 Finite intersection witness for cross-intersecting families

For cross-intersecting families $\mathcal{A},\mathcal{B}$ with member sizes at most $r,s$ respectively, there is a finite set $X$ with $|X|\le r{\sum }_{j=0}^s{r}^j$ such that $A\cap B\cap X\ne \varnothing$ for every $A\in \mathcal{A},B\in \mathcal{B}$. Take a bounded-size transversal kernel ${\mathcal{A}}_0$ preserving hitting sets of size at most $s$ and set $X={\bigcup }_{A\in {\mathcal{A}}_0}A$. For each $B$, the set $B\cap X$ is a hitting set for ${\mathcal{A}}_0$, hence for all of $\mathcal{A}$. This proves the assertion even for infinite set families; if either family is empty, take $X=\varnothing$.