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“Of all word games, the crossword puzzle is the most
popular and the most versatile in language
teaching/learning. It is the most useful and multifaceted
tool to teach, learn, and recall, as well as expand one’s
knowledge of vocabulary.”
Anthony Mollica, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Education, Brock University
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Table of Contents
Introduction and Notes for Learners and Teachers ......................................... 6
Resources ......................................................................................................... 11
The Crossword Puzzles
1. Accounting ................................................................................................... 13
2. Advertising ................................................................................................... 14
3. Air Travel ...................................................................................................... 15
4. Amazon ........................................................................................................ 16
5. Apple ............................................................................................................ 17
6. Banking ........................................................................................................ 18
7. Brands and Branding.................................................................................... 19
8. Business Idioms ........................................................................................... 20
9. Business Sayings and Proverbs .................................................................... 21
10. Business Verbs ........................................................................................... 22
11. Buying and Selling ...................................................................................... 23
12. Commercial Correspondence .................................................................... 24
13. Companies ................................................................................................. 25
14. Company Organization .............................................................................. 26
15. Corporate Strategy .................................................................................... 27
16. Cross-Cultural Issues .................................................................................. 28
17. E-Commerce .............................................................................................. 29
18. Economics .................................................................................................. 30
19. Environment .............................................................................................. 31
20. Finance ....................................................................................................... 32
21. Google ........................................................................................................ 33
22. Hotels and Restaurants .............................................................................. 34
23. Human Resources ...................................................................................... 35
24. Industry ...................................................................................................... 36
25. Information Technology ............................................................................ 37
26. Insurance ................................................................................................... 38
27. International Trade .................................................................................... 39
28. Internet ...................................................................................................... 40
29. Jobs and Professions .................................................................................. 41
30. Labour Relations ........................................................................................ 42
31. Legal Matters ............................................................................................. 43
32. Marketing .................................................................................................. 44
33. Meetings .................................................................................................... 45
34. Negotiating ....................................................................................... 46
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35. Office Equipment .............................................................................. 47
36. Presentations ............................................................................................. 48
37. Press........................................................................................................... 49
38. Rail Travel .................................................................................................. 50
39. Recruitment ............................................................................................... 51
40. Retailing ..................................................................................................... 52
41. Road Transport .......................................................................................... 53
42. Sea Transport ............................................................................................. 54
43. Social Media ............................................................................................... 55
44. Socializing .................................................................................................. 56
45. Stock Market .............................................................................................. 57
46. Taxation ..................................................................................................... 58
47. Telephoning ............................................................................................... 59
48. Tourism ...................................................................................................... 60
49. Transport and Logistics .............................................................................. 61
50. Work .......................................................................................................... 62
Solutions ........................................................................................................... 63
Word List (alphabetical) ................................................................................... 72
Word Lists (by puzzle) ...................................................................................... 87
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Introduction Crossword puzzles have been around since the beginning of the twentieth century and have been
used in Ianguage teaching since the 1950s at least. It is easy to see why, since crossword puzzles are
not only a fun way to acquire and revise vocabulary (unlike boring word lists!), they also exercise
your brain.
As a language teacher myself (at the EM Normandie business school in France), I have created dozens
of crossword puzzles for my students over the years, and this collection brings together some of
those, as well as many new ones created especially.
Although some people think of crosswords as being a bit old-fashioned, they have kept up with the
digital age and many crosswords can now be found on the Internet or in the form of apps. The good
news is that all of the crosswords in this collection are available online for free. So whether you're
completing the grids using pencil and paper, a keyboard and mouse, or just your fingers on a
touchscreen, happy puzzling!
The Puzzles The puzzles in this collection are suitable for learners at intermediate level and above (B1+ on the Common European Framework). Each puzzle is based on a particular business theme, and most, if not all, of the answers are
connected with that theme. In all, over 1,000 different words are used, most of which are high-
frequency items. And, of course, you'll find a lot more related words used in the clues.
All the puzzles use British-style grids, which have more black squares than their American
counterparts. British English (BrE) grammar and spelling is used throughout, except where American
English (AmE) is indicated. So, 'travelled', not 'traveled', and 'colour', not 'color', etc.
To access the online version of the crossword, either click on the ‘screen’ icon to the right of the grid
at the top, or scan the QR code next to it.
Solutions to the puzzles are given at the end of this PDF e-book, as well as separate word lists for
each puzzle, and a global word list featuring all the words used in the puzzles in alphabetical order.
