English graduate cross about test (4)
I believe the answer is:
exam
'test' is the definition.
(I know that test can be written as exam)
'english graduate cross about' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'graduate' becomes 'MA' (abbreviation for Master of Arts).
'cross' becomes 'x' (X is cross-shaped).
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'ma'+'x'='max'
'max' backwards is 'xam'.
'e'+'xam'='EXAM'
(Other definitions for exam that I've seen before include "paper" , "Scholastic test" , "Formal knowledge test" , "One might be taken for English" , "Oral maybe" .)