Welcome to today’s crossword puzzle challenge, featuring 23 intriguing clues. Test your knowledge and vocabulary skills with this classic set of word puzzles.
Horizontal Clues
- 1 Across: A six-letter word meaning bad-tempered.
- 4 Across: Five-letter term for devastation.
- 7 Across: The author of Three Men in a Boat, with a six-letter reference.
- 8 Across: Six-letter word for opposed.
- 9 Across: A four-letter segment of orange peel.
- 10 Across: Eight-letter synonym for giant.
- 12 Across: A 4-7 letter phrase for struggling.
- 17 Across: Solve the anagram “yet Freud” to find a 4-4 letter expression for untaxed.
- 19 Across: Four-letter term that could mean post, leg, or hurrah.
- 20 Across: A six-letter verb for arouse.
- 21 Across: Numb, expressed in six letters.
- 22 Across: A five-letter word referring to parts of a comb or saw.
- 23 Across: A 2,4 letter phrase for a document proving identity.
Vertical Clues
- 1 Down: Seven-letter term for treasure, such as a memory.
- 2 Down: A seven-letter synonym for one more.
- 3 Down: Nine-letter word for apiarist.
- 4 Down: Five-letter phrase describing loitering anxiously.
- 5 Down: Solve “observe” as an anagram for a seven-letter word meaning rambling.
- 6 Down: A six-letter question comparing pecorino to paneer.
- 11 Down: A 4-5 letter term for unlimited.
- 13 Down: A grammatical term (seven letters) for articles like “a,” “an,” or “the.”
- 14 Down: A seven-letter piece of dried fruit.
- 15 Down: Seven-letter expression for come down.
- 16 Down: Six-letter word for most peculiar.
- 18 Down: Five-letter phrase for a carry companion.
Reporting based on coverage first published by theguardian.com.