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Jolly Mixtures
Each clue is an anagram of the answer. There might be more than one solution to each clue.
For instance, the clue ‘SATE’ might lead to the answer ‘EAST’ or ‘SEAT’. Look at how the answers fit
into the grid to find out which alternative is correct. None of the solutions are plurals or proper nouns.

ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 DOWN
2 LACIEST 7
1 DON
8 MINED 3 MENTAL
8 9
9 BREAK 4 RESIGN
10 AGREE 10 5 BINDER
11 RENTS 11 12 13
6 TEACH
12 SEAT 7 KEEN
14 15 16 17
14 TRIED 11 CASK
18 PACE 18 19 20 13 USE
20 FATE 21 22 23
15 KIN
21 STEAK 16 TEA
24 25 26
24 SPIN 17 LAKE
25 VERSE 27 19 NAP
27 TACIT 28 29 30
21 PASSER
28 ROUTE 22 TARSAL
29 TOUGH 23 CORSET
31 IRATELY 31 24 CAUSE
26 GEAR
30 PIT

Backwards
First, block in 29 black squares in a symmetrical pattern to make a completed crossword.
Next, number the squares crossword-fashion (1 to 24) allowing for words ACROSS and DOWN.
Finally, put the correct numbers against the jumbled clues below.

ACROSS DOWN
__ Blunder __ Auction item
F A T W A I N A S A L
__ Colour of cochineal __ Better than all others O N E F L N E T U S A
__ Composer of __ Centre of attention
The Planets suite C A R T O G R A P H Y
__ Cheek
__ Contend __ Earthly U S R U N R V I E W E
__ Decay __ Huge lifting machine
__ Hold tightly
S C E N E E E R R O R
__ Large beer cask
__ Map-making __ Official proclamation O R S U N D I A L R A
__ Nail-filing board __ Sewn edge
__ Of the nose
B A T H E I C L A S P
__ Small colourful
__ Ridding process garden flower E P R E D E R O T E A
__ Ruling made under __ Solitary
Islamic law E L I M I N A T I O N
__ Stratum
__ Score in cricket __ Televise C H A N C T N A V E S
__ Subdivision of a play __ Tree with a copper
__ Take a dip variety
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Maze Linkword
For each of the word pairs listed, find the
four-letter word which can be placed after
the first word and before the second word
to make two new words or phrases. Enter
your answers in the grid and rearrange
the shaded letters to reveal a famous bear.

ACID KICK
BANANA FLINT
VOLLEY GOWN
TRENCH HOOK
CONTACT CAP
TUNING LIFT
AVOCADO SHAPED
NEON POST
KETTLE KIT
TUMBLE STAIRS

4-Square
Solve these four clues and then rearrange the
solutions into a sixteen-letter phrase, for which
a clue is given. The two diagonals also make
four-letter words.

1 WAGGING PART OF A DOG

2 MENAGERIES
3 MAIZE
4 CONE-BEARING TREE

1
2
Travellers, there is no path; paths are made by 3
walking.
4
Antonio Machado
Clue: Reward for taking part (11,5)

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Dilemma
Two straight crosswords — but their clues have been
mixed up.
You have to decide which clue belongs to which pattern,
but two words have been entered to give you a start.

ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Ring used to seal 1 Indicate by S I G N E T
9
documents a gesture
5 Putrefy 5 Annoy 10 11

9 Variety of orange 9 Book of fiction

10 (Lead) into trouble 10 Last part
12 13 14 15 16
11 Curtain ornament 11 Metalworker
12 Building constructed 12 Appeal to a god 17 18 19
in advance 15 Good quality
15 Shrewd Russian caviar
20 21 22 23 24 25
17 She Loves __, 17 So far
Beatles hit 18 Catering spoon 26 27
18 Acquire information 19 Soft wet earth
19 Be incorrect 20 Church bench
20 Clothes-line clip 28 29 30
22 Black look
22 Axis 24 Father 31
24 Count up 26 Advertising 32 33
26 Back-scrubber catchphrase
27 Ineffectual 27 Digit
28 City and seaport of 28 After-dinner drink DOWN
northern France 30 Nervous tension 1 Drowsy 1 Make it __,
30 Homecoming 31 Large stream 2 Elaborate creamy be quick!
31 Did up (shoes) 32 Cause affection layered cake 2 Clever device
32 At a distance 33 Batches of twelve 3 Yearbook 3 Hard coating of
33 __ Snipes, Blade star 4 Cover (pipes) teeth
5 Not many 4 Object of play
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
6 Legs __, bingo call 5 Teacher’s favourite
S I G N A L
9 7 Absorbent paper 6 Pass by
8 Paint applicator 7 Boredom
10 11
13 Juliet’s beloved 8 Go over (a text)
14 Bathroom sink 13 Defy authority
12 13 14 15 16 15 Cool and distant 14 Arrive at
16 Tourist helper 15 Derren __,
17 18 19
20 Brave and TV illusionist
determined 16 Court case
20 21 22 23 24 25 21 Devoured (food) 20 Human spirit
greedily 21 Creature of folklore
26 27
22 Biting humour 22 __ Stephenson,
23 Sheen 1980s comedienne
24 Climb down 23 Dinner jacket
28 29 30
a cliff face 24 Add water to
31 25 Beano ‘Menace’ 25 Elegant, stylish
32 33 29 Knight’s designation 29 Blade of corn
30 Crimson 30 Darn
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Pieceword
With the help of the Across clues only, can you fit the 35 pieces into their correct positions in the
empty grid (which, when completed, will exhibit a symmetrical pattern)?

