crossword

noun4

1. •
   A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.
2. •
   The grid of such a puzzle.

   • I sat on the bed and began to fill in the crossword. — 1962
3. •
   (no longer used) The words in an acrostic puzzle from which the letters are to be taken.

   • CROSSWORDS: I. Not plain. 2. Wandering tribes. 3. To disparage.[…] — 1897
4. •
   (no longer used) A crossword enigma poem.

   • A CROSSWORD. My first is in army but not in fort. My second is in prisoner but not in court.[…] — 1874