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

5 Good king pursuing a hard worker 8 Nonsense to use laundry in a selfish way 11 It hinges on quiet, helpful suggestion 12 Reportedly notice sailor getting a condiment (Two words) 13 For every experience has it 14 Graduates with not even an F – that’s hot stuff 15 Unending regalia for an organ 20 Pleased to include an open area 21 Doing business, striding without energy 22 Point to the Spanish swimmer 23 New student is more impertinent 24 Crazy person left women with twitch

Down

1 A portal made of stone 2 Farm animal gets registered for fourpence 3 Teach another way to swindle 4 Small ornament makes cleaner get married 6 Dominant animal has a laugh after record – terribly lame (Two words) 7 Trial, getting striker a game of cricket (Two words) 9 Being on friendly terms while boarding (Two words) 10 Now begrudge putting broken tap first (Two words) 16 Expert left in act of deception 17 Note well ventilated farm building 18 Foolish, putting your head under ledge 19 A lot of oil, only superficially impressive