Definitions
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- noun The construction of
crosswords .
Etymologies
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1990, cruci- (“cross”) + verbal (“words”) + -ism (“pertaining to”), from Latin roots crux ("cross") and verbum ("word").
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Examples
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My mind just works like that, after years of happy cruciverbalism doodling with letters.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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It took me a year of hacking around until I really got the basics of cruciverbalism and another year until I put together a puzzle that met the NY Times standards.
Recently on This Recording betrudrew 2009
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