crossword

Etymology

cross + word

noun

1. (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.
2. (informal, by extension) The grid of such a puzzle
   HOW TO ENTER::Fill in the crossword and send it to CROSSWORD No.54, DRUM, 176 Main Street, Johannesburg 1957, Drum: A magazine of Africa for Africa, page 72
   I sat on the bed and began to fill in the crossword. 1962, Juan Garcia Hortelano, Summer Storm, page 175
   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). 1967, Pigeon Racing News and Gazette - Volumes 23-24, page 27
   They should be able to fill out the crossword using their knowledge from this chapter. 1979, Judith A. Gillespie, An Energy Curriculum for the Elementary Grades - Page 2-45, Indiana Dept. of Commerce Energy Group, page 2-45
   You said you wanted me to fill out the crossword for you! 2021, Sarah Everett, Some Other Now, page 218
   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. 2021, Sian Phillips, Private Faces and Public Places: The Autobiography