Printable Acrostic Puzzles

How to Solve an Acrostic Puzzle

An acrostic puzzle is sort of a hybrid between a cryptogram and a crossword puzzle. Your goal is to reveal a hidden quote in the grid at the top by correctly answering the crossword-style clues near the bottom of the puzzle. Each letter in the quote is linked to a letter in one of the clue answers. As you fill in more and more answers, more letters will begin to fill the quote grid, until eventually the entire quote is revealed. What's more, the author and/or source of the quote will be spelled out when you read the first letter of each answer.

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If you're new to acrostics, or just looking for a relatively easy puzzle to solve, give these a try first. These puzzles have fewer clues and smaller grids, and they fit entirely on one page.

Seasoned solvers and those looking for a greater challenge will want to try these two-page puzzles, which contain larger grids, many more clues, and require a lot more time to solve.