The Constitution Worksheet - WordMint - Free Printable

I'll solve this crossword puzzle on the "Principles of the Constitution" and explain the solution step by step.

First, let's analyze the clues and use the word bank to identify the answers:

Across Clues:
3. President of the Senate - VICEPRESIDENT (from word bank)
5. Gvmt. pay for what they take away (2 wds.) - COMPENSATION (from word bank)
6. Law-interpreting Branch - JUDICIAL (from word bank)
10. "People Rule": 1 of 2 - POPULAR (from word bank)
13. Law-enforcing Branch - EXECUTIVE (from word bank)
17. 3rd says: they can't stay - TERM LIMITS (from word bank)
19. Intro to Constitution - PREAMBLE (from word bank)
22. Law-making Branch - LEGISLATIVE (from word bank)
23. 6th says: right to a - TRIAL (from word bank)
25. Half of Congress: 2 of 3 - SENATE (from word bank)
28. 5th says: right to remain - SILENT (from word bank)
29. "...secure the blessings of ___" - LIBERTY (from word bank)
31. Simply, doc to search your stuff - WARRANT (from word bank)
33. Powers given to the fed. gvmt. - ENUMERATED (from word bank)
35. 2nd says: right to ___ (2 wds.) - BEAR ARMS (from word bank)
36. Chief Executive; commander-in-Chief, ... - PRESIDENT (from word bank)
37. 8th says: no unusual - PUNISHMENT (from word bank)
38. Greatest power of Sup. Court: 2 of 2 - JUDICIAL REVIEW (from word bank)
39. "People Rule": 2 of 2 - SOVEREIGNTY (from word bank)
40. Half of Congress: 3 of 3 - HOUSE (from word bank)

Down Clues:
1. The R of RAPPS - REPRESENTATIVES (from word bank)
2. Type of court for 6th - CRIMINAL (from word bank)
4. Principle of shared power between fed gvmt & states - FEDERALISM (from word bank)
7. In Congress, 1 of 100 - REPRESENTATIVE (from word bank)
8. 1st says: say what you want (2 wds.) - FREE SPEECH (from word bank)
9. "...provide for the common ___" - DEFENSE (from word bank)
11. Half of Congress: 1 of 3 - SENATOR (from word bank)
12. Law of the Land - CONSTITUTION (from word bank)
14. Type of court for 7th - CIVIL (from word bank)
15. First 10 Amendments - BILL OF RIGHTS (from word bank)
16. Powers given to the States - RESERVED (from word bank)
18. "1st Constitution?" - ARTICLES (from word bank)
20. Greatest power of Sup. Court: 1 of 2 - SUPREMACY (from word bank)
21. Before it alaw - AMENDMENT (from word bank)
24. Powers shared by nat. & state gvmts. - CONCURRENT (from word bank)
26. ___ & Proper: The Elastic Clause - NECESSARY (from word bank)
27. Full Faith and ___ - CREDIT (from word bank)
30. ___ Clause: nothing higher than Constitution - SUPREMACY (from word bank)
32. To approve an Amendment - RATIFY (from word bank)
34. Change to the Constitution - AMENDMENT (from word bank)

Now, let me fill in the crossword grid based on these answers:

The completed crossword would have:
- Across 3: VICEPRESIDENT
- Across 5: COMPENSATION
- Across 6: JUDICIAL
- Across 10: POPULAR
- Across 13: EXECUTIVE
- Across 17: TERM LIMITS
- Across 19: PREAMBLE
- Across 22: LEGISLATIVE
- Across 23: TRIAL
- Across 25: SENATE
- Across 28: SILENT
- Across 29: LIBERTY
- Across 31: WARRANT
- Across 33: ENUMERATED
- Across 35: BEAR ARMS
- Across 36: PRESIDENT
- Across 37: PUNISHMENT
- Across 38: JUDICIAL REVIEW
- Across 39: SOVEREIGNTY
- Across 40: HOUSE

- Down 1: REPRESENTATIVES
- Down 2: CRIMINAL
- Down 4: FEDERALISM
- Down 7: REPRESENTATIVE
- Down 8: FREE SPEECH
- Down 9: DEFENSE
- Down 11: SENATOR
- Down 12: CONSTITUTION
- Down 14: CIVIL
- Down 15: BILL OF RIGHTS
- Down 16: RESERVED
- Down 18: ARTICLES
- Down 20: SUPREMACY
- Down 21: AMENDMENT
- Down 24: CONCURRENT
- Down 26: NECESSARY
- Down 27: CREDIT
- Down 30: SUPREMACY
- Down 32: RATIFY
- Down 34: AMENDMENT

This crossword covers key principles of the U.S. Constitution including separation of powers (executive, legislative, judicial branches), federalism (shared powers between national and state governments), checks and balances, the Bill of Rights, and constitutional amendments.

The answers are all derived from the provided word bank, which contains terms related to constitutional principles such as enumerated powers, reserved powers, concurrent powers, supremacy clause, elastic clause, and the various rights protected by the first ten amendments.