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Outsider
Complete the crossword using the letters outside the grid. The letters are listed alphabetically beside
the relevant rows and columns, and the number of black squares in each row and column is also given.
Clues are provided, but are not in order. The finished puzzle has central symmetry.

A A A A
B A A A A B
E C C E B C
I E E I C E
L G F L E I
N A G I E M E A L
C O A I E M E N E M D L D
D O E M E N M O E N E N N
E R I N K R O O I N E R O
K S M R T S P R O O L T T
S T N S U T S Y R R O T T
T Y S T U U T Z S X U U T
ACCEEMNOSTUX 1
AELTUY 7
ADDEILNPRSST 1
AEEIOT 7
EEEEIIMNNNST 1
FGORT 8
EEMMNOORT 4
AAABY 8
CEEELMNNORST 1
AABTUZ 7
BDEGIISSTTUU 1
ACIORR 7
ACEKKLLMNOOR 1
7 1 6 1 7 2 6 2 7 1 6 1 7
Camouflage Eat Old name for England Sour cherry
Cigarette end Extremely agitated Parisian river Special ability
Creative influence Gruesome Pearl‑producing mollusc Weird
Customer Heating coil Pianist’s timekeeper Witchcraft
Derision Inert gas Precise
Distinguished Magnificent Russian emperor
Divorce settlement Nought Savage
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Honeycomb

2
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All the answers are six-letter words. Each answer is entered in a circle around its clue-number. The first
letter of the answer is entered in the shaded triangle immediately above the clue-number. If the clue-
number is even, enter the answer in an anti-clockwise direction. If the clue-number is odd, enter the
answer in a clockwise direction.
CLUE DIRECTION

ODD
1

3
5
2
4
6
EVEN

1 __ Luther King, civil rights 19 Edible marine flatfish 37 Victoria __, cake
leader 20 Contract proviso 38 Waif
2 Occupational path 21 Government, system 39 Native of Benghazi
3 Part of the foot 22 __ Street, London shopping 40 Harmlessly
4 Creepy-crawly thoroughfare 41 That is to say
5 Flee from prison 23 Extensive woodland 42 Animal pests
6 Move upwards 24 Ice-cream container 43 __ Trail, US pioneer route
7 Come to an end 25 Roman statesman and orator 44 Deliver a sermon
8 Pundit 26 Pedestrian underpass 45 Cognac
9 Cocktail-party titbit 27 Lose 46 Emmanuel Macron’s
10 Central American canal 28 Lower in position homeland
11 Knotty 29 Crossword compiler 47 Old sleeveless cloak
12 Unassuming 30 Hire, take on (an employee) 48 Haphazard
13 Most ready to eat (fruit) 31 Dead body 49 Paparazzo’s tool
14 Up-to-date 32 Obtain on loan 50 Small variety of plum
15 Mum or Dad 33 Ear-splitting 51 Milk container
16 Weasel-like animal 34 Hit hard 52 Noose
17 Mollify 35 Rent-payer 53 Happens
18 Branch of the economy 36 Swiss United Nations city 54 Mystic, supernatural
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Letter Set
All the letters needed for the answers in each row 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
and column are given. Cross-referencing coupled
with anagram skills will ensure the correct solution. 1
(Start by locating the rarer letters first.) 2
ACROSS DOWN 3
1 AACEPRRW 1 ACEEELMR
2 EEEILMTU 2 AEHLLNOR 4
3 DELMNOP 3 ACIMPSTW 5
4 ELNOPRTT 4 NOTUW
5 GHOOW 5 CDEEOPRRU 6
6 ACDEEMNR 6 EEHOT 7
7 AACERUU 7 ACDEEERR
8 ACCHNOTT 8 AAGMNNOY 8 C
9 EEENRSUY 9 CENPTTUU 9

Bracer
The first part of each clue gives a six-letter answer, five of whose letters make up the five-letter answer to
the second part and four of which make up the four-letter answer to the third part. The unused letter from
the first answer is entered in column A, and that from the second answer in column B. The two columns,
when completed, spell out two places of work.
A B
1 Frozen fruity dessert;
1
put away for later;
mindless repetition 2
2 Bullet with a visible wake;
3
large wooden packing case;
running contest 4
3 Gangways; bargain time;
5
minus
4 Non-stop (flight); 6
exhausted; appalling
7
5 Down tools in protest; take
(a test) again; have a break 8
6 Lacking adult maturity; 9
in the vicinity; pay a visit
7 Cowboy bar; bank 10
advances; as well
8 Violation (of the peace); sandy shore; JS __, German composer
9 Chatty person; afterwards; freshwater duck
10 Prolonged anxiety; braid of hair; formerly

