Answer: acrostics

AnswerCrossword Clue
ACROSTICSInitial readings?
ACROSTICSPuzzles involving quotes, usually
ACROSTICSPuzzles involving quotations
ACROSTICSCompositions in verse, with letters specially arranged.
ACROSTICSPuzzles.
ACROSTICSKin of abecedariuses
ACROSTICSCertain word puzzles
ACROSTICSNEWS for the four directions, and others
acrosticsACROSTIC, a poem in acronym form
acrosticsA poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words