Notes for Learners If you are not familiar with crossword puzzles, don't worry — it's very easy! The aim is to use the
clues to find the words you need to fill in the grid. Clues can be either Across (i.e., horizontal) or
Down (i.e., vertical). For example, if the clue for 3 down is 'Not married (6)', this means that you are
looking for a word with six letters which will fit vertically in the grid with the first letter on the square
with the number three in it (the answer is 'single', by the way).
There are three main types of clue used in this collection. We've already seen an example of the first
one: the definition. Another common type of clue involves filling in a gap. For example, 'Chickens
____ eggs (3)'. Here, you need a three-letter word that will fill the gap in the sentence (the answer is
'lay').
Finally, there are a small number of 'cryptic' clues, just to make you think a bit harder. These usually
have a question or exclamation mark. For example, 'The shortest month! (3)'. Any ideas? The answer
is 'May'. Perhaps you were thinking of 'February', which is a good guess, but doesn't fit as it has too
many letters. In fact, May is the shortest month in terms of the number of letters it has!
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1. ACCOUNTING
ACROSS
3 The profit and loss ____ shows a business's
financial performance over a given period
(7)
7 An important ____ in accounting is that the
left side will always equal the right side (4)
9 Money retained in the business and not
distributed to the owners (8)
11 An amount of money that is owed (4)
12 A company's ____ assets include cash and
accounts receivable (7)
13 Traditionally, the posting of ____ and credit
transactions has been called bookkeeping (5)
15 Direct ____ may be fixed or variable (5)
17 One factor in calculating depreciation (3)
18 To reach a point when the profits are equal
to the costs (5,4)
19 An amount of money lost by a business (4)
20 After taxes or costs have been removed (3)
21 The amount of money charged for a service
(e.g., by an accountant) (3)
DOWN
1 ____ assets include property, plant, and
equipment (5)
2 A period of three months (7)
4 The temporary accounts get ____ at the end
of the financial year (6)
5 Not paid at an expected or required time (7)
6 A short-term debt security (4)
8 The profit made by a company (8)
10 A financial ____ is a report about an
organization's financial results (9)
12 Working ____ is the money a business has
available for immediate use (7)
14/16 The ____ shows the value of a company
at a particular time (7,5)
15 A company ____ is a fixed asset (3)
16 See 14 Down
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8
9 10
11
12 13 14
15 16
17
18
19 20 21
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2. ADVERTISING
ACROSS
1 Describes promotional messages we are not
aware of (10)
6 More ____ than rum (Malibu slogan) (3)
7 A Mars a ____ helps you work, rest and play
(slogan) (3)
8 ____ the news that's fit to print (New York
Times slogan) (3)
9 Exaggerated publicity (4)
10 A series of actions that try to persuade
people to buy a product (8)
12 'Just Do It' is a famous one (6)
17 To attract attention to a product by
advertising (7)
18 Short phrase used to advertise something (7)
19 Yes We ____ (Obama presidential campaign
slogan) (3)
20 The text of an advertisement (4)
21 We Go The ____ Mile (much-used slogan)
(5)
DOWN
2 An advertisement on a website (6)
3 ____ planning is one of the four key
disciplines in advertising (5)
4 Abbreviation for 'advertisement' or
'advertising' (2)
5 On the internet (6)
6 Advertisement printed on paper and given to
people (5)
11 The process of attracting attention to a
product by advertising (9)
12 A place where you see a lot of advertising
(5)
13 An advertising business (6)
14 Large printed notice used to advertise
something (6)
15 Short, catchy song used in a radio or TV
commercial (6)
16 To start selling a new product or service to
