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 fourway symmetry: both top and bottom and left and right match, so you can fill in 12 more squares straight away. Across 1 Silly, putting decent top at the back 4 Boss almost makes a social blunder 7 Former president finds transport hard 9 For every one found inside jetty 10 Glee breaks out about a good shot 11 Jog out of bistro, timidly 12 British diets affected by small accommodation 13 Register for a large drink 14 Shrewdness makes soldiers follow a copper 18 Discuss what young lady had for dinner 20 Issue without hesitation reaches dull finish 21 Lift gets an increase in allowance 22 Some land has a heart, with nothing missing 23 Part of the elephant’s foot – the back part 24 Used to have directions to a terrible place 25 School head won over by cold weather Down 2 Animated a veil in a different way 3 Beat iron, say, to the sound of some music (Two words) 4 Reportedly reckoned on getting a visitor 5 Scare rector away from contest 6 Make a choice from selection 7 Spread prohibitions about English food (Two words) 8 Lost out getting old seat 15 About to move near a long-legged bird 16 Point torn apart by husband 17 Tough routine ultimately ruining skin 18 Doctor gets three points for costume 19 Developing roots or trunk