Bridges (7)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">bridges</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('span' can be a synonym of 'bridge')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for crosses that I've seen before include "Goes over" , "religious symbols" , "Traverses" .)