BARE BONES

Our Bare Bones Crossword is unique because you have to complete the grid – numbers and squares – as well. We have inserted four black squares and four clue numbers to get you going. The crossword has a four-way symmetry: both top and bottom and left and right match, so you can fill in 12 more squares straight away. There is a prize of a Collins Pocket Thesaurus. Send your solution to: Bare Bones Puzzle No.518, The Irish Mail on Sunday, PO Box 5332, Cardiff Lane, Dublin 2. Entries must arrive by Friday (photocopies not accepted). The winner of Bare Bones No.517 is Thomas Lacey from Shankill, Co. Dublin. Across 1 He’s responsible for movements of support ship 5 Agree shakily after millions proves to be inadequate 10 Night work? A red gravy is prepared when this happens (Two words) 11 Glimpse Turing passing through main passage (Two words) 12 Drink to communist victory over Spain (Two words) 13 Republicans accepting drum roll as something sweet 15 Computer key allows for more portable devices 18 Parsonage rant on going wrong makes you an unwelcome individual (Three words) 19 The Spanish eyes roll at French palace 20 Organ was observed around public library Down 2 Back and almost look up to a learner getting high naval rank (Two words) 3 Scavenger finds foreign coin in either half of a ditch 4 Writer to brandish weapon at Earl 5 Regulations regarding helping taken with manners 6 Help about alkaline value of garden problem 7 Cool adjudicator has to fix energy charge 8 Puts a date to silver parts of a compass 9 Exists with the French in Corsica, say 13 Yawn is good to copy 14 Marsupials will eat a thousand birds 16 Bread required to mend gable 17 Son introduced pensioner to Coronation Street