Noun
crossword (plural crosswords)
- (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.
- (informal, by extension) The grid of such a puzzle.
1957, Drum: A magazine of Africa for Africa, page 72:HOW TO ENTER::Fill in the crossword and send it to CROSSWORD No.54, DRUM, 176 Main Street, Johannesburg
1962, Juan Garcia Hortelano, Summer Storm, page 175:I sat on the bed and began to fill in the crossword.
1967, Pigeon Racing News and Gazette - Volumes 23-24, page 27:All you have to do is fill in the crossword on this page and write your name and address on the coupon in Block Capitals (those written in longhand will not qualify).
1979, Judith A. Gillespie, An Energy Curriculum for the Elementary Grades - Page 2-45, Indiana Dept. of Commerce Energy Group, page 2-45:They should be able to fill out the crossword using their knowledge from this chapter.
2021, Sarah Everett, Some Other Now, page 218:“You said you wanted me to fill out the crossword for you!”
2021, Sian Phillips, Private Faces and Public Places: The Autobiography:Flair, the butler, drank.[…]On weekdays when we were alone, he would open The Times and fill in the crossword, each clue no sooner read than solved. At weekends he merely read the crossword, then ironed the paper before giving it to Herbie.
Translations
word puzzle
- Afrikaans: blokkiesraaisel (af)
- Albanian: fjalëkryq (sq) m
- Arabic: كَلِمَات مُتَقَاطِعَة (kalimāt mutaqāṭiʕa)
- Armenian: խաչբառ (hy) (xačʻbaṙ)
- Bashkir: кроссворд (krossvord)
- Belarusian: красво́рд m (krasvórd)
- Bulgarian: кръстословица f (krǎstoslovica)
- Catalan: mots encreuats (ca) m pl
- Cebuano: pulongbay
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 填字遊戲 / 填字游戏 (tiánzì yóuxì), 縱橫字謎 / 纵横字谜 (zh) (zònghéng zìmí)
- Crimean Tatar: krossvord
- Czech: křížovka (cs) f
- Danish: krydsordsopgave (da), kryds-og-tværsopgave
- Dutch: kruiswoordraadsel (nl) n, kruiswoordpuzzel (nl) m
- Esperanto: krucvortenigmo (eo), krucvorto
- Faroese: krossorðagáta f
- Finnish: sanaristikko (fi), ristisana, ristisanatehtävä (fi)
- French: mots croisés (fr) m pl, grille de mots croisés (fr) f
- Georgian: კროსვორდი (ḳrosvordi)
- German: Kreuzworträtsel (de) n
- Greek: σταυρόλεξο (el) n (stavrólexo)
- Hebrew: תשבץ (he) m (tashbéts), תשחץ (tashkhéts)
- Hungarian: keresztrejtvény (hu)
- Icelandic: krossgáta (is) f
- Indonesian: teka-teki silang (id)
- Irish: crosfhocal (ga) m
- Italian: cruciverba (it) m, parole crociate f pl
- Japanese: クロスワード (ja) (kurosuwādo)
- Korean: 십자말 (sipjamal), 크로스워드 (keuroseuwodeu)
- Lithuanian: kryžiažodis
- Low German: Krüüzwoortradels n
- Luxembourgish: Kräizwuerträtsel n
- Macedonian: крстозбор m (krstozbor)
- Malay: silang kata
- Maltese: tisliba f
- Maori: panga kupu, pangakupu
- Marathi: शब्दकोडे n (śabdakoḍe)
- Norman: mots crouaîsis m pl (Jersey)
- Norwegian: kryssord (no)
- Pannonian Rusyn: крижалька f (križalʹka)
- Persian: جدول (fa) (jadval)
- Polish: krzyżówka (pl) f
- Portuguese: palavras cruzadas (pt) f pl
- Romanian: cuvinte încrucișate (ro) f pl
- Russian: кроссво́рд (ru) m (krossvórd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: крижаљка f
- Roman: križaljka (sh) f, ukrštenica f, krstoslovnica f
- Slovak: krížovka (sk) f
- Slovene: križanka (sl)
- Spanish: crucigrama (es) m, palabras cruzadas f
- Swedish: korsord (sv) n, kryss (sv) n
- Telugu: గళ్ళ నుడికట్టు (gaḷḷa nuḍikaṭṭu), పదబంధ ప్రహేళిక (padabandha prahēḷika)
- Turkish: kare bulmaca, çengel bulmaca, çapraz bulmaca
- Ukrainian: кросворд (krosvord)
- Welsh: croesair m
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- French: mot-croisé m, grille de mots croisés (fr) f
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