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 fourway 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 860, The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries must arrive by Friday, October 12 (photocopies not accepted). The winner’s name will be published on October 28 from the first correct entry drawn. Winner of Bare Bones No 857: W. Tapley, of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. NAME ............................................................................................................................... .. ADDRESS ............................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................... ................ POSTCODE .................................... TELEPHONE...........................................................

ACROSS

5 I left scene being played out in absence of sound 7 Kilo lost, initially, in additional form of vitality 10 The uppermost part of the address 11 Like a Scot born in India 12 Small bed gets a layer of paint 13 At home, chief is heard, generally (Two words) 16 He will shortly find a terrible place 17 Woman of fair energy 18 Compassion takes Greek character to Turkey’s borders 19 Proper tea is brewed for a high-ranking cleric 20 Attack a sailor, by the sound of it

DOWN

1 Student spread bile – that is published defamation 2 Town and city politician gets something that is useful for a book (Two words) 3 Irascible couple in conversation find fruit (Two words) 4 Judge novice kept inside to be desolate 6 Cleaner takes one elevator to be a conveyance for a skier (Two words) 8 Writer composed lines on saint that are poor 9 Innovator puts single jetty on the outside 14 Long time before noon 15 Creep up on a supporter of botany