Woman’s Weekly UK – 23 July 2019

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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)