BARE BONES

WIN A COLLINS ENGLISH DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS SET, AND A BRADFORD’S CROSSWORD SOLVER’S DICTIONARY 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.

ACROSS

1 A ship is following church for outer framework 5 Mechanical right boot managed to get one caught 9 Fellow goes to ancient city to hide 10 At home, old behaviour is not precise 11 Heard no-one as devout as her 12 Wave, having lost second drinking vessel 13 Informant working at the bank 14 Risk money, having on new hat 17 Impetuous, getting woman a salad ingredient 21 Garland of buddleia 22 Remove significance from celestial event 23 Primate woven into tapestry 24 Large old attempt at intolerance 25 See it’s a variation that is most simple

DOWN

1 Strike with part of the sleeve 2 Terribly eager to have the same opinion 3 Thin creature to remain within group (Two words) 4 Pears used as a weapon 5 Race round, with time to respond 6 After struggle, doctor points to khaki suit (Two words) 7 Get in trouble a little bit 8 Once put in order for an ice cream 15 Due round part of a large house 16 Distinguish your head on small screen 17 Pure chaos with eastern currency 18 Jiggle a small fish 19 Note politician is fluent but insincere 20 Wager has a pulse