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60 womansweekly.com
APRICOT
CRIMINAL
BISCUIT
RUGBY
ALL
ROCK
WIND
WINTER
THUMBNAIL
BLACK
LINKWORDS
SNAP
PLAYER
ORGAN
TABLES
DOWN
LINE
VISION
JACKET
OUT
STALL
Fit 10 wordsinto
thegridsothat
eachlinkswith
theendofthe
wordonitsleft
andthebeginning
oftheoneon
theright.Then
unscramblethe
lettersinthe
shadedsquaresto
makeaword.
Clue:Oldclassroom
feature
C R
U
T U
V E
A
R
AVER AGE
= 20
MORETHAN
29 =WELL
DONE!
WORDWISE
Youhave 15 minutestofindasmanywordsas
possibleusingthelettersshowninthegrid.
Eachwordmustcontainfourormoreletters,
oneofwhichmustbethecentralsquare.No
propernouns,pluralsorforeignwordsare
allowed.Thereisonenine‑letterwordinthe
grid,forwhichthisweek’sclueis:Degree to
which something is bent
Puzzle time
CROSSWORD
Tryoureasyorcrypticclues– theybothleadtothesameanswers.
Rearrangethelettersintheshaded squares to form the answer.
Clue:Essayfrom the littlesibling
Easyclues
ACROSS
1 Makeorbecomebetter(7)
5 Disregardingothers(7)
10 Beina tizzy(4)
11 Breaking(10)
12 Acknowledged(8)
13 Housetopworker (6)
14 Festival(4)
15 Gimmicky(10)
17 CapitaloftheUSA(10)
19 Bearup,getby(4)
20 (Ofthenight sky) spangly,
twinkly(6)
22 Heavenly(8)
24 Affray(4‑3‑3)
25 PopularFrenchcheese(4)
26 Indulges,pampers(7)
27 Broughtintobeing (7)
DOWN
2 Emotionally fraught play or
movie(9)
3 Carboncopy(7)
4 Bea guest(5)
6 Amuse(9)
7 Divisionofa racecourse (7)
8 Be aware of (5)
9 Giveorders(3,4,3,3)
15 Billy ’smate!(5‑4)
16 Accentuate(9)
18 Setofstrapsandfittings
forcontrollinga horse(7)
19 Americanreindeer (7)
21 Bodytrunk(5)
23 GreekladyofTroy(5)
Crypticclues
ACROSS
1 I’mtoverify and make
better(7)
5 Ungenerous and small, like
afairy(7)
10 Movewingsinpanic?(4)
11 Verytiringtowarble
aboutmadcharacter(10)
12 Letin,orletout?(8)
13 Topworkergetsshort
jumperwithofficial
backing(6)
14 Americangirl’s heading
apageant(4)
15 Showilymodern
directionsconducted
roundtooth(10)
17 Huge pile of laundry in
America?(10)
19 Manageto
workin
church(4)
20 Initiallyshort
waitfortwinkling
inthesky(6)
22 Alebrewed
roundthatplace
isspirit‑like(8)
24 Nobodyhas
topaytosee
fight(4‑3‑3)
25 Shortsetof
instructionsused
tomake
cheese(4)
26 Pampers
company ’s
groups(7)
27 Persuadeddunce
I’dchanged(7)
DOWN
2 Exaggeratedplaywith
mamaembracing
olderlunatic(9)
3 Agent left one cold with
acopy(7)
4 Callintoseehalf a dozen
andpose(5)
6 Cheerinharbour(9)
7220 yardsofanimal hair
leftonheadof
government(7)
8 DriftinAmundsenSea(5)
9 Shoutordersfromhallway,
don’twe?(3,4,3,3)
15 Nurse has a try
atbutter(5‑4)
16 Underlineweird
semi‑shape(9)
18 Difficultynot down to
control(7)
19 Largedeer from Rio and
Cuba(7)
21 Trunkwith tangled
roots(5)
23 Chickeneatsthe
French girl (5)