He was about to start to use his black pen, the secretary jumped in a panic and asked to use a red pen. He, without waiting a second, said that the pen he was holding can also write red. When I asked this question to my 6-year old son, his answer was yes. Anyway he will use this at school this week during his news time. Across sounds like 'a cross'.
Crosswords have clues for words that fit across.
Dracula is afraid of crosses. L0000246 Chess is a universe with it's own rules, that don't make sense outside of that universe. Why was the King unable to move. The Queen placed him in cheque mate. This one just just 'turned up' after a short discussion about the problem of deafness.