The Cross-Wits was an American syndicated game show which premiered on December 15, 1975 and lasted for five seasons until its cancellation on September 12, 1980. It was hosted by Jack Clark, with Jerri Fiala as hostess (during several weeks when she played the game as a celebrity, game show veteran Bob Hilton's then-wife Kitty would fill in). Announcing duties were handled by John Harlan, Jay Stewart, and Jerry Bishop. The show was produced by Ralph Edwards Productions and distributed by Metromedia Producers Corporation.

A second version aired in 1986 (without the hyphenated title of the earlier version, so it was known as "Crosswits") and was hosted by David Sparks, who also worked as a male model on the Reg Grundy-produced game show Sale of the Century.

Both versions were produced as daily shows, but the original Cross-Wits aired in many markets as either a weekly series or a bi-weekly series.

The show was created by Jerry Payne, who first developed the show in 1966 as Crossword, an unsold game show pilot.

Two teams of three members each (a contestant and two celebrities) compete to guess words in a crossword puzzle; the words all combining to lead to the identity of a famous person, place, thing, etc. The contestant chooses a word ("I'll take 1 down, please") and selects one of his teammates to guess the answer to a clue host Clark read (e.g., "An eight letter word that's a type of foil") ; the point value of the word depended on the round and how many letters were in the clue. If the celebrity correctly guessed the clue (in this case, "aluminum") within a 10 second limit, the contestant got to guess the puzzle's master solution; otherwise, control passed to the opposing side. Either way, the points were deposited into a bank and the word appeared in the appropriate space. Anywhere from five to nine clue words appeared in the puzzle, all combining to lead to the master solution (e.g., aluminum, engine, small, economical, car, General and Motors could lead to the master solution "Chevrolet Vega"), with the contestant guessing the puzzle winning the dollar value of the points. Several rounds were played, with point values increasing by round; the team leading when time ran out (usually three rounds) won the game and moved on to the Cross-Fire bonus round. In the 60-second Cross-Fire round, Clark read, rapid-fire style, clues to crosswords. Each clue was worth $100, but getting 10 of them was worth a new car (usually upscale) or some other fabulous prize (such as a trip or fur). Written by Brian Rathjen

Two three-member teams--two celebrities and one civilian--compete against each other to fill a giant crossword puzzle. The team gets clues to each word on the board, and gains points for every word it can fill in. Written by Marty McKee