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Wedding Crossword Clue Ideas: 40 Clues About the Couple
A "Sip & Solve" crossword is a crossword about the couple that guests work on during cocktail hour: on a big welcome sign, on cards at each table, or on a sheet at every place setting. The hardest part is not the grid; it is thinking of good clues. Here are 40 clue ideas to borrow, grouped by topic, plus tips for a crossword your guests can actually finish.
How they met
- The city where they met
- The app, class, job or friend that introduced them
- What they ate on their first date
- The movie they saw on their first date
- The month of their first date
- Who said "I love you" first
The proposal
- Where the proposal happened (a beach, a lighthouse, a mountain)
- The season or month of the proposal
- Who cried first
- The ring's stone or shape
- The first person they called with the news
Home and family
- Their dog's or cat's name
- The breed of their pet
- The street of their first apartment
- The town they live in now
- Each of their hometowns
- How many siblings they have between them
- Who does the cooking, and who does the dishes
- The year they moved in together
Food and favorites
- Their go-to takeout
- Their Sunday morning tradition (pancakes, the crossword, a long walk)
- A favorite flower
- A favorite sports team
- The song for their first dance
- The show they always rewatch
- The board game one of them always wins
- Coffee or tea, every morning
- The flavor of tonight's wedding cake
Jobs and hobbies
- Each of their jobs
- The instrument one of them plays
- The sport they play together
- The hobby that takes over the garage
- The college they went to
Travel and the future
- The first trip they took together
- The honeymoon destination
- The country at the top of their bucket list
- The car they drove on road trips
- The kind of house they dream of
- The name they would give a future dog
- Where they spent their first holiday together
Tips for a crossword guests can finish
- 12 to 16 answers is the sweet spot. Fewer looks thin on a big sign; many more and the clues get crowded on a table card.
- Mix easy and hard. Put in a few answers every guest knows (the couple's last name, the wedding month) so every table gets a start.
- Keep answers short. 4 to 10 letters fit best. Two-word answers are joined in the grid, so say so in the clue: "Their favorite dessert (2 words)".
- Pick answers that share letters. A crossword needs words that can cross each other. Ordinary words (BOSTON, TACOS, PARIS) cross easily; long names with rare letters are harder to fit.
- Write clues that make people smile. "Plays it, loudly, at every party" (GUITAR) gets a laugh and an answer.
- Plan the reveal. Read the answers out during the toasts, or set the answer key by the sign halfway through the night.
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