ALPHAPUZZLE®

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Alphapuzzle® tests your logic and word power. Each grid number represents a letter. Each letter of the alphabet is used. Use the given letter or letters – below the main grid – to start.

Can you beat the Target Time? Call for an Extra Letter Clue if you get stuck. Solution next Sunday. DIFFICULTY: 10/10; TARGET TIME: 30 minutes; CLUE: American shaggy ox holds Nigel.

Acorn Editorial Ltd. All words appear in Chambers Dictionary

For extra letter clues, call:

0907 181 2603

(Deduct two minutes from Target Time for each extra letter used). Alternatively, for six extra letter clues direct to your mobile, text:

SXALPHA to 64343.

Texts cost £1 plus your normal network operator rate. Full solution:

0907 181 2602

Across only:

0907 181 2600

Down only:

0907 181 2601

*Calls cost 80p a minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge.

SP: Spoke, London W1B 2AG. Last Sunday’s solution ACROSS: Moniker, Stub, Doyen, Immoral, Weird, Jade, Deride, Mimosa, Five, Pique (clue), Cassava, Ovoid, Shed, Odyssey. DOWN: Edited, Focus, Onyx, Crevasse, Innuendo, Émigré, Wizard, Bibulous, Toreador, Cove, Bulge, Arcade.