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 1146, The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries must arrive by Friday, April 12 (photocopies not accepted). The winner’s name will be published on April 28 from the first correct entry drawn.
Winner of Bare Bones No 1143 Mrs B Orzel-Silson, of Whalley Range, Manchester.
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Across
7 Kitty making the highest return
8 Seize suitable remedy outside
10 Demand, when king
11 A match for the devil
12 Advice from local authority, by the sound of it
13 Brand new, small sweets
14 Room around receptacle
19 Entertainer transported those by ship
20 Clergymen are nuisances about scripture lessons
21 Cairo concerned about a fabled creature
22 Avoidance – woman is no different
23 Guy doesn’t finish, so is a failure
Down
1 Knock over sufferer’s first tablet
2 Creepy-crawly to remain within group (Two words)
3 Second wine, just for fun
4 Alcoholic drink is a hit
5 Sarcastic like this, attorney gets a bit of soap (Two words)
6 Heard oar is made of bone
8 Eerie fact about coffee pot
9 Cautioned about teaching
15 Horse runningby the sea
16 When a Scot is continental
17 Country is a small nuisance
18 Whisper from a team