THE SKELETON CROSSWORD – £325 in prizes

There is a £100 prize for the first correct solution drawn; nine runners-up receive £25.

Send your completed crossword to the address shown in the box below left. In the skeleton crossword, the black squares and clue numbers have to be filled in as well as the words. Four black squares and four clue numbers have been inserted to give you a start. The black squares form a symmetrical pattern; the top half matches the bottom, and the two sides correspond. You can fill in 12 more squares at once to correspond with those given.

Send to: Skeleton Crossword, PO Box 12578, Sutton Coldfield B73 9BT. The winners will be the first correct entries drawn after the closing date of noon on Friday. Please allow 30 days for prizes to arrive.

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Narks may count caregivers Card key to commie’s bet Jailbird presented with complete pardon

It’s smart, hiding a movie location

Record grasping band’s cut Queen in general made one affable

Maybe Frank’s returning a pigment

Student sides with small bears

Round golfer follows is affected by difficulty

Great ape having a change of heart

Networking opportunity put a stop to?

Administrator opening cells being discussed (2 words) Opinions about tackles (2 words)

Most powerful parasite on a flower

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Animals closer to farm waste Poet put on notice cleared out

Source of excitement still cold

Great white seen during shift Snakes going past with insects

An urchin, say, cut in Georgia Rule about hot clothes losing backer

Two-faced girls outside quarters

Trip around South Africa after the end of spring

Time and again leaders bite back

Wood holding water - it improves

Material turned over like metal

Caught leader gets captor back

Material girl is legitimately content

Jam jar opened by head of state

22 Lean quarterback is in Paris

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