the public (6)
17 Newspapers and magazines (5)
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8
9 10 11
12 13
14 15 16
17
18 19
20
21
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3. AIR TRAVEL
ACROSS
1 Air travel has never been so ____ (4)
7 An aircraft with wings (5)
8 Heathrow or Gatwick, for example (7)
9 The feeling of being very tired after a long
air journey (3,3)
10 A ____ airline offers cheap flights (6)
12 Excess luggage will ____ charges (5)
13 Waiting area for departing passengers (4)
15 A piece of luggage (3)
16 The people who work on an aircraft (4)
17 Qantas is Australia's national ____ (7)
21 Boarding will ____ at 8.30 (5)
22 The travel insurance covers ____ of luggage
(4)
23 A situation in which a plane leaves or arrives
late (5)
DOWN
1 A modern jumbo jet has up to 500 ____ (5)
2 The money you pay for a trip or journey (4)
3 ____ in the Air (2009 movie) (2)
4 The person in charge of an aircraft (7)
5 The part of an airport that deals with
passengers who are leaving (10)
6 To get onto an aircraft (5)
9 Owning a private ____ is a symbol of great
wealth (3)
10 Luggage (7)
11 The part of the plane where the passengers
sit (5)
14 To announce that a flight will not take place
(6)
18 To arrive at a place by plane (4)
19 To travel somewhere by plane (3)
20 You're not allowed to ____ your phone
during take-off and landing (3)
1 2 3 4 5
6 7
8
9
10
11 12
13 14
15 16
17 18
19 20
21 22
23
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4. AMAZON
ACROSS
1 Future delivery method? (6)
4 AMAN is Amazon's mobile ____ network
(2)
7 An electronic book (5)
8 Amazon's ____ features an arrow pointing
from A to Z (4)
9 Customer ____ are a key feature of
Amazon's site (7)
11 Amazon's e-reader (6)
13 Bezos was TIME's Person of the ____ in
1999 (4)
15 Kindle Unlimited is Amazon's ____-you-
can-read plan (3)
18 You can ____ with one click on Amazon (3)
19 Part of Amazon's logo (5)
20 Price reduction (8)
21 The Fire HD 8 is Amazon's latest ____ (6)
22 ____ Bezos is Amazon's founder and CEO
(4)
DOWN
1 The . in Amazon.com is pronounced ____
(3)
2/3 Amazon is now the world's biggest ____
(6,5)
5 Free ____ is available on orders over £10 (8)
6 Are drone deliveries just pie in the ____? (3)
10 Fulfillment centres (10)
12 The shopping cart is called the ____ on
Amazon.co.uk (6)
14 Where Amazon's headquarters are situated
(7)
16 Amazon offers a ____ price guarantee on all
TVs (3)
17 For Amazon, ____ is more important than
profits (6)
18 Amazon's special membership programme
(5)
1 2 3 4 5 6
7
8
9 10
11 12
13
14 15 16
17 18
19
20
21 22
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Solutions
1. ACCOUNTING 2. ADVERTISING
3. AIR TRAVEL 4. AMAZON
5. APPLE 6. BANKING
F1
Q2
A3
C4
C O5
U N6
T
I R7
U L E8
L V O
X A A O E T
E R R9
E S E R V E S10
D11
E B T N E D T
E I D U A
C12
U R R E N T D13
E B14
I T
A G A E
P C15
O S T S16
L M
I A H A17
G E
T B18
R E A K E V E N N
A E C T
L19
O S S N20
E T F21
E E
S1
U B2
L I M3
I N A4
L O5
A E D N
F6
U N D7
A Y A8
L L
L N I I
H9
Y P E C10
A M P11
A I G N
E R R E
R S12
L O G A13
N
P14
J15
T M G L16
O I P17
R O M O T E A
S N R R T N U
T18
A G L I N E I C19
A N
E L N C20
O P Y C
R E21
X T R A N H
S1
A F2
E U3
C4
D5
E A B6
P7
L A N E
A8
I R P O R T P P
T E A J9
E T L A G
S R E A R
B10
U D G E T I T
C11
A I12
N C U R
A G13
A T E C14
R
B15
A G A C16
R E W
I A17
I R L18
I N E S
N G A C F19
U20
B21
E G I N E L22
O S S
D23
E L A Y E
D1
R O2
N E S3
A4
D5
S6
O N T E7
B O O K
T L8
O G O L Y
I R9
E V I E W10
S
K11
I N D L E V A B12
E Y13
E A R A
S14
A15
L16
L R E S
E G17
O P18
A Y H K
A19
R R O W R O E
T O D20
I S C O U N T
T W M S
L T21
A B L E T J22
E F F
E H S
N1
M2
I C R3
O S4
O F T5
E O E E E
T6
A B L E T T7
H I8
N G9
I I P E
M10
U L T I N A T11
I O N A L
A E A U D R
C D12
N K13
I14
N C E B15
E A16
T S17
E
N V R P A Y
T C18
H I N A P F19
A N
O O C N A O
S20
T O R E D R T
H K W21
H I T E
B1
D2
E P3
O S4
I T S5
I6
I B7
L A A8
T M
L9
