Hard Crossword Puzzles

Hard Crosswords

These crosswords are intended to be pretty hard to complete. They are made up of more than 20 words of any size. To view or print a hard crossword puzzle click on its title.

Title	Subject	Instructions / Description	Sample Puzzle Hints
Pompeii	History	Ancient town of 79 A.D	One of the most famous paintings inspired by the eruption of Vesuvius. A great activity of ancient Pompeii. Wine,fruit,vegetable oil and cereals. eruption of Vesuvius. Activities by sea.
Pool Knowledge	Business and Work		That tablet do we use to test for PH. What chemical dosing system do we use at the Tableview Club. What do we do to check that the water is safe to swim in?. If the chlorine level is too high when doing a pool test what do we do ?. How do we clean the water in the pool.
Pop Culture	Music		Back to the __. Sonny and __. National sport of Canada . The Dukes of __. Actor who voiced both Darth Vader and The Lion King's Mufasa (3 wds).
Popular Inventors	Society		who invented the car. who invented basketball . who invented the socks. who invneted the clock . who invented the shoe.
Popular TV Shows of 2012	Entertainment		The series shows the progress of individual sales associates, managers, and fitters at the store, along with profiling brides as they search for the perfect wedding dress.. the show mainly follows Buddy Valastro and his family as they operate their business. show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer. The series stars Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy as the title characters.. the show stars Theresa Caputo, who claims she is a spiritual medium who can communicate with the deceased.
Population and Migration	Society		distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition . limits establishes by the gov. on the number of immigrants who can enter a country each year. the number of males per 100 females in a population. people who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, membership in a social group, or their political opinion . the number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.
Positioning the Patient	Health	In the Perioperative Setting	When patient is lying on the right side, the position is____________________ . A modification of supine position . Must not _____________ or place instruments on patient . Patient's ankles should be _________________ when in supine position . Patient must not be left _____________________ at any time .
Post American War	War History		small group of writers and artists, in the 1950s and early 1960s, who were critical of American society. increase in births between 1945 and 1964. dividing line between North and South Korea. name given to the region of states in the South and the Southwest. congressional committee that investigated possible subversive activities within the United States.
Post War America	History		an increase in births between 1945 and 1964. a large-scale buying, much of it on credit. name given to the region of states in the South and the Southwest. a policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders. a small group of writers and artists, in the 1950s and early 1960s, who were critical of American societyl group of writers and artists, in the 1950s and early 1960s, who were critical of American society.
Post War and Early Cold War	History		A period of time were birth rate is increased.. Border between North and South Korea.. A committee created to investigate people with communist ties.. Area of the southern United Sates that has a warm climate and extended summers.. A policy created to stop the spread of communism..
Post-War World 1945 to present	History		Polish independence movement. Ike's retreat. fruit dipped in chocolate sauce. U.S. city; site of The Arch. fast food original; 15 cent hamburg.
Postwar America	History		PHRASE USED TO DESCRIBE THE AMERICAN BIRTHRATE EXPLOSION AFTER WORLD WAR II. PROGRAMS THAT TRIED TO ELIMINATE POVERTY BY TEARING DOWN SLUMS AND PUTTING UP HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS. ANTISOCIAL OR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OF YOUNG PEOPLE. OUTLAWED REQUIRING WORKERS TO JOIN THE UNION. IMAGINARY MARKER IS A FIGURE THE GOVERNMENT SETS TO REFLECT THE MINIMUM INCOME REQUIRED TO SUPPORT A FAMILY.
Pottery & Crafts	Recreation		To polish clay while it is in the greenware stage until it develops a semi-gloss shine. Unfired pottery that is bone-dry, a state in which clay forms are most fragile. a mixture of ceramic materials including clay, glass, fluxes, and colorants. A building technique utilizing long “ropes” of clay stacked in layers upon one another to create a vessel or form. The first firing for the clay, removes all the water and carbon. The fusing of particles has begun, yet the clay is still porous to allow for glaze absorption..
