Crossword and Puzzle

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Crossword noun - A puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle.

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Puzzle and crossword are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Puzzle" instead a noun "Crossword".

Puzzle noun - Something hard to understand or explain.

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Crossword and puzzle are semantically related. You can use "Crossword" instead a noun "Puzzle".

Nearby Words: puzzling, puzzled, puzzlement, puzzler

The sheriff struggling with the puzzle says he wants to shoot Will Shortz, perplexing the large fraction of the viewing public that doesn't know the name of the New York Times crossword editor.

Source: Crossword Puzzle
She has a mind like a crossword-puzzle dictionary and an encyclopedic knowledge of occultism.

Source: Badass Bookworm / Literature
Something similar to the third variation: Rugrats featured one of the parents calling a crossword-puzzle help line, and we could see that the words he was filling in horizontally spelled "D-U-M-B" vertically.

Source: Crossword Puzzle

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Puzzle and Crossword. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 11, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crossword/puzzle

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