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.

There is a prize of a Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus set, and a Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary. Send your solution to: Bare Bones Puzzle No 813, The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries must arrive by Friday, November 17 (photocopies not accepted). The winner’s name will be published on December 3 from the first correct entry drawn. Winner of Bare Bones No 810: Shirley Mackay, of Giffnock, Renfrewshire.

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ACROSS

1 Medic to lie about being submissive 4 Catholic wasted hours on part of a song 10 Tinker about with top of the bauble 11 Engineers charge to get university key for fugitive 12 Improper if talking about serious breach 13 Cooking last deer recipe is a sin 14 Fancy a novice acquiring some colour 15 Have a large bit of meat inside 16 Cast worth getting a rewrite

17 Chap takes record from domestic employee 21 Smoking accessory is not as serious 22 Betting on corner having a sequin 23 Hornet flying around a seat of power 24 Drapes ruined by butter, say

DOWN

1 Prevent daughter getting on broken tree 2 Inconclusive ending on Beachy Head, say 3 Be partial to something in the same way 5 Breathe heavily in a bad mood

6 School has association with field sport (Two words) 7 Severe at the back of the boat 8 To make a celestial map begin with tea (Two words) 9 Gratis accommodation at the pub (Two words) 15 Doctor has a Latin servant 18 Make an emotional appeal for new pedal 19 Most unusual to embrace shock 20 Attorney finds politician a little wet