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Age of Enlightenment Crossword Puzzle

A themed crossword with 31 clues to draw from. Find Enlightenment thinkers, political ideas, books, and places from an era that championed reason and debate.

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About the Age of Enlightenment Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers the Age of Enlightenment, an intellectual movement that shaped philosophy, science, and politics in Europe and beyond. Find thinkers such as Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau alongside ideas like liberty, natural rights, and separation of powers. Readers interested in world history, philosophy, and the roots of modern democracy will recognize many of these people and concepts.

This crossword draws on 31 clues about Age of Enlightenment. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

  • •Scottish economist of the invisible hand (9 letters)
  • •Public gathering spot for lively conversation (11 letters)
  • •French editor of a vast reference work (12 letters)
  • •Eighteenth-century movement promoting inquiry and science (13 letters)
  • •German thinker who stressed language and culture (12 letters)
  • •French author who advocated divided powers (11 letters)
  • •Study of fundamental questions (10 letters)
  • •Open exchange of views among citizens (12 letters)

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