Crossword

Word CROSSWORD
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Definitions and meanings of "Crossword"

What do we mean by crossword?

A puzzle in which an arrangement of numbered squares is to be filled with words running both across and down in answer to correspondingly numbered clues. noun

A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word. noun

A puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle noun

(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.

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The word "crossword" in example sentences

A good crossword is easy to understand, much harder to create. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We must think of a continuum, rather than a dichotomy; if a crossword is 100% puzzle, Zork is 90% puzzle and 10% game. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The Observer crossword is the best puzzle available in a local paper. ❋ Unknown (2002)

For what it’s worth, Evan Bayh turns up in crossword puzzles a lot, as does his dad Birch. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sorry, so spending 30 minutes on a crossword is OK but eight minutes on Twitter isn’t?! ❋ Unknown (2009)

She really hated how I’d take the crossword from the morning paper into the john and then drop it in the trash when I finished it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Was it A, an enormous book of a new fad from Britain called crossword puzzles; B, an exhaustive biography of Pope Leo XII; or C, a catalog of the insects of the American South? ❋ Unknown (2010)

My fave fact is that the hardest position in a crossword is the lower righthand corner. ❋ Tripp (2006)

Some puzzles are obviously so; no one would call a crossword a "game." ❋ Unknown (2003)

"The crossword was a nice distraction for a few minutes every few hours as we wait for meetings to start, need a break from the computer, etc.," said one reader who asked not to be named. ❋ Patrick B. Pexton (2011)

It was the year everyone was fascinated by a new craze called crossword puzzles -Jack ❋ Unknown (2011)

USA Today if you want it on your Kindle ($144 a year), but it's still completely free over the Web; even the iPhone app gives you the content for nothing, save the crossword, which is a paid app. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"One thing different about sudoku than the crossword is the numbers don't lie," said Sharrow, ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Economist is famed for playing host to the world's toughest crossword, which is both invisible and upside down. ❋ Unknown (2009)

How do you determine — is there a kind of crossword-style art to figuring out which objects, in certain combinations, make for interesting solutions? ❋ Unknown (2010)

IMHO, this is a bit of a let-down for a crossword which is in one of the, if not the, best newspapers in England. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The $250 tablet is equipped with Android, but since it is technically an e-reader, the bookseller has selected certain applications, such as crossword and Sudoku puzzles, for the Nook rather than provide full access to the Android Market. ❋ Elizabeth Woyke (2010)

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