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ˈcrossword, ˈcross-word
[cross- 4 c.]
In full crossword puzzle. A puzzle in which a pattern of chequered squares has to be filled in from numbered clues with words which are written usu. horizontally and vertically, occas. diagonally. Also attrib. and Comb.
1914N.Y. World 6 Dec. (‘Fun’) 7/2 Solution to last week's cross-word puzzle. 1924(title) The cross word puzzle book. 1925Punch 1 July 724 The allure of Epstein and Oxford trouserings has been for the few; the Cross-word Puzzle captivated the general. 1925‘Torquemada’ (title) Cross-words in rhyme for those of riper years. 1927Observer 3 Apr. 7 Particularly that spot known to crossword solvers as the acnestis. 1935Mrs. H. Richardson Parody 5 This parody business is overrated, and he deserts it for a cross⁓word puzzle. 1970Times 28 Apr. 1/4 A national crossword competition is to be held in Britain this summer..with The Times crossword puzzles used for heats and finals.
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1928Galsworthy Swan Song ii. iv. 141 Religion used to be red-hot politics, then it became caste feeling, and now it's a cross-word puzzle. 1959R. Longrigg Wrong Number v. 63, I could see the first few rows of audience: a crossword puzzle of black dinner-jackets, white shirt-fronts, dark dresses, pale shoulders. |