Across
- 3. — Chess prodigy Jong daughter
- 4. — Part of the club's name, what mothers sought
- 7. — St. Clair daughter, unhappy marriage
- 9. — Waverly's childhood talent and pride
- 10. — What the mother keeps from swan
- 12. — The four women who founded the club
- 15. — Lena's husband who splits every expense
- 16. — Jong mother, tricked by red candle
- 18. — What divides mothers and daughters most
- 22. — Waverly's American boyfriend
- 23. — Hsu daughter, loses herself in marriage
- 24. — City where Joy Luck Club meets
- 27. — Country all four mothers left behind
- 29. — One of the twin daughters Suyuan left
- 31. — An-mei's mother cut flesh for soup
- 32. — Ying-ying's first husband's family name
- 35. — Capital city referenced as imperial China's heart
- 36. — Ying-ying's Chinese zodiac animal sign
- 38. — Jing-mei's mother, Joy Luck founder
- 39. — City where Suyuan abandoned her twins
- 41. — Southern Chinese region in family origins
- 43. — Wealthy man who took An-mei's mother as concubine
- 46. — Goes by June, tells her mother's story
- 48. — River near where the twins were abandoned
- 49. — Chinese word meaning butterfly
Down
- 1. — Hsu mother, learned from sacrifice
- 2. — Babies Suyuan left on the road
- 4. — Barrier between mothers and daughters
- 5. — Mahjong gathering the mothers formed
- 6. are exactly 50 clues with answers:
- 8. — Institution all four daughters struggle with
- 9. — Feast dish symbolizing luck and character
- 11. — Grandmother in An-mei's childhood story
- 13. — Northern city in An-mei's story
- 14. — What the mothers tried to change for daughters
- 17. — Wu Tsing's fourth wife, An-mei's mother
- 18. — St. Clair's first name, Lena's father
- 19. — How mothers pass their wisdom to daughters
- 20. — How Ying-ying felt after losing herself
- 21. — American-born women in the second half
- 24. — City Suyuan fled during the war
- 25. — Game played at every Joy Luck meeting
- 26. — Bird from the opening parable story
- 28. — Central theme daughters struggle to find
- 30. — Other part of the club's hopeful name
- 33. — Rose's husband who wants divorce
- 34. — Tiger lady, St. Clair mother
- 37. — Beautiful city Suyuan described to her daughter
- 40. — Lena's cheap husband splits bills
- 42. — Wu Tsing's weakness and household tool
- 44. — Island some characters passed through
- 45. — Land the mothers dreamed of for daughters
- 47. — What An-mei's mother could never become