Butterfly-shaped EFL Crossword Puzzle 對外英文填字遊戲 Crucigrama en forma de mariposa (inglés como lengua extranjera) Mots croisés en forme de papillon (anglais langue étrangère)
ACROSS
1 It's on your shoulders (4)
4 Spaces between things (4)
7 Meat from a pig's leg (3)
9 It covers [1 Across] (3)
10 Mother (2)
12 (men & women) go on ~ (= go out together) (5)
14 A short form of LOL (2)
15 A short form of "Employee Related Expense" (3)
17 We use it for cooking: frying ~ (3)
18 We use it to play baseball: the ~ hits the ball (3)
19 Short form of trinitrotoluene (used to make bombs) (3)
21 Help for people who are hurt is "first ~" (3)
22 American money (7)
23 Five and five (3)
24 Uses water to clean a dirty floor (3)
26 Like a table to sleep on (3)
27 And other things (3)
29 To say "yes" with your head. Sleepy people do this, too. (3)
31 Used to cut trees (another spelling of "axe") (2)
32 This person makes walls. Also a family name: Mr. ~ (5)
34 "Hello" = "How do you ~?" (2)
35 ~s like to catch mice (3)
36 Short form of "Benjamin" (3)
38 Don't open that ~! (4)
39 Make an animal stop being afraid of you (4).
1 It's on your shoulders (4)
4 Spaces between things (4)
7 Meat from a pig's leg (3)
9 It covers [1 Across] (3)
10 Mother (2)
12 (men & women) go on ~ (= go out together) (5)
14 A short form of LOL (2)
15 A short form of "Employee Related Expense" (3)
17 We use it for cooking: frying ~ (3)
18 We use it to play baseball: the ~ hits the ball (3)
19 Short form of trinitrotoluene (used to make bombs) (3)
21 Help for people who are hurt is "first ~" (3)
22 American money (7)
23 Five and five (3)
24 Uses water to clean a dirty floor (3)
26 Like a table to sleep on (3)
27 And other things (3)
29 To say "yes" with your head. Sleepy people do this, too. (3)
31 Used to cut trees (another spelling of "axe") (2)
32 This person makes walls. Also a family name: Mr. ~ (5)
34 "Hello" = "How do you ~?" (2)
35 ~s like to catch mice (3)
36 Short form of "Benjamin" (3)
38 Don't open that ~! (4)
39 Make an animal stop being afraid of you (4).
DOWN
1 Where you live (4)
2 Now I understand! (2)
3 Father (3)
4 We need this for cars & scooters (3)
5 Our class will be over ~ 3:00 (2)
6 This food has no flavor. Please add some ~. (4)
8 Where is your school? Show me on this ~. (3)
9 Eggs come from ~s (mother chickens) (3)
11 Beautiful things (made by Picasso, Beethoven etc.) (3)
13 Small, flat computers with no keyboards. (7)
14 A boy (old word) (3)
16 Finished (5)
18 A large, hairy American animal like a cow (5)
20 1000 kilos (3)
21 People have two ~s and two legs. (3)
23 Short form of "Texas" (3)
25 Short form of "Print on Demand" (making books only when you need them) (3)
26 A small group of people who make music together (4)
27 People need to ~, drink and sleep every day. (3)
28 An ear of corn: "I like to eat corn on the ~." (3)
30 A roof that looks like a ball (4)
32 Make something seem ugly (3)
33 Short form of "Internet" (3)
35 ~ in the UK = .COM in the US (2)
37 Short form of "North America" (2).
***
1 Where you live (4)
2 Now I understand! (2)
3 Father (3)
4 We need this for cars & scooters (3)
5 Our class will be over ~ 3:00 (2)
6 This food has no flavor. Please add some ~. (4)
8 Where is your school? Show me on this ~. (3)
9 Eggs come from ~s (mother chickens) (3)
11 Beautiful things (made by Picasso, Beethoven etc.) (3)
13 Small, flat computers with no keyboards. (7)
14 A boy (old word) (3)
16 Finished (5)
18 A large, hairy American animal like a cow (5)
20 1000 kilos (3)
21 People have two ~s and two legs. (3)
23 Short form of "Texas" (3)
25 Short form of "Print on Demand" (making books only when you need them) (3)
26 A small group of people who make music together (4)
27 People need to ~, drink and sleep every day. (3)
28 An ear of corn: "I like to eat corn on the ~." (3)
30 A roof that looks like a ball (4)
32 Make something seem ugly (3)
33 Short form of "Internet" (3)
35 ~ in the UK = .COM in the US (2)
37 Short form of "North America" (2).
This puzzle is based on a very old crossword grid that I found in a 1950s comic book (copyright expired). I changed some words, modified/updated many clues and published the new, improved crossword on my linguistics blog in 2012, but only a few students have seen this design masterpiece, so I am now sharing it with the Steemit community. Enjoy!
I hate to waste toner when printing out puzzles like this one. The fact that the grid is perfectly symmetrical on all four sides means you can use a plain sheet of paper to fill in your answers: don't waste printer ink.
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Just take an ordinary sheet of lined notebook paper, use a ruler to mark out an 11x11 grid: 121 small boxes, one for each letter.
2
Along each edge, put a big X in box #6, add one X on each side and one more above (to the left, right or below the first X), like this (for the left side):
X
XX
X
3
Finally, draw two long diagonal lines going through all but the center and outermost squares. Your grid is now ready to use.
Typing up this explanation probably took more time than actually pencilling in a couple of Xs. Have fun with the puzzle!