This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 14 February 2026. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.
ACROSS: 7 Lone wolf 9 Confab 10 Daze 11 The marines 12 Utopia 14 Turn over 15 Ballet dancers 17 Confetti 19 Nantes 21 Charlatans 22 Brrr 23 Shmuck 24 Sack race
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DOWN: 1 Bogart 2 Peke 3 Boat race 4 Eclair 5 Antipodean 6 Careless 8 Fleet Admirals 13 Piliferous 15 Brouhaha 16 Nonesuch 18 Thanks 20 Enrico 22 Bard
Clue of the week: Two and six in old money (6,2,5)
Solution: PIECES OF EIGHT
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