines, university jargon, and key figures in pedagogy. Solvers will enjoy deciphering clues related to academic subjects, famous educators, historical institutions, and the very process of learning itself, making puzzles both challenging and enlightening.
Crossword clues used in education puzzles, with answers and links to play.
“Material used for ancient monuments”
STONE (5)
“A native of the country”
SCOT (4)
“Green plant found in damp valleys”
FERN (4)
“A deep Scottish lake”
LOCH (4)
“Famous distilled spirit from the region”
WHISKY (6)
“Moving air that sweeps across the peaks”
WIND (4)
“The pointed top of a mountain”
PEAK (4)
“Direction of Lewis and Clark's trek”
WEST (4)
“Midnight rider of 1775”
REVERE (6)
“State of the Union between 1861 and 1865”
WAR (3)
“General who accepted Lee's surrender”
GRANT (5)
“To change the Constitution”
AMEND (5)
“Boston Harbor beverage of 1773”
TEA (3)
“Person freed by the 13th Amendment”
SLAVE (5)
“A deafening silence in the dictionary”
OXYMORON (8)
“A language spoken by only one person”
IDIOLECT (8)
“The part of a word that supports the leaves”
STEM (4)
“A racecar that looks the same coming and going”
PALINDROME (10)
“A place for a person with a thing”
NOUN (4)
“Short and not so sweet”
TERSE (5)
“A name that became a thing”
EPONYM (6)
“Speech without the bells and whistles of rhyme”
PROSE (5)
“A tail that wags the word”
SUFFIX (6)
“The total inventory of a mind”
LEXICON (7)
“The dictionary makers university for short”
OXON (4)
“A fresh start for any word”
NEO (3)
“A polite mask for a harsh reality”
EUPHEMISM (9)
“A picture worth a thousand words”
ICON (4)
“Worn out by too much use”
TRITE (5)
“A borrowed term never returned”
LOAN (4)
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