Kids Across/ Parents Down

The Original Crossword Puzzle for Kids and Their Favorite Adults™

Kids Across

1. Teddy Roosevelt's furry feline pet (or the pair of fuzzy foot-warmers you wear with your pajamas)

4. The name of the spotted dog who lived in the White House with our eighth President Rutherford B. Hayes (or what's over the "i" in "president") 6. What a wacky name!: First Daughter Amy Carter's teacher gave her a Siamese ___, which she named Misty Malarky Ying Yang

8. It's the name shared by second President Bush's dog and a popu-lar purple dinosaur with a TV show

11. It's the name of the pony who gave Caroline Kennedy rides on the White House lawn (or super cheesy noodles) 13. She was President Teddy Roosevelt's curly-tailed pet named Maude

14. President Taft's grown-up calf

16. A reptile in the White House: Teddy Roosevelt's wife Alice had a pet garter ____ Emily Spinach, a name she choose because it was thin like her Aunt Emily and as green as spinach 18. Cleopatra and Caesar aren't just the names of famous people in history -they are also the two _____ that pulled John Adams carriage on his Inauguration Day

20. Not in the White House, Martin!:

The across clues are for kids and the down clues are for grown-ups!

Pres. Van Buren was told by Congress that he had to donate his two giant striped 6As to the zoo 21. Throughthe years, no one has had more ___ in the White House than its presidential pets

23. Obama's furry family members: This presidential pooch (whose name sounds like a perfect day) was the second dog adopted by the First Family

24. With a little help from young Americans, First Lady Hillary Clinton wrote a book "Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' ____ to the First Pets"

Parents Down

1. What G.W. Bush's dog Ranger was to his dog Millie (and what their owner was to G.H.W. Bush)

2. Mrs. Nixon, mother of adopted pooch Pasha (or tap on the top of the head often accompanied by "Attagirl!") 3. Pet name of Caroline Kennedy's canary, which must have caused it a bit of confusion (or red-breasted bird of a different feather)

4. Fun fact: FDR had a Great ____ named "President"

5. Tiny breed, like Buchanan's dog Punch (or plaything, like a Teddy bear) 7. An unpopular move: Never wild about animals, Truman angered pet lovers when he gave ____ his cocker spaniel and Irish setter, 9. Devil dog?: John Adams conjured up this fiendish name for his mixedbreed pooch

10. Hanging homes of Eisenhower's pet parakeet Gabby and Teddy Roosevelt's macaw Eli Yale

12. First Marsupial: Herbert Hoover kept this odd-looking animal as a presidential pet (and Harrison had a pair of them, which he named Mr. Protection and Mr. Reciprocity are platform principles) 15. McKinley's yellow Mexican parrot seemed to _____ "Yankee Doodle" 16. First 5A of the Clinton White House, who had a rocky relationship with his canine stepbrother, Buddy (or pair of knee-highs)

17. Japan's national fish, like those in President Shinzo Azo's pond 19. Time-honored name of Hoover's wire-haired terrier: Big ___ 20. FDR's ironically-named big Old English Sheepdog

22. Finding love at a roadside stop: LBJ discovered his dog Yuki at a Texas ___ station