Across
- 1. The family name of Suyuan and June
- 4. The name of the club meant to provide hope during dark times
- 6. The concept the mothers believe can be changed by one's actions
- 12. The city where June finally meets her twin sisters
- 14. The city where Suyuan founded the original club during the war
- 15. The title of the story where An-mei learns to shout
- 17. The "life's importance" jewelry Suyuan gives to June
- 21. The family name of Lindo and Waverly
- 22. The daughter who watched her mother slice her own flesh for soup
- 23. The figure Ying-ying seeks out during the Moon Festival as a child
- 26. Waverly’s American fiancé who fumbles dinner etiquette
- 27. The family name of Ying-ying and Lena
- 29. What the mothers hope to "feast" on to offset their pain
- 30. The status of An-mei’s mother in Wu Tsing’s household
- 33. The game Waverly Jong masters as a child prodigy
- 35. The concept of having both a Chinese and an American identity
- 37. The brother who drowned at the beach, leading to a loss of faith
- 38. The title of the story where June struggles with piano lessons
- 43. One of the twin sisters left behind in China
- 44. Waverly’s childhood nickname, meaning "Little Sister"
- 46. The strategy Lindo teaches Waverly to win at life and games
- 48. The daughter who takes her mother's place at the mah jong table
- 50. Lena’s last name, which her father changed from En-gaat
Down
- 2. The deaf piano teacher June tricked during lessons
- 3. An-mei’s grandmother who called her "shou" (dishonorable)
- 5. The American city where the families are based
- 7. Lena and Harold’s furniture piece that symbolizes their unstable marriage
- 8. The "Ghost Wife" who lost her spirit after a traumatic first marriage
- 9. The daughter named after the street she lived on
- 10. The element Rose is told she lacks in her character
- 11. The English name June uses
- 13. What Ying-ying says she has become because she didn't use her spirit
- 16. The fruit Lindo uses to describe Waverly’s "invisible" nature
- 18. Ying-ying’s zodiac sign, representing her hidden power
- 19. The daughter whose marriage to Ted falls apart due to her passivity
- 20. What An-mei kept under a table leg in the form of a white Bible
- 24. What Lena and Harold strictly apply to their shared finances
- 25. What Lena hears the mother and daughter through in her apartment
- 26. The object that supposedly determined the success of Lindo’s first marriage
- 28. The element that describes a person who listens to too many people
- 31. The chapter where June and her mother argue over a crab dinner
- 32. The family name of An-mei and Rose
- 34. The game played by the four women at their weekly gatherings
- 36. The mother who escaped an arranged marriage to Tyan-yu
- 39. The mother whose name means "Long Cherished Wish"
- 40. The number of malignant gates a mother warns her daughter about
- 41. The number of "evils" mentioned in the parables
- 42. What the swan left behind in the book’s opening parable
- 45. What Rose discovers she has when she finally stands up to Ted
- 47. What the Moon Lady was actually a representation of
- 49. The bird from the prologue that represents hope and transformation