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Solutions
Jolly Mixtures Linkword Outsider
ACROSS: 2 Elastic 8 Denim 9 Baker DROP, SKIN, BALL, COAT, LENS, CON S UME E X AC T
Y T U A E L
10 Eager 11 Stern 12 East 14 Tired FORK, PEAR, SIGN, DRUM, DOWN: T S AR S P L E ND I D
T A E I O E
18 Cape 20 Feta 21 Skate 24 Snip PADDINGTON. S E I N E EM I N E N T
25 Serve 27 Attic 28 Outer 29 Ought R G F O T
ME T RON OME
31 Reality. 4-Square A A Y A B
DOWN: 1 Nod 3 Lament 4 Singer 1 Tail 2 Zoos 3 Corn 4 Pine: E L EME N T
B A T Z
S CORN
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5 Inbred 6 Cheat 7 Knee 11 Sack CONSOLATION PRIZE. D I SGU I S E BU T T
O I C R R A
13 Sue 15 Ink 16 Eat 17 Kale 19 Pan KNACK MO R E L L O
21 Sparse 22 Astral 23 Escort 24 Sauce Dilemma
26 Rage 30 Tip. SIGNET ACROSS: 1 Signet 5 Fester Honeycomb
9 Novel 10 Astray 11 Welder 12 Prayer 1 Martin 2 Career 3 Instep
Backwards 15 Beluga 17 You 18 Learn 19 Mud 4 Insect 5 Escape 6 Ascend
F A TWA NA S A L 20 Peg 22 Scowl 24 Add 26 Loofah 7 Expire 8 Expert 9 Canapé
O E L E U
CAR T OGRA P H Y
A 27 Number 28 Calais 30 Stress 31 River 10 Panama 11 Nodose 12 Modest
U RUN V I E E 32 Yonder 33 Wesley. 13 Ripest 14 Recent 15 Parent
S C E N E E RROR
S L DOWN: 1 Snappy 2 Gateau 3 Enamel 16 Marten 17 Soften 18 Sector
BA T H E C L A S P
E R E D RO T A
4 Toy 5 Few 6 Eleven 7 Tedium 8 Reread 19 Plaice 20 Clause 21 Regime
E L I M I NA T I ON 13 Romeo 14 Reach 15 Brown 16 Guide 22 Regent 23 Forest 24 Cornet
C A C N V S
HO L S T EME R Y 20 Plucky 21 Goblin 22 Satire 23 Lustre 25 Cicero 26 Subway 27 Mislay
24 Abseil 25 Dressy 29 Sir 30 Sew. 28 Nether 29 Setter 30 Engage
Maze 31 Corpse 32 Borrow 33 Shrill
SIGNAL ACROSS: 1 Signal 5 Pester
34 Thrash 35 Tenant 36 Geneva
9 Navel 10 Ending 11 Tassel 12 Prefab
37 Sponge 38 Orphan 39 Libyan
15 Astute 17 Yet 18 Ladle 19 Err
40 Safely 41 Namely 42 Vermin
20 Pew 22 Pivot 24 Dad 26 Slogan
43 Oregon 44 Preach 45 Brandy
27 Futile 28 Coffee 30 Return 31 Laced
46 France 47 Mantle 48 Random
32 Endear 33 Dozens.
49 Camera 50 Damson 51 Carton
DOWN: 1 Sleepy 2 Gadget 3 Annual 52 Lariat 53 Occurs 54 Occult.
4 Lag 5 Pet 6 Elapse 7 Tissue 8 Roller
13 Rebel 14 Basin 15 Aloof 16 Trial
20 Psyche 21 Wolfed 22 Pamela Letter Set
R AW R E C A P
23 Tuxedo 24 Dilute 25 Dennis 29 Ear E L I T E E M U
30 Red. E LM P D O N
L POR T E N T
H WO O G
Pieceword ME AND E R C
ARC U E AU
S E N T HR A L L I NG B CO T C HA N T
COMA O I I E RGO E N S U E R Y E
A I N T E R S P E R S E U
R EGARD L D E T A I N
F R E C E P A S D
GAWK O H MA I L Bracer
T UNA SO L I D P E L T
S T R EW O E X T RA 1 Sorbet; store; rote 2 Tracer; crate; race
T E L F I N M
SOY A L T O BRAG 3 Aisles; sales; less 4 Direct; tired; dire
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U 5 Strike; resit; rest 6 Callow; local; call
N R E L I C B 7 Saloon; loans; also 8 Breach; beach;
D E L V E U E POCH
T UN E DO ME D I RON Bach 9 Talker; later; teal 10 Stress;
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tress; erst.
CHA F E R D L OB B E D The place of work are (A) BRICKWORKS
U P E DAG OG I CA L I
F R E T J U M R E DO and (B) STATIONER’S.
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