crossword

crossword
(亦作 crossword puzzle)
noun
  1. a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues
    纵横填字谜;纵横填字游戏
语源
  1. said to have been invented by the journalist Arthur Wynne, whose puzzle (called a ‘word-cross’) appeared in a Sunday newspaper, the New York World, on 21 December 1913
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