November 2025 Puzzles

Crossword


Across

  • 7 Curious as Trump's offspring inherits about a penny (9)
  • 8 Bits held back in thong (5)
  • 9 Giving a new name to ginger nuts with substandard filling (9)
  • 10 Extract of parsnip ultimately brought back with another plant (5)
  • 12 A maths problem leads to breathing difficulty (6)
  • 13 Staying put in majestic kingdom (8)
  • 14 Midway through sojourn a lady reveals diary... (7)
  • 17 ... and adorable lady getting disheartened in a big way (7)
  • 20 Spotted toboggan carrying Gregory, perhaps (8)
  • Little swine broke leg in coalmine (6)
  • 24 Argument with expressionless extremists, for example (5)
  • 25 Cure strut buckling in building (9)
  • 26 Level platform (5)
  • 27 Craftsmen replacing Charlie with George then reorganising sections (9)

Down

  • 1 Opening account with the Church of England's Head of Spending (6)
  • 2 Came across one and four getting enunciated in figure of speech (8)
  • 3 Mark of shame that originally gets hidden by Greek character (6)
  • 4 Observe repartee lacking this oddly (7)
  • 5 Fastened around the end of clapper as chimed (6)
  • 6 Something carrying a charge in South African province is relevant to the entire country (8)
  • 11 Elements of jazz in classic metal (4)
  • 15 Looking the other away when love quietly gets put aside at last (8)
  • 16 Associate is brutally cut off at the waist (4)
  • 18 In cahoots to capture that woman (8)
  • 19 They rewrote the script, tried so desperately (7)
  • 21 Care fee (6)
  • 22 Breather during exercise dive (6)
  • 23 Overturning of Qatar referendum reveals hidden mistakes (6)

Solution


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


WordFlower

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 29 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 29 words = brainbox 13 to 19 words = brainstorm 6 to 12 words = brain drain Under 5 words = birdbrain

Posted in puzzles on Nov 01, 2025