Brighton Puzzles - September 25

Crossword September 2025


Across

  • 7 ...and humour him at first (4)
  • 8 Reportedly look blue (3)
  • 10 Hail layer covers the sky (6)
  • 11 Cheese for the most part overwhelms one in French state (6) 12 Self-confidence, for example, begets love (3)
  • 13 Car manoeuvring around bend (3)
  • 14 They finally called out for what reason? (3)
  • 15 Fiddle about with machine and you may need him! (8)
  • 18 A public servant's current unit (3)
  • 19 Work on spasm of the eye (5)
  • 20 Detected in urine and pulse (3)
  • 21 Decline in gold is so long (5)
  • 24 Steam peeled leaves (3)
  • 26 Mauritius is ugly without you, pudding (8)
  • 28 Jockey hid bet insiders following victory (3)
  • 29 It looks both ways (3)
  • 30 Look at area under bishop's jurisdiction (3)
  • 32 Flower bunch has extraneous wrapping (6)
  • 34 Heartlessly dipping into rubbish jargon (6)
  • 35 Romeo gets the old whiskey (3)
  • 36 Mountain dweller to find itself captured by nine (4)

Down

  • 1 Complain about Pinocchio, perhaps (4)
  • 2 Kidnap doctor again? Shh! (8)
  • 3 Allocate under the name of Leo, possibly (6)
  • 4 Column about human resources or shot putter, perhaps? (7)
  • 5 Former colony to reform a layabout partially (6)
  • 6 Exercise magistrates and the media (10)
  • 9 Get rid of chopper (3)
  • 16 Feeling the tip came out of the blue (10)
  • 17 Revolutionary saint's casket (5)
  • 22 Ten made to run around without interest, forgetting disorder (8) 23 Feel aggrieved about chasing Papa here (7)
  • 25 Approach great leader standing for upper-class payback (6) 27 Feel sorry for roasting first bird (6)
  • 31 Are components forming musical discrimination? (3)
  • 33 The Spanish dropped from team stable (4)

Suduko

Instead of numbers, this puzzle uses letters. The usual rules of Sudoku apply. To help you, when read from left to right, the circled letters will spell out a 9-letter word.
Instead of numbers, this puzzle uses letters. The usual rules of Sudoku apply. To help you, when read from left to right, the circled letters will spell out a 9-letter word.

solution


Word Flower

Find as many words of four or more letters from those given in the flower. You must use the central letter in every word, and no letter can be repeated. 20 to 25 words = brainbox. 13 to 19 words = brainstorm. 6 to 12 words = brain drain. Under 5 words = birdbrain.
Find as many words of four or more letters from those given in the flower. You must use the central letter in every word, and no letter can be repeated. 20 to 25 words = brainbox. 13 to 19 words = brainstorm. 6 to 12 words = brain drain. Under 5 words = birdbrain.

Posted in puzzles on Sep 01, 2025