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Meanings of do a crossword in English

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Usage of do a crossword in English
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Kate is trying to do a crossword puzzle.
My Sister's Keeper
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The rest of the session, she'd watch the clock and maybe read a book or do a crossword puzzle.
Choke
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If you try to do a crossword your mind isn't on the clues; you are possessed by a feeling of paralyzed hopelessness.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
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The man is a school principal who keeps up a steady stream of trivial conversation as the writer tries to do a crossword puzzle.
The new yorker
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Dr. Guthrie is sitting in a big chair, doing a crossword puzzle.
The new yorker
6
Hank was sitting by the fireplace, doing a crossword puzzle.
On mystic lake
7
An old man was doing a crossword in the corner.
Deadly
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Kira Kirk's doing a crossword, but that woman acts like she hates all men.
Through the grinder
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Do a crossword or read a book at lunch.
Reuters
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He was doing a crossword puzzle.
The Robot Who Looked Like Me
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'Beat it,' said the doctor on duty there, who was doing a crossword puzzle.
Catch-22
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As I flew down to Tampa, I watched the old couple in the next row doing a crossword together.
Love is a mix tape: life and loss, one song at a time
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Herr Lindstom did ask a favor; he was doing a crossword puzzle, there was an American word he didn't know.
The new yorker
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He speaks English better than he reads it, and he puzzles his way through the stories like a man doing a crossword puzzle.
American Gods
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So, every morning Marilyn takes her soft gel and waits for an hour, doing a crossword to warm up, priming the pump, so to speak.
Futures 1
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He learned a lot from watching David Hare, he says, and compares screenwriting to "a hybrid of writing narrative and doing a crossword puzzle".
The Guardian
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