Poverty and Living Standards	Society		A measure of gender inequalities in terms of empowerment and labour market participation.. A measure of living standards which includes a variety of indicators such as income, leisure time, distribution of income and environmental standards.. A condition when people are poor in comparison to others in the same country.. This measures the complexities of poor people's lives, individually and collectively, each year.. A measure of living standards used to measure the collective happiness and well-being of a population..
Power of One	Movies	Characters	The two sisters who watched out for Peekay and Doc. Nanny's boy and a chief to be. Frequent boxing foe of Peekay. The ultimate fight trainer. 'Absoloodle!'.
Power stations	Business and Work		A ---------- power station gets it's energy from the moon going around the Earth. A problem caused by sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel power stations. A bit ugly, not much power, you need lots of them. Not much good on nice days. Type of power station that can turn on in seconds. These are renewable.
Power Tools	Business and Work		The number of times or rate a motor componet or accessory drill bit completes one full rotation every minute.. A substance, such as sandpaper, that is used to wear away material.. Having magnectic properties.. A method of testing the condition of a grinding wheel.. A bit or drill used to set the head of a screw at or below the surface of the material..
Prairies	World Geography		Tropical grassland with tropical trees.. Large animal group found in praries.. To save or preserve. Praries that have never been plowed.. Habitat.
Pre Islamic Arabia	World Geography		A natural resource which is key for civilizations to flourish. The cradle of civilization. The desert region in the Peninsula which has the harshest and extreme conditions. The body of water named after a country which lies to the south east of the Arabian Peninsula. A sea which borders the western part of the Arabian Peninsula.
PRE-CALCULUS	Math		The set of initial values for which the iterates of a function do not approach infinity.. Vertical asymptote of a rational function.. B in the complex number a+bi.. The graph of a polar equation of the form r=a + or - a sin theta or r= a + or - cos theta.. The compostion of a function and itself..
Pre-War Aggression	History		September 19, 1931 this event happened when Japan invaded Manchuria China. . Held in Munich Germany, the leaders from Britain, France, Germany and Italy came together in hopes to stop Germany's land conquering spree.. Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time to seize the government. Hitler pushed and eventually persuaded the Australian Leader to hand over the power to him.. The Italian invasion that was initiated in October 1935.. on September 1st, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Western Polish where defeated within weeks. On September 3rd, 1939, the Soviets invaded Eastern Poland. Now Poland was a Soviet-Nazi State.
Precious Minerals	Earth Sciences		The sapphire is _________'s birthstone. Is the second hardest mineral, shared with the July birthstone. The birthstone is green, and is May's birthstone. Is the pale light blue birthstone for March. The July birthstone is a red color, is the second hardest mineral. Usually forms rounded, and can be found in forms of grain. It is also poisonous..
Prefix Practice	Spelling Lists		before. after. to put off for later. weather prediction. below the water.
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Stems	Spelling Lists		Being related to sound, hearing, or the study of sound. . A record piece of hearing.. / A professional who cut men’s hair. This includes facial hair such as beards or mustaches.. A unit of energy equivalent to the heat necessary to increase the temperature of 1 kg of pure water by 1º C.. Going against a certain religion or nationality. .
Pregnancy	Health		An unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development.. It surrounds a fetus, has long been considered a protected, almost inviolable, site.. A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum.. Relating to or affecting the navel or umbilical cord.. The modified blastula of a placental mammal.
Prehistoric Animals	History		450lbs, 7 inch fangs, carnivore. Not a Woolly Mammoth, relative of modern elephant, 16 foot long tusks. Often mistaken for the Mastodon, curved tusks, lived in North America, Nothern Europe, and Serbia. Not related to modern elks, their antlers were about 12 feet wide and weighed about 40 kilograms on their own, about 6 feet 6 inches-7 feet tall. elephant-sized ground sloth, walked on its hind legs, very long claws.
