crossword puzzle
noun
: a puzzle in which words that are the answers to clues are written into a pattern of numbered squares that go across and down
My father does the crossword puzzle every morning.
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Our managing editor Maraithe Thomas solved today’s crossword puzzle in three minutes and fifty-seven seconds.
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
The Billboard Daily Crossword puzzle is powered by PuzzleMe™, created by an experienced team of crossword puzzle-making pros with oversight from the trivia hounds on Billboard’s staff.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Read that book, do that crossword puzzle.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
The crossword puzzle is not going anywhere.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
The Billboard Daily Crossword puzzle is powered by PuzzleMe™, created by an experienced team of crossword puzzle-making pros with oversight from the trivia hounds on Billboard’s staff.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Read that book, do that crossword puzzle.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
The crossword puzzle is not going anywhere.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Crossword puzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crossword%20puzzle. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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