Sport Crossword Puzzles
Sport has its own dense vocabulary, and much of it is short enough to be a crossword setter's friend. Cricket alone supplies more usable words than most themes manage in total, and football, rugby, tennis and athletics each bring their own terms for positions, scoring and the parts of the pitch nobody outside the sport can name.
These grids spread across several sports rather than sitting on one, so a solver who knows their cricket but not their cycling still has plenty to work with. A new puzzle lands every week and the archive below keeps the old ones available. Everything is free, no account is needed to solve, and the print view lays the grid and clues out for A4 if you want to take it away from the screen.
This week's puzzle
Archive
Sport Crossword — 26 September 2026
26 September 2026 · 15×15 · Medium
Sport Crossword — 19 September 2026
19 September 2026 · 15×15 · Medium
Sport Crossword — 12 September 2026
12 September 2026 · 15×15 · Medium
Sport Crossword — 5 September 2026
5 September 2026 · 27×27 · Medium
Sport Crossword — 28 August 2026
28 August 2026 · 26×26 · Medium
What makes these fun to solve
- • Cricket and football terms are short and cross well with everything else.
- • Several sports per grid, so nobody is locked out by one blind spot.
- • Rules and scoring words come up more than player names do.
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 sport crossword?
- Yes. Type in your own words — your club's players, a season's results, or a tour quiz — 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 sport 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