Associations to the word «Crossword»

Pictures for the word «Crossword»

Wiktionary

CROSSWORD, noun. ​(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.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE, noun. (games) A crossword.
CROSSWORD PUZZLES, noun. Plural of crossword puzzle

Dictionary definition

CROSSWORD, noun. A puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats