[
US
/ˈkɹɔˌswɝd/
]
[ UK /kɹˈɒswɜːd/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈɒswɜːd/ ]
NOUN
- a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
How To Use crossword In A Sentence
- This crossword will really tax your brain.
- There must be something wrong with people who can do cryptic crosswords.
- I still prefer the uncertainty and randomness of crossword clues.
- He also taught him the knack of solving cryptic clues in crossword puzzles.
- He left his cryptic crossword on the desk, with two clues still unanswered.
- Jack scribed the word beings into the appropriate boxes on the crossword.
- He was in the habit of doing crossword puzzles while casing premises prior to breaking and entering, and would always obligingly leave them behind for police to find.
- As a crossword puzzler myself and the daughter of a crossword addict who competed in the national competition filmed for the movie Wordplay, I know both how fun and frustrating they can be. What's the Connection?: Winning...and Losing
- A day for cancelling appointments, for crosswords, for drying out socks. THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS
- for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles
