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# crossword

«crossword» in Mova's school dictionary: **A word puzzle where you write words into a grid of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a crossword, crosswords); also crossword puzzle

### meaning for a pupil

A word puzzle where you write words into a grid of squares, across and down, using clues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossword/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: newspaper crosswords. In school: crosswords practise spelling and vocabulary. In maths: number crosswords use sums as clues. Phrases: do the crossword, crossword clue, cryptic crossword.

### examples

- Grandma does the crossword every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossword/#x1)
- I'm stuck on 7 across. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossword/#x2)
- We made a science crossword for our topic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossword/#x3)
- The crossword clue was «a baby cat» — kitten! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossword/#x4)
- Cryptic crosswords have tricky clues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossword/#x5)
- Fill in the crossword with a pencil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossword/#x6)

### note

One word. Clues are numbered «across» and «down». A cryptic crossword (UK) has puzzle-like clues; a quick crossword has simple ones.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crossword» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossword/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.