Puzzles march 2025

Crossword


Across

  • 1 Thames at Oxford (6)
  • 5 Protester coated with starch in a South American city (8)
  • 9 Serious conflict with mad Lord's turning bloody (5,3)
  • 10 Residents of Havana chose Mexican chips (6)
  • 11 They brought men ashore in Normandy and invested in fish with skill (7,5)
  • 13 Middle Eastern nation uncovered part of their aqueduct (4)
  • 14 Do-it-yourself broadcast is inferior (8)
  • 17 Keeps away from boat crossing Scottish river and starting to overheat very loudly (5,3)
  • 18 Bay is reportedly rough (4)
  • 20 Spurt lyrical nonsense in a way that relates to sacred writing (12)
  • 23 Peace is inwardly disrupted by our disheartened uproar (6)
  • 24 An abolition? This is going on in a lipogram! (8)
  • 25 Flipping party couple's coming after the setter's millipede, perhaps? (8)
  • 26 Mother and child collected stone fruit (6)

Down

  • 2 Fragment of revolutionary manifesto irreconcilably leading to anarchy (4)
  • 3 Question being covered with blend of lousy oil in monologue (9)
  • 4 Broadcasting chant about love with wife (6)
  • 5 Heterosexual footballer gets a piece of cake (15)
  • 6 Around noon, snag plane figures (8)
  • 7 Bring on fashionable dog (5)
  • 8 Diary of God recollected when His Son died (4,6)
  • 12 I cry it hysterically over telephone in a scathing manner (10)
  • 15 Torment of mother getting to grips with dry art composition (9)
  • 16 Swedes possibly put together seat with clip (4,4)
  • 19 Tree cutting taken from palm on demand (6)
  • 21 The first person is on two feet, speaking poetically (5)
  • 22 Release characters held captive by gundog (4)

Solution


Codebreaker

There are no clues to this crossword. Numbers have replaced the letters of the alphabet. Three letters have been given to you to start you off. The small grid is provided to help you remember which letter is associated with which number as you proceed.
There are no clues to this crossword. Numbers have replaced the letters of the alphabet. Three letters have been given to you to start you off. The small grid is provided to help you remember which letter is associated with which number as you proceed.

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. 25 to 32 words = brainbox 18 to 24 words = brainstorm 10 to 17 words = brain drain Under 10 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. 25 to 32 words = brainbox 18 to 24 words = brainstorm 10 to 17 words = brain drain Under 10 words = birdbrain

Suduko

Instead of numbers 1-9, the grid features nine different letters. The rules of a regular Sudoku still apply, except that reading the circled letters from left to right will reveal a 9-letter word.
Instead of numbers 1-9, the grid features nine different letters. The rules of a regular Sudoku still apply, except that reading the circled letters from left to right will reveal a 9-letter word.

Solution


Posted in puzzles on Mar 01, 2025