Answer:

terraced

Answer	Crossword Clue
TERRACED	Like many apartments
TERRACED	Banked with earth.
TERRACED	Tiered.

TERRACED	On several levels, as a garden.
TERRACED	Like some lawns
TERRACED	Like some hillsides
TERRACED	In layers
TERRACED	Like Rhine vineyards
TERRACED	Like Mayan pyramids

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.