BARE BONES

WIN A COLLINS ENGLISH DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS SET, AND A BRADFORD’S CROSSWORD SOLVER’S DICTIONARY

Our Bare Bones Crossword is unique because you have to complete the grid – numbers and squares – as well. 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.

There is a prize of a Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus set, and a Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary. Send your solution to: Bare Bones Puzzle No 783, The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries must arrive by Friday, April 21 (photocopies not accepted). The winner’s name will be published on May 07 from the first correct entry drawn. Winner of Bare Bones No 780: William Breslin, of Oakwood, Derby.

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ACROSS

7 Father takes shelter, that is obvious 8 Tenant is in a gatehouse on the right 11 Feel kind about a large deer 12 Complaining about a metal fence 13 Knock a source of water 14 Extra paradiddles with a snare 15 Mark’s out of mascara 20 Overambitious, having a great deal of time 21 Letters received about Lima getting British silver 22 Magazine about a range in the kitchen 23 Crush the spirit 24 Difficult to deal with, right inside depression

DOWN

1 Rely on stability from what’s left in account (Two words) 2 The artist has kind generosity 3 Kept report that was dull 4 Simple scheme to capture island 5 Nowadays have time for a proverb 6 Run after intensity of main explosive (Two words) 9 Chap afterwards accepts answer of no religion 10 Bridge has craft, but without luxuries 16 Common name for a forger 17 Lacking strength, having left out one of the senses 18 Calm down, making a racket with energy 19 Big look around a chilly residence