Examples of crossword in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Eyvheni, 73, passes the idle hours in the basement curled up under a blanket and filling out a crossword puzzle. — Washington Post, 7 May 2022 The game, which comes in free and paid versions, combines the jigsaw-like intersecting letter arrangements of a crossword puzzle with the positional logic of a math puzzle like kenken, creating a truly unique and addictive brain teaser. — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2022 While going through some boxes, Blair came across a picture of his late wife, Diane, doing a New York Times crossword puzzle with Clinton. — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2022 Reading the order is like watching someone do a cryptic crossword puzzle: trying out unlikely or double meanings and scrambled terms in a stubborn effort to fill in a series of blank, ideologically arranged squares. — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2022 But both say that a perfect evening includes a crossword puzzle and listening to jazz music in the company of Mr. Rembaum’s beloved cat, Minnie. — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022 The clue for 44-Across in Thursday’s crossword puzzle failed to specify that the solution involved the mainland. — WSJ, 19 Mar. 2022 Another take on the crossword puzzle, Alpha Omega asks players to unscramble letters, instead of forming words from clues. — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 11 Mar. 2022 In the Tuesday crossword puzzle, which celebrates International Women’s Day, Ms. Guizzo highlights five women who won Nobel Prizes and their achievements. — New York Times, 8 Mar. 2022 See More

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