O A N C F V F
L N R10
T11
E L12
L E R
K E R E R I13
O14
V E R D R A W N N
P R N D15
E B16
I T
E C17
A S H A E
N B18
F L R
A E R19
A T E
M20
A N A G E R W21
N S
A K O C22
U T
X B23
A N K N O T E
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Word List (alphabetical)
about
abroad
access
accommodation
account
acid
acquaintance
act
ad
address
ads
advertise
Adwords
afraid
aft
age
agency
agenda
AGM
agreement
ahem
aid
aide
aim
air
airline
airport
alarm
ales
all
alliance
allowance
Amazon
ambassador
amount
analyse
Android
annual
answer
apologize
app
applicant
apply
appoint
appraisal
Arab
architect
army
arranged
arrow
art
ASAP
ask
assess
assets
assistant
at
ATM
attach
attend
auction
audience
aware
axed
axle
BA
bag
baggage
balance
balance sheet
ball
ballpark
ban
bank
banker
banknote
bankrupt
banner
bar
bar code
bargain
bargain
barrier
barriers
barter
base
basket
bear
Beats
benefits
berth
bid
bill
bin
black
bloc
blog
blue chip
blue-collar
board
boat
body
bonus
book
boom
border
borrow
boss
bought
box
boy
brake
brand
break
break down
break even
brewery
Brin
broker
browser
buck
budget
build
bulk
business
bust
busy
buyer
cabin
call
campaign
can
cancel
candidate
capital
captain
car
car
car pool
career
cargo
carrier
cart
cash
cashier
cat
catastrophe
catch
catering
caviar
cell
CEO
CFO
chair
chairman
chairperson
change
charge
chart
chat
cheat
checkout
chef
chemicals
China
Chrome
City
civil
claimant
claims
clap
clean
clear
clerk
clicks
client
closed
cloud
CNN
coach
coat
cod
code
coin
collect
column
come
coming
comment
compartment
compensate
complain
comprehensive
concessions
conditions
consignment
consumer
contact
container
content
cook
Cook
cookie
copy
corp
corporate
cost
costs
cottage
counterfeit
court
cover
crate
create
creditor
crew
crisis
critic
crude
cruise
cry
cue
current
customs
cut
CV
daily
damage
data
database
day
deal
dear
debit
debt
deck
decrease
deficit
delay
delighted
delivery
demands
department
departures
deposit
deposits
design
desk
destruction
developed
device
diagram
dial
diary
die
dies
diesel
dinner
direct
direct mail
discount
discuss
disk
dismiss
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Word Lists (by puzzle)
1. ACCOUNTING
age (3)
car (3)
fee (3)
net (3)
debt (4)
loss (4)
note (4)
rule (4)
costs (5)
debit (5)
fixed (5)
break even (5,4)
closed (6)
account (7)
capital (7)
current (7)
overdue (7)
quarter (7)
balance sheet (7,5)
earnings (8)
reserves (8)
statement (9)
2. ADVERTISING
ad (2)
all (3)
can (3)
day (3)
fun (3)
copy (4)
hype (4)
extra (5)
flyer (5)
media (5)
print (5)
store (5)
agency (6)
banner (6)
jingle (6)
launch (6)
online (6)
poster (6)
slogan (6)
promote (7)
tagline (7)
campaign (8)
promotion (9)
subliminal (10)
3. AIR TRAVEL
up (2)
bag (3)
fly (3)
jet (3)
use (3)
get on (3,2)
jet lag (3,3)
crew (4)
fare (4)
gate (4)
land (4)
loss (4)
safe (4)
board (5)
cabin (5)
delay (5)
incur (5)
plane (5)
seats (5)
budget (6)
cancel (6)
airline (7)
airport (7)
baggage (7)
captain (7)
departures (10)
4. AMAZON
ad (2)
all (3)
dot (3)
low (3)
pay (3)
Sky (3)
Jeff (4)
logo (4)
year (4)
arrow (5)
ebook (5)
Prime (5)
basket (6)
drones (6)
growth (6)
Kindle (6)
tablet (6)
online store (6,5)
reviews (7)
Seattle (7)
delivery (8)
discount (8)
warehouses (10)
5. APPLE
app (3)
fan (3)
inc (3)
net (3)
set (3)
ten (3)
Cook (4)
gear (4)
iPod (4)
tune (4)
Beats (5)
brand (5)
China (5)
store (5)
thing (5)
white (5)
device (6)
mobile (6)
Retina (6)
Safari (6)
tablet (6)
Keynote (7)
Macintosh (9)
Microsoft (9)
multinational (13)
6. BANKING
ATM (3)
cut (3)
IMF (3)
max (3)
plc (3)
red (3)
woo (3)
bank (4)
bill (4)
cash (4)
lend (4)
loan (4)
open (4)
rate (4)
safe (4)
debit (5)
saver (5)
banker (6)
teller (6)
balance (7)
manager (7)
banknote (8)
deposits (8)
interest (8)
transfer (8)
overdrawn (9)
7. BRANDS AND BRANDING
aim (3)
app (3)
red (3)
expo (4)
logo (4)
want (4)
aware (5)
image (5)
label (5)
loyal (5)
design (6)
equity (6)
slogan (6)
target (6)
values (6)
premium (7)