BARE BONES
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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 Blamed cocky ensemble for dark play (Two words)
9 Stick to African country – no borders
10 Twist wife to get some jewellery
11 Care about the area
12 Worry about horse in slaughter
14 Come on – wasted year to get wealth
16 Pale bin transported in old vessel
18 With cheese – that’s a good joke
21 Bishop, elderly but courageous
22 Game is big on improvement
24 Primate gets a kiss at the top
25 Mild inclination to design long steeple (Two words)
Down
2 Left port fully loaded
3 Bully making firm point
4 Trim a short bit of film
5 Gullible person starts to make ugly grimaces
6 Sewer initially damaged by bad weather
7 Changing a topic – car requires storage facility
8 First performed for
leading journalist
13 German leader acquires a French firearm
15 Basic arrangement includes vehicle
17 Promise to remove initial shelf
19 Fellow taking Frenchman to be a winner
20 Formerly in concert
22 Chewed on a section
23 Lubricant coming from boiler
Get Puzzling!
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