Kids Across/Parents Down

The Original Crossword Puzzle for Kids and Their Favorite Adults The across clues are for kids and the down clues are for grown-ups!

Kids Across

1. Basketball players (or other athletes) who dress alike every time they play the game

3. To leap into the air as you try to make a shot (or what grasshoppers bend their knees to do)

5. The people in the stands who make noise with their hands

7. Get ready, get dressed, go!: Before heading out to the court, players gather with their coach in the ______ room to get fired up for the game

8. A great player (like one in the NBA) who is at the top of his game

9. Don't worry, just hustle!: Even if your 1A is down a few points it's the score at the ____ of the game that matters

10. The shimmering color than any other 1A in Olympic history

12. To clinch the championship

14. A slang word for the game of basketball (or circular toys that make everyone dance the hula)

15. Count on it: There's one on every player's jersey

17. A coach can call a time out if he wants to ____ the clock

18. The color of the ball every WNBA player tries to get her hands on

21. It hangs from a hoop

22. What the 1A does to get ready for a basketball game

Parents Down

1. Unsurprisingly, basketball stars are almost always _____ than the rest of us

2. For three!: Court's curved threepoint line (or hump-shaped trajectory of a three-point shot)

3. Focus of ESPN's "The Last Dance," nicknamed "His Airness"

4. Undeniable: Superlative designation awarded to the game-changer at the end of each game

5. The fifth one puts a player in time out until the next time

6. We give basketball players the sure footing they need. What are we?

10. Guy like Goliath, who would make a scout salivate

11. Bounce while driving (or drool while drinking, as a baby might)

12. Parquet, as seen on the floor of the court

13. Sound that suddenly

17 As the game

16. Miss him with "Mr.": Julius Erving was known by this venerable title (abbr.)

18. It's a slam dunk: When it comes to teamwork, "alley" is nothing without it

19. Network on which Marv Albert announced the NBA Finals, play by play, for more than a decade

20. Sportscaster's shout-out when a player, despite having been fouled in the act of shooting, actually sinks the shot: "And ____!"