COLOSSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS: 12 High spirits, 13 Throne, 14 Pealed, 16 Blue, 17 Animation, 18 Shift, 19 Taut, 20 Getting at, 22 Might, 23 Agreement, 27 Partial, 30 Befell, 31 Reel, 32 Trade, 35 Rear, 36 Special, 38 Acid, 39 Realise, 42 Sprout, 45 Annoy, 46 Cashier, 47 Shed, 48 Snip, 50 Density, 52 Pared, 54 Report, 56 Carrots, 57 Epic, 59 Repined, 61 Rage, 64 Strew, 66 Cues, 67 Missal, 69 Thieves, 72 Putting on, 73 Stare, 74 Promising, 79 Shot, 81 Exact, 82 Plays fair, 83 Roll, 85 Indeed, 86 In case, 87 Having a stab.
DOWN: 1 Bill, 2 Threat, 3 Sprain, 4 Arrival, 5 Steal, 6 Chinchilla, 7 Loose, 8 Seeing red, 9 Spotted, 10 Part, 11 Returned, 15 Divine, 21 Erase, 24 Marbles, 25 Region, 26 Trains, 28 Torso, 29 Ass, 33 Retains, 34 Terror, 37 Lay-by, 40 Sheer, 41 Finding, 43 Panda, 44 To date, 46 Caper, 49 Portent, 51 Impish, 53 Repeat, 55 Purse, 58 Came to pass, 60 Doh, 62 Green, 63 Automatic, 65 Touching, 68 Scream, 70 Intends, 71 Break in, 75 Mirage, 76 Stress, 77 Stock, 78 Oscar, 80 Ties, 84 Lean.
PATHFINDER
Cheese and Onion, Lamb and Mint, BBQ Beef, Prawn Cocktail,
Flame-Grilled Steak, Marmite, Beef and Onion, Salt and Vinegar, Worcester Sauce, Paprika, Roast Chicken, Black Pepper, Smoky Bacon, Sour Cream and Chive, Sweet Chilli, Pickled Onion, Branston Pickle, Ready Salted, Tangy Cheese.
30-SEC BRAIN TEASER
Beginner 16; Intermediate 201; Advanced 78.
HONEYCOMB
1 Banker, 2 Nature, 3 Ermine, 4 Nitric, 5 Iconic, 6 Notice, 7 Centre, 8 Nitwit, 9 Wasabi, 10 Assume, 11 Middle, 12 Redden.
ANAGRAM CROSSWORD
ACROSS: 5 Sift, 7 Orca, 8 Eat up, 9 Anechoic, 11 Code, 12 Evil, 14 Ego trips, 17 Ill-fated, 18 Maul, 19 Snub, 21 Gantries, 24 Lamer, 25 Cool, 26 Newt.
DOWN: 1 Toga, 2 Marc, 3 Deforest, 4 Otic, 5 Spectrum, 6 Ford, 10 Navel, 13 Life belt, 15 Ordinary, 16 Prude, 20 Nave, 21 Game, 22 Race, 23 Salt.
BRICKWORK
Tea, Date, Dante, Wanted, Waned, Dawn, Wan.
WORD SPIRAL
1 Wash; 2 Hoot; 3 Tail; 4 Late; 5 Envy; 6 Yard; 7 Door; 8 Rose; 9 Elan; 10 Noel; 11 Lush; 12 Half; 13 Feud; 14 Dogs; 15 Seep; 16 Pass. Keyword: Russell
CIRCLEGRAM
The letter represented by the question mark is D. Viridian, emerald, celadon, all shades of green.
CLOCKWORD
1 Bowled, 2 Reward, 3 Inroad, 4 Demand, 5 Ground, 6 Enfold, 7 Torpid, 8 Foiled, 9 Orchid, 10 Napped, 11 Donned, 12 Addled. Hidden name: Bridget Fonda
QUIZWORD
ACROSS: 1 Scapula, 7 Laura, 8 Leather, 9 Stigma, 11 Heine, 13 Ryle, 14 Illyria, 15 Dern, 16 Ngaio, 17 Curlew, 21 Zatopek, 22 River, 23 Jocasta. DOWN: 2 Clemenceau, 3 Patinkin, 4 Loeb, 5 Taft, 6 Brag, 9 Shore, 10 Maleficent, 12 Elbow, 13 Rangiora, 18 Riis, 19 Epee, 20 NATO. CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Classic, 7 Cocoa, 8 Scarper, 9 Asthma, 11 Amity, 13 Pate, 14 Granite, 15 Tiny, 16 Puppy, 17 Snares, 21 Deficit, 22 Welsh, 23 Iterate. DOWN: 2 Locomotion, 3 Strategy, 4 Idea, 5 Toss, 6 Cosh, 9 Audio, 10 Match point, 12 Eaves, 13 Peculiar, 18 Axes, 19 Else, 20 Tent.
TWO-SPEED COFFEEBREAK
ACROSS: 1 Apart, 5 Cobra, 9 Bug, 10 Ozone, 11 Amend, 12 Vet, 13 Can, 14 Ape, 16 Art, 18 Trying, 21 So-so, 23 Edge, 26 Treble, 29 Ebb, 31 Ode, 32 Pop, 34 Rob, 36 Abode, 37 About, 38 Sir, 39 Tenet, 40 Scent.
DOWN: 1 Abacus, 2 Puma, 3 Agents, 4 Today, 5 Coven,
6 One, 7 Beta, 8 Aunt, 15 Pined, 17 Rig,
19 Rot, 20 Gel, 22 Orb, 24 Depose, 25 Expert, 27 Robot, 28 Beats, 29 Emit, 30 Bran, 33 Odin, 35 OBE.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1 Mongols, 2 Rudolf Hess, 3 Dauphin,
4 J Edgar Hoover, 5 William, 6 Mary I, 7 Barbra Streisand, 8 Madonna, 9 Drum, 10 Roger Daltrey, 11 The Supremes, 12 Six, 13 The brain, 14 Afterburner, 15 Morphine, 16 Stye, 17 Fermentation, 18 Artificial intelligence, 19 Basketball, 20 Scotland, 21 South African, 22 Australia, 23 Grand National, 24 Austrian, 25 Chris Evert, 26 Crufts, 27 18, 28 England, 29 Private, 30 John Smith.
NAME GAME
ROAD RUNNER
1E, 2D, 3N, 4O, 5N, 6R, 7U, 8A, 9R, 10R.
WORD WHEEL
EMBROIDER
JUST A BIT OF FUN
2 Brink
MIRRORGRAM GIRLFRIEND
SUMTHING
9+8=17, 3x4=12, 3x4=12.
FRIDAY’S SPEEDBREAKER
1=F, 2=A, 3=J, 4=P, 5=I, 6=G, 7=V, 8=W, 9=R, 10=Z, 11=D, 12=S, 13=X, 14=B, 15=T, 16=O, 17=Y, 18=K, 19=U, 20=M, 21=E, 22=C, 23=L, 24=Q, 25=H, 26=N.