How to Use crossword in a Sentence

crossword

noun

• Imbibers can put their bar knowledge to the test with crossword puzzles, a labyrinth, word search and fill-in-the-blanks.
  — Carolina Gusman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• Learn about different types of crosswords, discuss solving strategies, explore online sources and more.
  — Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
• Crosswords have been helpful, too, for familiarity with some of the short, obscure words that sometimes trip up spellers.
  — Ben Nuckols, The Seattle Times, 31 May 2017
• Hours were filled with card games and crossword puzzles or standing on deck contemplating the slight division between sea and overcast sky.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2016
• One of the features of a skaldic poem is that it’s incredibly convoluted, like a cryptic crossword puzzle.
  — National Geographic, 22 Jan. 2017
• Previous studies have compared brain-training games to crossword puzzles, which may stimulate the brain differently.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 July 2017
• Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates once confessed to bringing crossword puzzles.
  — Loren Dejonge Schulman, The Atlantic, 20 May 2017
• The New York Times was decades late to the crossword craze.
  — Peter Rubin, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2019
• Need to print a crossword so two of you can test your wits?
  — Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman, 24 Apr. 2024
• Seaver did the NY Times crossword on team plane flights.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2020
• The New York Times crossword gets harder as the week goes on.
  — James Brown, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
• The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a word found in one of the clues.
  — WSJ, 17 Aug. 2023
• Some of these complaints against the crossword feel quaint.
  — Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2022
• This may have been the year that no crossword went unsolved.
  — Liz Maynes-Aminzade, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2020
• The answer to this week’s crossword contest is a four-letter part of the body.
  — WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
• Fill it with cool water on a hot day and finish the Times crossword.
  — Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
• My father had also loved to swim naked, and to sit by the pond, bare-assed, doing the crossword.
  — Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
• Some of you may not have noticed this, but in most cases, a crossword grid tends to be square.
  — Deb Amlen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
• Race your family to be the first one to build a crossword using all your tiles.
  — Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping, 27 Apr. 2022
• The daily crossword is spread on my lap, my husband sits by my side.
  — Lesley Finn, Longreads, 7 July 2022
• The cards look like crossword puzzles, with numbers from 00 through 99.
  — Jamie Lisanti, SI.com, 2 May 2018
• The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a five-letter word.
  — WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
• The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a six-letter word.
  — WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
• The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a classic TV show.
  — WSJ, 19 Oct. 2023
• Please see a note to readers about crossword puzzles on page C13.
  — WSJ, 18 Jan. 2019
• The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a music venue.
  — WSJ, 5 Jan. 2024
• Manager Phil Nevin picked up a crossword in the morning as well.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
• Like in a crossword grid, a series of predictable modules fill the space and determine what the paths are.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2020
• In this game, you’re given 24 single-letter tiles, and your goal is to make a crossword with the tiles you’re given.
  — Lindsay Tigar, CNN Underscored, 6 Apr. 2021
• One way to find out is to break away from popular games like crosswords and Sudoku.
  — Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024