No. 7 · Friday 23 October 2026
Daily Crossword
18 answers in a 13 × 12 grid. Shaded squares aren’t used.
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Across
- 3Powerful overhead shot (5)
- 8Tiny insect that lives in a colony (3)
- 9Emperor said to have fiddled while Rome burned (4)
- 10Neckwear worn with a shirt (3)
- 11Semicircular end of a church (4)
- 13Great ape from central Africa (7)
- 14Painter of the Water Lilies series (5)
- 15Purple stone fruit (4)
- 16Mix with a spoon (4)
- 17Pear-shaped plucked instrument with a bent-back neck (4)
Down
- 1Late-arriving grinder at the back of the jaw (6,5)
- 2Cook in an oven (4)
- 4Painter of The Scream (5)
- 5Pocket computer that makes calls (10)
- 6Self-styled expert on everything (4-2-3)
- 7Chess draw with no legal move (9)
- 9Youth who fell for his own reflection (9)
- 12Warm-blooded animal that feeds its young milk (6)
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