crosswords
- plural of crossword.
Example Sentences
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Under the blankets, a few plastic bottles filled with hot water and power banks for her phone, on which she played crosswords.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Stephen Sondheim was so good at crosswords that he considered it cheating to use a pencil—or a pen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Sheila Irvine, 70, who is registered blind, told the BBC it was "out of this world" to be able to read and do crosswords again.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
Sheila chose to learn to do puzzles and crosswords while one of the French patients used them to help navigate the Paris Metro -- both tasks being more complex than reading alone.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2025
I've been told that crosswords puzzles help fight the advance of Alzheimer's Disease, but that had nothing to do with my initiation.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
