cross-word puzzle
1cross|word puzzle — «KRS WURD, KROS », a puzzle with sets of numbered squares to be filled in with words, one letter to each square, so that the words may be read both across and down. Synonyms, definitions of the words, or other clues are given with numbers… …
2cross·word puzzle — /ˈkrɑːsˌwɚd / noun, pl ⋯ puzzles [count] : a puzzle in which words that are the answers to clues are written into a pattern of numbered squares that go across and down My father does the crossword puzzle every morning. called also crossword …
3cross|word — «KRS WURD, KROS », noun. = crossword puzzle. (Cf. ↑crossword puzzle) …
4Puzzle video game — Part of a series on Puzzles …
5word — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 unit of language ADJECTIVE ▪ two letter, three letter, etc. ▪ monosyllabic, polysyllabic ▪ two syllable, three syllable …
6crossword puzzle — cross′word puz zle [[t]ˈkrɔsˌwɜrd, ˈkrɒs [/t]] n. gam a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues or definitions are fitted into a pattern of horizontal and vertical squares, one letter per square, so that most letters form parts of… …
7crossword puzzle — a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues or definitions are supplied and fitted into correspondingly numbered sets of squares, one letter per square, the words being arranged horizontally or vertically so that most letters form… …
8crossword puzzle — January 1914, from CROSS (Cf. cross) (adj.) + WORD (Cf. word) + PUZZLE (Cf. puzzle). The first one ran in the New York World newspaper Dec. 21, 1913, but was called word cross …
9Mechanical puzzle — Part of a series on Puzzles …
10The Cross-Wits — Logo for the 1986–1987 version of Crosswits. Format Game show Created by Jerry Payne Present …
