Test your word skills and challenge your mind with our latest quick crossword puzzle, No. 17,605. This puzzle comprises a series of clues, each corresponding to a word or phrase of a specific length. The aim is to fill in the grid using the clues provided.
Across Clues
1. Chief troublemaker (10)
7. On edge (7)
8. Natural disaster (5)
10. Charlotte and Emily’s lesser-known sister (4)
11. Pick of the guitarists? (8)
13. Cognoscente – specialist (6)
15. Increase in intensity (6)
17. Hamlet’s location (8)
18. Lad’s companion? (4)
21. The Artful Dodger was one (5)
22. Pick up (7)
23. Not anticipated (10)
Down Clues
1. (Item) broadcast again (5)
2. When mad dogs and Englishmen go out (4)
3. In conclusion (6)
4. Fake, insincere (8)
5. Self-promoting enterprise (3,4)
6. Time for a prenup? (10)
9. Smaller than previously (10)
12. Render motionless (8)
14. Project or play (7)
16. Soft spot for a peach? (6)
19. So as to be audible (5)
20. Mark of a dalmatian (4)
Reporting based on coverage first published by theguardian.com.
