Food & Drink Crossword Puzzles
Food is the theme most people can get a foothold in without trying. Everybody cooks something, everybody has a takeaway order, and the vocabulary sits somewhere between the kitchen and the restaurant menu — BRAISE and JULIENNE alongside CRUMPET and MARMITE. The result is a grid that opens quickly and then asks you to think a bit harder about the technique words.
These puzzles range across British staples, cuisines from elsewhere, baking, brewing and the awkward business of naming a cut of meat. A fresh grid appears each week and the earlier ones stay in the archive below. They are free to solve in the browser, work well on a phone at the kitchen table, and print cleanly onto A4 if you want to do the crossword over a proper coffee instead.
This week's puzzle
Archive
Food & Drink Crossword — 29 September 2026
29 September 2026 · 13×13 · Medium
Food & Drink Crossword — 22 September 2026
22 September 2026 · 15×15 · Medium
Food & Drink Crossword — 15 September 2026
15 September 2026 · 14×14 · Medium
Food & Drink Crossword — 8 September 2026
8 September 2026 · 14×14 · Medium
Food & Drink Crossword — 28 August 2026
28 August 2026 · 20×20 · Medium
What makes these fun to solve
- • Technique words are the sticking point, and the best bit when they land.
- • Plenty of short crossing answers from everyday ingredients.
- • Good for solving with someone else — people know different cuisines.
Common questions
- Are these crosswords free?
- Yes, all of them. You can solve every puzzle in the archive in your browser without paying and without making an account. There are ads on the free site, and a small supporter option if you would rather not see them.
- How often are new puzzles added?
- One new puzzle in each theme every week, and the older ones stay in the archive on the same page rather than disappearing.
- Can I print the puzzles?
- Yes. Every puzzle has a print view that lays the empty grid and the clues out on A4, with a separate answer sheet, so you can run off a copy for each person.
- Can I make my own food crossword?
- Yes. Type in your own words — family recipes, a restaurant's menu, or a supper club theme — write a clue for each one, and the grid arranges itself around them. It takes about five minutes, and you get a link you can send to anyone, plus a printable version.
Make your own food crossword
Your own words and clues, arranged into a grid in about five minutes, with a link you can send to anyone.
Build a crossword