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. Across 1 Best ever LP 4 Feline let loose on larger animals 10 Dashing and brave? About time 11 Defence group never managed to disturb 12 Stagger for part of the film 13 Sleep soundly? 14 Catch sight of European agent 15 Tom’s broken more than half 16 Shrewd about any new inclusion 17 Search in Tuscany 21 Hope inn organised a radio show (Two words, hyphenated) 22 Dope is wrong to point to incident 23 Fades, with the Spanish fuel 24 Working mere day without a cure Down 1 Navigation aid that looks both ways 2 Goes round with note about foundation 3 Free to include a surprise attack 5 Banner includes former queen 6 Priest devised mission for muse 7 Each extremely behind the conclusion 8 Columnist in relative pain? (Two words) 9 Promise eager aunt to change 15 Sulked on a motorbike 18 Deprived of keys in city 19 Police department has to yield 20 Excellent penalty