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 1022, The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries must arrive by Friday, November 19 (photocopies not accepted). The winner’s name will be published on December 5 from the first correct entry drawn.

Winner of Bare Bones No 1019: John Owen, of Narberth, Pembrokeshire. Across 1 Clumsy walk behind

junction? Nonsense 5 Crazy for fruit

9 Label as less healthy

around the head

10 Ben travelled around American city in dedicated way (Two words)

12 Part of the Far East 13 Woman accepts a

peerage – top form 14 Primate has small

part of church

15 Large aim –

redistributing capital 17 Fluff – initially fluff –

next to a lighter bit 19 Who stressed

about presenter?

21 Bureau right

for a policeman

22 Deals with names

23 Tearing off –

that’s hard

24 Second breakfast

for the captain Down

2 Wife consumed

river liquid

3 After month, the French quota makes an announcement 4 City guides, by

the sound of it

6 Entertain a source

of inspiration

7 No longer successful when the dishes are done (Three words)

8 Silver points

making a name

11 Criticise one

caught in terror

16 Deduce fine solution

to resistance

17 Some ships are agile 18 Pursue a recording

20 Reportedly influenced

by material