PUZZLE TIME LINKWORDS
Fit 10 words into the grid so that each links with the end of the word on its left and the beginning of the one on the right. Then unscramble the letters in the shaded squares to make a word. Clue: London station
SECONDARY
LANGUAGES
CLAW
HOME
BEST
LEMON
CITY
OUT
SEVILLE
PEEL
CHARTER
PATH
WANTED
PAINT
SMOKED
PINK
STEM
Wordwise
B E L A T X C I E
You have 15 minutes to find as many words as possible using the letters in the grid. Each word must contain four or more letters, one of which must be the central square. No proper nouns, plurals or foreign words are allowed. There is one nine‑letter word in the grid, for which the Average = 18 More than 28 = well done clue is: Highly strung
SNAP
PEARL
SUIT
Crossword
Try the easy or cryptic clues and then rearrange the letters in the shaded squares for the answer. Clue: River lair in part of London
Easy clues
ACROSS
1 French castle (7) 5 Doubter (7) 10 School near Windsor (4) 11 For sampling with an option to buy (2,8) 12 Elevate (8) 13 Observer (6) 14 Abridge (a text) (4) 15 Chip in (10) 17 Act of letting in (10) 19 Gusto (4) 20 Page fastener (6) 22 Approximate judgement of number (8) 24 Canvas shoe with a rope sole (10) 25 Immature herring of northern European seas (4) 26 Earth mound over an insect nest (7) 27 Being watchful (7) 54 Woman’s Weekly
DOWN
2 Impetuous (3‑6) 3 This evening (7) 4 Heavenward (5) 6 African island state, capital Praia (4,5) 7 Adage (7) 8 Picture (5) 9 Sewing implement (7,6) 15 Chief church of a diocese (9) 16 Extreme contest (9) 18 Accuse (7) 19 Baffled (7) 21 Mike _, former boxer (5) 23 Rome’s famous fountain (5)
Cryptic clues
ACROSS
1 Cat by water in French castle (7) 5 One doubts Conservative in rotten situation (7)
10 College film showing (4) 11 No obligation to buy having less than one commendation (2,8) 12 On drugs, say, number to increase (8) 13 One watching six sheep by river (6) 14 Alter some printed items (4) 15 Study the testimony and make a donation (10) 17 Entry made intact somehow (10) 19 Vigour of life involves resistance (4) 20 Paper fastener made from twisted petals (6) 22 I am going into property evaluation (8) 24 Rope‑soled shoe to sell paired perhaps? (10)
25 Young herring is killed every now and again (4) 26 Could be all thin insects in here (7) 27 Looking after daughter at home, surrounded by porcelain (7)
DOWN
2 Fiery chief journalist is rash (3‑6) 3 Drunk holding on this evening (7) 4 In the rear of ship, look up above (5) 6 Country’s upper limit always needs some French (4,5)
7 Saying prayer initially for dog, black (7) 8 One new game shown on the TV (5) 9 Ended learning about sewer’s device (7,6) 15 Little girl read out first of lessons in big church (9) 16 Sporting threesome? (9) 18 Bring charge against little devil, and individually (7) 19 Puzzled to find Australian birds in bed! (7) 21 Boxer stony broke (5) 23 Diverting back round fountain (5)
