Jane Austen Crossword Puzzle

About the Jane Austen Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers Jane Austen's six novels, their characters, and the English places and customs that shape their stories. Look for Elizabeth, Darcy, Pemberley, Emma, and Persuasion, along with settings such as Bath and Highbury. Readers of classic literature, book clubs, and students exploring Regency-era fiction may enjoy identifying familiar names and places.

This crossword draws on 46 clues about Jane Austen. 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

• •Gothic-tinged residence visited by a young heroine (5 letters)
• •Surname of five sisters in a famous family (6 letters)
• •Gothic-reading heroine of a Gloucestershire abbey tale (9 letters)
• •Proud gentleman transformed by a sharp rejection (5 letters)
• •Vain vicar whose matchmaking ambitions misfire (5 letters)
• •Younger sister often overshadowed by a flirtatious sibling (5 letters)
• •Country estate at the heart of a novel (9 letters)
• •Derbyshire estate admired during a guided visit (9 letters)

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