SKELETON

Have double the fun with this puzzle: you’ve got to fill in the answers and the black squares! We’ve given you the bare bones to start and it will help you to know that the black squares in the finished grid form a symmetrical pattern.

ACROSS

1 Objects made by hand 5 Nonconformist 8 Close friend 9 Bulky and awkward to carry 10 Needed scratching 11 Four-wheeled vehicle with a folding top 12 Hand’s width 14 Flow away 15 Bible’s first man 16 Against 18 ___ hound, large silky-haired dog 20 Wall drawings 22 Portend 23 Assault, raid 24 Less untidy

DOWN

2 Show a response 3 Invigorate, revitalise 4 Quiet, silent 5 Scythe 6 Surface gloss 7 ___ Jones, movie hero 11 Keeper of books for public use 13 Clown in floppy white clothing 15 Method of calculating using symbols 17 Capital city of Bulgaria 19 Go bad 21 Fluid for writing