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.
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 911, The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries must arrive by Friday, October 4 (photocopies not accepted). The winner’s name will be published on October 20 from the first correct entry drawn. Winner of Bare Bones No 908: Mr G. Bell, of Botley, Hampshire.
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Across
7 Looks for boyfriend – attempt loses heart 8 Character somehow builds tree up 11 Change smoothly, lacking gold and speed (abbr.) 12 Cheese and tea without European religious man 13 More polite with a salesman 14 Overdue, chipping front off tile 15 Land starts to fracture in Japanese islands 20 An attempt to do something in the past 21 Uncontrolled sheep puts pressure on worker 22 Feeling numb about an animal 23 Feel confused about graduate being of a certain gender 24 Military ruler has firearm, but no time
Down
1 Very exciting game at the plant (Three words, one hyphen) 2 Alcoholic drink is a hit 3 Pushy person gets unusually energetic 4 One of the couple gets travel note first 5 Small wine, just for fun 6 Signal on course for turning stag around (Two words) 9 In the morning, repeatedly having gal changing union 10 Best choice, lost on mother 16 Pause to start a game of pool 17 Force rascal to join the Spanish 18 Swamp harms new layout 19 Seat is singular, excessively large