Prehistoric Animals	Animals		Largest known shark. Nickname is saber toothed-herring. Similar to today's Baleen Whales. Largest known whale. Snake was big and long enough to eat a dinosaur.
Prehistoric Mammals	Animals		Woolly Mammoth. ancient ancestor of tapirs. 'killer pig'. earliest digging mammal discovered. better known as the Giant Short-Faced Kangaroo.
Prehistory of the Marianas	Earth Sciences		An extrusive usually dark grayish rock consisting essentially of oligoclase or feldspar.. The study of the structure, formation, and history of the Earth, especially as recorded in rocks.. A fault in which the displacement is largely in the direction of the strike; Fault with mostly horizontal displacement.. A submarine mountain rising above the deep sea floor.. Having died out; No longer active, no longer in existence or use..
Preparedness	Society		It is important to establish a disaster ______ plan . ________ Command System. _______ will help you survive. Important for emergency communication . Where supplies 'To Go' are stored .
President	Government and Politics		a person not committed to traditional beliefs. a person that is not affiliated to any political party. a body of electors. where voters cast thier ballots. the person just below the persident.
Presidents Day	Holidays and Seasons		President lives there. George threw this coin. President's title ...in chief.. President's Desk is there. George chopped this tree.
Prewar Aggression	History		began on Setp. 19, 1931 when Manchuria was invaded by Japan, immediately following the Mukden incident.. Settlement permitting nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia's areas along the countries borders mainly inhabited by German speakers. Became Sudetenland.. Austriaq and Germany united as one country. Germany invaded Poland. Took it in 3 days and split it in half with Russia. Fought from July 17, 1936 - April 1, 1939. francisco Franco ruled Spain afterwards.
Price of Demand	Business and Work		The total amount of money a firm receives by selling goods or services. Consumers buy more of a good when its price decreases and less when its price increases. Goods used in place of one another. The Economic System of the United State.. Describes demand whose elasticity is exactly equal to 1.
Pride and Prejudice	Books		Mary had neither genius nor taste; and though vanity had given her application, it had given her likewise a _____ air and conceited manner, which would have injured a higher degree of excellence. having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth.. Anxiety, Melancholy. have been _______ on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.'. A permanent unit of an army typically commanded by a colonel and divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions..
Priesthood	Religion		A duty of deacons is to pass this . A duty of teachers is to do this with the sacrament. Priesthood authority is required to perform this ordinance (D&C 35:6). What priesthood authority is necessary to baptize? (JSH 1:69). Who appeared to Joseph and Oliver when they prayed in May 1829 (JSH 1:72).
Principles and Paradigms	Society	Use the clues to fill in each missing word.	Willing to listen to and accept ideas and personalities unlike your own. Accept and appreciate that everyone is __________________. Ability to direct your attention to one point for an extended amount of time. Portraying a friendly feeling and attitude to those around you. A big change in the way you see yourself or the world around you (2 words).
Principles of Business	Business and Work	Read and answer the questions carefully	An item that is willingly accepted in exchange for goods and services.. ____ is an asset used as payment for a loan if the debtor fails to make a regular payment.. Which type of service is goven without person to person contact. Trinidad and Tobago exports Oil and Gas, this type of resource or good used to trade is known as a ___?. a fixed payment made to the bank regularly such as every, month, fortnight, quarterly or yearly is called? .
Principles of Ecology	Science		Pollinators and plants have this type of relationship.. When one species captures, kills, and eats another.. Another name for plants or autotrophic organisms that capture energy and nutrients from inorganic sources.. The cowbird is the only one who benefits from this relationship.. Tropical forrests are a great example for this type of biogeography..
Principles of Sociology	Society		Collective tunnel vision of a group. People who influence the behaviors, opinions, or attitudes of others. Believed that the engine of human history is class conflict. A sociological perspective that views society as composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources. Using objective, systematic observations to test theories.
