Checkmark with cross

As this symbol does not exist in unicode, you will have to define your own symbol. For starting, you should choose a check-mark you like (from my MWE below). With this, you can overlay this checkmark with some small rule or scaled backslash or alike.

% arara: lualatex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\newcommand{\test}[1]{\setmainfont{#1}
    \symbol{"2714}
    \symbol{"2718}
    \symbol{"2713}  
    \symbol{"2717}\par}
\usepackage{fontawesome}
\def\faChecked{\FA\symbol{"F00C}}
\def\faCrossed{\FA\symbol{"F00D}}

\begin{document}
$\checkmark$\setmathfont{XITS Math}$\checkmark$\setmathfont{Asana Math}$\checkmark$\setmathfont{TeX Gyre Pagella Math}$\checkmark$

\test{dejavusans.ttf}
\test{Linux Libertine O}
\test{symbola.ttf}
\test{quivira.otf}

\faChecked\faCrossed
\end{document}

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Most of these symbols are having a nice calligraphic line which I would prefer to retain. Therefore you could take one of the cross-signs and cut away its "slash"-bar getting a nice "back-slash"-bar (I would do this in an external program).

More easy would be, to choose a combination you like and to overlay these two. You might scale down the cross until it fits into the long arm of the check-mark, but I would recommend to use it as a superscript and to kern it a bit onto the left. Giving it a certain colour could make a clear and understandable symbol. What you think?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{fontspec}

\begin{document}
\setmainfont{quivira.otf}
\textcolor{green}{\symbol{"2713}}\textsuperscript{\textcolor{red}{\kern-0.55em\tiny\symbol{"2717}}}
\end{document}

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Edit: If you find symbols for PDFLaTeX, you can use them the very same way. I found the checkmarks from bbding (very rastered) and pifont which I present below:

% arara: pdflatex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{bbding}
\usepackage{pifont}

\begin{document}
    % bbding commands (too pixeled...)
    \Checkmark\CheckmarkBold\XSolidBrush
    % pifont commands
    \ding{51}\ding{52}\ding{55}\ding{56}    

\textcolor{green}{\ding{51}}\textsuperscript{\textcolor{red}{\kern-0.5em\tiny\ding{55}}}
\end{document}

My final solution:

\checkmark\kern-1.1ex\raisebox{.7ex}{\rotatebox[origin=c]{125}{--}}

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