After Eight

Have a go at our eight-shaped crossword. You’ve got eight starter letters to help you on your way. Solutions on back page of pullout

ACROSS

Rub, scratch (5) and 28 Down Doc Martin actress (pictured top) (8, 4) Slow arduous journey (4) Region, district (4) Golf ball support (3) Most excellent (4) Long distinctive period of time (3) Meeting of a court (7) Board a ship or plane (6) 17 Blue pigment (6) 20 See 24 Across 21 Biblical vessel built

by Noah (3) 23 Converse, speak (4) 24 and 20 Doc Martin actor (pictured bottom) (3, 7) 25 Large town (4) 26 Soft French cheese (4) 29 Swathe in lagging (8) 30 Move or travel

rapidly (5) 1 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 16

DOWN

Large triangular instrument that is plucked to produce sound (4) Folder for papers (4) Speed up (10) Active and lively (9) Human sculpture (6) Plaid fabric used for kilts (6) Layer of earth beneath the surface that rests on the bedrock (7) Mocking wit (7) Grossly sentimental story or movie that might make its audience cry (4-6) 19 Causing solitude (9) 20 Fasten on (6) 22 One in charge of

animals in a zoo (6) 27 Make silent (4) 28 See 6 Across 2 3 4 5 7 8 14 15 18

Join the islands using horizontal or vertical bridges so that the number of bridges reaching an island equals the number shown. You can build up to two bridges between two islands, but you cannot build a bridge that crosses over an island or another bridge. When complete, the bridges will form a network in which all of the islands are connected to each other, as in the example below. Solutions on back page of pullout