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crosswordcross‧word /ˈkrɒswɜːd $ ˈkrɒːswɜːrd/ ●●○ (also ˈcrossword ˌpuzzle) noun [countable] - All around the room, trainees put down their New York Times crossword puzzles.
- Darby was a cheerfully relaxed young man who compiled cryptic crosswords for a monthly magazine in his spare time.
- I listen to a brief passage from one of the Brandenburg concertos and work on the Times crossword.
- It has taken 28 more years to add a crossword puzzle.
- It is the brian-child of Barbara Hall who can fairly claim to be the most versatile crossword compiler in the business.
- She left her book of crossword puzzles folded open on the kitchen counter.
- Up until now, Morse's only known passions were for opera, beer and crosswords.
- You can make up simple, large crossword puzzles for the patient to solve.
► Other Gamesbar billiards, nounbeanbag, nounbilliards, nounblind man's buff, nounchicken, nouncrazy golf, nouncrossword, nouncue, nouncue ball, nouncushion, noundoll's house, noundomino, noundouble-Dutch, noundressing-up, nounducks and drakes, nounflag football, nounframe, nounhide-and-seek, nounkeep-away, nounkickball, nounkite-flying, nounleapfrog, nounmarble, nounmaze, nounmusical chairs, nounninepins, nounnoughts and crosses, nounpaper chase, nounparlour game, nounpeekaboo, interjectionplay, verbpocket, verbpool, nounpool hall, nounpot, verbpuzzle, nounsack race, nounskip, verbskipping rope, nounskittle, nounsnowball, nounsnowman, nounYo-Yo, nounzap, verb ► do ... crossword I like to sit down and do the crossword. NOUN► puzzle· And probably a book or a crossword puzzle or something you could do when you were down there, you know.· Using quantum theory to understand gravity makes as much sense as trying solve a crossword puzzle with the key to your door.· It has taken 28 more years to add a crossword puzzle.· She was highly educated and was good at crossword puzzles and so unlikely to make such an elementary error.· All around the room, trainees put down their New York Times crossword puzzles.· It's like a crossword puzzle.· She left her book of crossword puzzles folded open on the kitchen counter. VERB► do· They use it with feeling and flair when they talk, tell jokes, invent word games, and do crossword puzzles. a word game in which you write the answers to questions in a pattern of numbered boxes: I like to sit down and do the crossword. |