checking

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of check

plural checkings

1. countableuncountablehobbiesThe act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
2. countableinformalbusinessA checking account.

   Withdraw $5000 from checking and put it into savings.

3. countableuncountableAn act whereby one checks something or someone (in any sense).

   The gin had a delayed reaction. Its effect didn't become felt until Valerie had, after a wearisome walk and numerous checkings of her map, reached the flat.

   1991, Kathleen Conlon, Unfinished Business, →ISBN

4. countableuncountablecrosswordingThe crossing of solutions in a grid.

   What about the corpus of Ximenes - Azed specials? In 'Printer's Devilry' checking is normal but the clues are special.

   1977, Games & Puzzles

   2 more examples

   One must reckon to solve at least three of the Playfair clues independently before cracking the code and getting checking to help with solving the fourth.

   1977, Games & Puzzles

   An added complication is that double definition answers are often very short, typically between four and six letters long, so there are lots of possibilities even when you have checking letters.

   2020 August 20, Telegraph Media Group Ltd, The Telegraph: How To Solve a Cryptic Crossword: Mastering cryptic crosswords made easy, Hachette UK, →ISBN