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 1058, The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries must arrive by Friday, July 29 (photocopies not accepted). The winner’s name will be published on August 14 from the first correct entry drawn. Winner of Bare Bones No 1055: Violet Ferguson, of Eddleston, Scottish Borders.
Across
5 Insects do not start
vitamin deficiency
8 Petitioned to be put to
practical use
11 Golf score in
the ballpark
12 Setting location
by railway
13 Salsa, say, then swim
14 Applauds around
circuits
15 Bag pressure –
that hurts!
20 Tease in part of
one’s cage
21 Middle class story in
rhyme? (Two words) 22 Sticking with a twitch
23 Stomach superior being bankrupt
(Two words)
24 Carelessly rated the
French lever
Down
1 Shout and point
to cellar
2 Like a writer,
no evergreen
3 Daily or yearly for
each one
4 After a day, choose
to acquire
6 Bother to identify washing instructions (Two words) 7 Very simple words that sound the same (Two words, hyphenated)
9 Reward residence with silver to show respect (Two words)
10 Showed candid tie off
16 Germany’s top beer
intoxicated bird
17 Asks hoarsely for files
18 Graduate set out to
cover in oil
19 Personnel pursuing
small fastener