Probability and Statistics	Math		a bar graph representing continuous data; bars touch. a graphical representation of data on a number line. when the outcome of the first event does affect the outcome of the second event. the sum of the data divided by the number of data values. the difference between the largest and smallest values in a data set.
Product Knowledge	Business and Work		save for semi annual expenses such as auto insurance or vacation while earning interest.. This account features unlimited transactions with no minimum balance. Avoid the 5.95 monthly maintenance fee by completing 15 debit card transactions per month. Easily add your card to your phone to make checking out at a store a breeze. Just tap your phone to pay.. Lock in your savings with this account. . Same features of Freedom checking while earning dividends .
Products and Services- Loans	Business and Work		Revolving line of credit where the available balance is replenished after payments are made.. Loan provided through Missoula College or Bitterroot College. This loan is up to $3,000 and the first payment is due 60 days after the training. A low credit score is required.. This loan covers tuition and a new computer for students. The loan is up to $9,500 giving $8,000 for tuition and $1,500 for the computer.. A loan offered to students and staff at the University of Montana. An interest-free loan that requires 10% down on the purchase of a two-wheeled self-propelled campus-travel vehicle.. This loan can be used for over drafting with a $4 transfer fee but can also transfer the funds online, with the app, in person or over the phone. Interest is charged on the balance at a daily rate only on the days the balance is carried..
Products Invented in Tennessee	Other		Many places want to take credit for being the birthplace of ________. You can do a Google search on it and you will find numerous sites that claim that it came from this place or another, however, Knoxville, TN is the birthplace of that sweet, syrupy. Invented in 1897 by William Morrison and John C. Wharton, candy makers from Nashville, TN. They invented a device that heated sugar in a spinning bowl that had tiny holes in it. It formed a treat that they originally called 'Fairy Floss.' As the bowl. Garnet Carter was the first person to patent a game of _________ which he called 'Tom Thumb Golf' in 1927. The course was built on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, TN, to draw traffic to the hotel that Carter owned.. In 1912, in a copper kettle at the Standard Candy Company at Clark & First Avenue in Nashville, TN, the world’s first ever combination candy bar was invented. A roundish mound of caramel, marshmallow nougat, fresh roasted peanuts and real milk chocol. The Chattanooga Bakery was founded in the early 1900's as a subsidiary of the Mountain City Flour Mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The bakery's original purpose was to use the excess flour produced by the mill. By 1910, the bakery offered ove.
Program Construction	Business and Work		The process of locating and removing bugs from a program.. The state of a program when it is compiled and can be run by any computer. Data structure used by a translator where each identifier is assosciated with relevant information. A piece of software which converts between high-level languages and machine code.. The stage of the compilation process where syntax is checked to ensure it is correct.
Progressive Era	History		Muckraker who revealed the cruel way immigrants were treated and revealed the meat packing industry (wrote The Jungle). Agreement to stop fighting. Journalists that who reveal the wrongs of several organizations. Volunteer soldiers led by Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War. Ship that exploded off the coast of Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Progressive Era	History		muckraker that investigated the meat packing industry. was there to protect from the consumption of spoiled and disease carrying meats . almost stopped all winter fuel to go to major cities . muckraker that wrote about child labor and helped with child labor laws. when people vote for people to run for a certain election.
Progressive Era	History		Was raised in a Quaker household and was a really big part in the woman's voting rights movement. Ensures meat is processed and packaged in safe conditions. Co-founded one of the first settlements in the US . Photographer who used a camera as his tool for social reform . Upheld the law 'separate but equal' .
Progressive Era 1890-1920	History		Opened Hull House as a settlement house in Chicago.. A famous muckraker who published the book 'The Jungle'. . Movement that will eventually eliminate alcohol.. Agreement to stop fighting.. Authors and Journalists that stirred up much of the muck in society..
Prohibition	History		Scopes Trial held here. This act led to the 18th amendment. A theory conservatives strongly opposed. Last name of one of the attorneys in the Scopes Trial. The literal interpretation of the bible.
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