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 Pass – it is an

inflammation

5 Knight finds friend

nowadays at home

9 Helmsman about

to steer

10 Vital call for ornamental

object (Two words)

11 Hurry to get an

American code

12 Tenor performed after

British literary family

13 Volunteers fast for gift

14 Inferior look around ship 17 Pub losing heart with

every violation

21 Greek character initially

put on a stone 22 Expert had band

disbanded (Two words) 23 Devoured less than

nine, by the sound of it 24 Firm defeat by

current giants

25 Lights the front,

setting out chores Down

1 Timepiece not

left for bird

2 City throwing some

light on gold

3 Accepting teams, picking a favourite

(Two words)

4 The French pen

started fashion

5 Indicate location 6 Member getting a large offer that’s valid (Two words)

7 Study includes small amount – more than ten

8 Drive back to

see rushes

15 Throw out old

exercise by student 16 Religious leader

to talk endlessly

17 Eruption is a bit of fun 18 Collision, cold

and impetuous

19 The picture

contains a story

20 Bishop, say, and

his last requests