BARE BONES

Complete the grid – numbers and squares. 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. Answer next week.

Across

1 Tribe’s arena set a puzzle (Two words, hyphenated)

9 Several might, around noon

10 Quiet, offensive bit of mischief

11 Neat article removed from county

12 Note about Scot being a public schoolboy

14 Shade for small vehicle allowed

16 Bishop to teast European on railway corruption

18 Suggest expert be a model

21 Nag about wife having bite

22 Playing, having had a late start (Two words)

24 Shivering fit is unclear, but not initially

25 Design making football team angry (Two words) Down

2 Artist on that material

3 One politician is a mischievous devil

4 Meat cooked for squad

5 Evangelist removes front to reveal old ship

6 Come in from barren terrain

7 Fellow changing, then hesitating

8 Children getting behind team is not the most important thing (Two words)

13 Couple not getting beginning in tune

15 Wild animal of basic urges

17 Rock star has a knife

19 Addresses deity in audible commendation

20 Go down, we hear, in togetherness

22 Rubbish first half is illuminated

23 Neither out of ignorance