bare bones

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.

Across

7 Courteous and quiet, old student wore tie 8 Fall over often in front of drier 11 Bring me back a couple to hug 12 A dope is worried about getting fatty 13 Clowns get depressed deep inside 15 Be prolific in squad, we hear 16 Reported total or just a part of it 18 Flier leaves drink unfinished 21 Clothing takes a great deal of time? Nonsense 22 Brave Virginia takes on Latin translation 23 Have a strong desire for a steeple 24 Swap a few coins

Down

1 Drink, angry at instance of betrayal (Two words, hyphenated) 2 Frenchman broke nail in Italian city 3 Take pleasure in seeing film about five 4 Good man not prepared for the tube 5 Opening move, removing front of range 6 Citrus fruit gives family zero scope (Two words) 9 I leave after French colour produces giddiness 10 Unworthy of fellow to display hate 14 Now employers have to be obliged 17 First murderer has key to a room 18 Wager queen will come in to get a hat 19 Forcibly remove from the Victory 20 Farm animal catches large crow