Crossword enthusiasts have the opportunity to test their skills with a new challenging puzzle, identified as Quick crossword No 17,564. This cryptic crossword presents a captivating mix of clues designed to engage and entertain puzzle solvers.
Across Clues
The puzzle includes several across entries:
- 1 across: A crumble filling that repeats as background chat, consisting of seven letters.
- 8 across: A South American river shares its name with a Womble, also seven letters.
- 9 across: Reference to a 1993 film, combined with a brainy book imprint, seven letters.
- 10 across: A word that can mean a butterfly, a captain, or an exerciser, seven letters.
- 11 across: A machine for turning wood or metal, with five letters.
- 13 across: A colloquial term for an unspecified object, consisting of nine letters.
- 15 across: A Mexican dish that is a rolled, stuffed tortilla, featuring nine letters.
- 18 across: A name for Mowgli’s bear friend, five letters.
- 21 across: A component of a street atlas, which consists of four and three letters.
- 22 across: An anagram of “gent oil” resulting in a word for freckle, seven letters.
- 23 across: An example of waterproof footwear, also associated with Philip Marlowe, seven letters.
- 24 across: A term meaning to gratify fully, seven letters in length.
Down Clues
The down clues contribute further to the puzzle’s intrigue:
- 1 down: Five-letter word for driving back.
- 2 down: Five-letter term that means dark.
- 3 down: A Parisian monument rendered in three, two, and eight letters.
- 4 down: Six-letter word for miniature trees.
- 5 down: A phrase describing office furniture linked humorously to MPs giving manicures, with six and seven letters.
- 6 down: A fluffy, woolly ball, described in six letters.
- 7 down: A six-letter expression for “Yippee!”
- 12 down: A word often heard at the end of a prayer, four letters long.
- 14 down: An abbreviation for a condiment paired with an Irish county, four letters.
- 15 down: A six-letter word that means to infuriate.
- 16 down: Describes something unpleasantly warm and sticky, akin to shellfish, with six letters.
- 17 down: Six-letter names of Discovery, Jazz, and Gala.
- 19 down: The five-letter name of a famous Soviet space dog.
- 20 down: A five-letter word for a layer in Earth’s stratosphere.
Those looking to test their crossword-solving mettle will find this puzzle both engaging and challenging. Offering a variety of clues, it demands diverse knowledge and quick thinking from participants.
Reporting based on coverage first published by theguardian.com.