Engage your brain with today’s quick crossword puzzle. Solve clues across and down for an insightful and challenging experience.
Across Clues
1. An area filled with numerous trees (9 letters).
8. Barren or shrubby land (5 letters).
9. A term for financial profit (7 letters).
10. Devices used to muffle sound (8 letters).
11. A well-known European capital (4 letters).
13. Rearrangement of ‘endear’ suggesting warmth (6 letters).
14. One of a dozen zodiac symbols (6 letters).
16. To indicate despair or ineptitude (4 letters).
17. A word for turmoil or noise (8 letters).
19. A chemical element that is lethal (7 letters).
20. Clean using running water (5 letters).
21. A region devoid of inhabitants, with a population of zero (5, 4 letters).
Down Clues
1. Character from the Iliad (8 letters).
2. A small dining venue (6 letters).
3. To disturb or annoy someone (4 letters).
4. To hunt for treasure or Easter treats (8, 4 letters).
5. A colourful night-time spectacle (6, 6 letters).
6. Typical London dialect (7, 5 letters).
7. A nickname for a Californian city famous for its bay (3, 9 letters).
12. An oversized cooking vessel (8 letters).
15. A ranch worker from the South American plains (6 letters).
18. A small creature that bites (4 letters).
Reporting based on coverage first published by theguardian.com.