Crossword puzzle clue "across and down pattern"

Across-and-down pattern

First word across in the first-ever crossword (1913) and the first of a dozen appearances of the word in this puzzle's grid, written word search-style (left, right, down, and diagonally) ... Can you f

Location of what to ditch from all long solutions (and from Across/Down hints) for this all to work

They're hard in across answers and soft in down ones

Athletic infraction ... or what occurs at the beginning of this puzzle's four theme answers, both across and down

What this grid's big symbol is, Across and Down

Threaded across and down

Like across and down: Abbr.