This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 28 March 2026. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1507

ACROSS: 1 Superbowl 6 Essen 9 Pools 10 Exonerate 11 Eradicate 12 Yodel 13 Magnates 15 Oaths 18 Credo 19 Currants 22 Ousel 24 Melodrama 25 Two-stroke 26 Hyena 27 Emcee 28 Flounders

DOWN: 1 Supper 2 Propagate 3 Russian roulette 4 Overact 5 Lioness 6 Every now and then 7 Staid 8 Needless 14 Eau 16 Tete a tete 17 Accoutre 19 Come off 20 Relievo 21 Malays 23 Stoic

Clue of the week: Churchill managed to move slowly round hospital (8)

Solution: RANDOLPH

This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 21 March 2026. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1506

ACROSS: 7 Logical 8 Cleaner 10 Pea-green 11 Prefer 12 Trend-setter 15 Plum 17 Saint 18 Plod 19 Trojan Horse 22 Minuet 23 Calendar 25 Neptune 26 Manager

DOWN: 1 Forestall 2 Wiggle 3 Gale 4 Slip stitch 5 Sales rep 6 Deter 9 Inheritance 13 Discontent 14 Notepaper 16 Mot juste 20 Rental 21 Oiled 24 Loaf

Clue of the week: Far from lively bouncer dismissing one of pair opening in test (7)

Solution: DORMANT

This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 14 March 2026. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1505

ACROSS: 8 To be fair 9 Enamel 10 Janice 11 Veracity 12 Remains to be seen 14 Cone 16 Depot 17 Alto 18 Wednesday’s child 21 Uppercut 22 Air bag 23 Racism 24 Caboodle

DOWN: 1 Locale 2 Meditate 3 Bale 4 Private practice 5 Reprobates 6 Dances 7 Seatbelt 13 Nudist camp 15 Open-plan 17 Atherton 19 No Exit 20 Liable 22 Ambo

Clue of the week: Fishing boat goes to fish? Exactly! (5-3)

Solution: SMACK DAB

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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 7 March 2026. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1504

ACROSS: 7 Saboteur 9 Candid 10 Cape 11 Adventurer 12 Lentil 14 Lucky dip 15 Strip lighting 17 Scolding 19 Trench 21 Tenderfoot 22 Beak 23 Gloves 24 Raftsman

DOWN: 1 Palace 2 Done 3 Megaflop 4 Scenic 5 Injury time 6 Ripening 8 Revolving door 13 Turtledove 15 Secretly 16 Hot stuff 18 Inrush 20 Cravat 22 Bash

Clue of the week: Heed the terms of Forestry Commission fences for pine (5)

Solution: YEARN

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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 28 February 2026. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1503

ACROSS: 1 Retina 4 Aseptate 9 Shrine 10 Prorogue 12 Beak 13 Transients 15 Spokespeople 18 Dressing-down 21 New Orleans 22 Life 24 Long shot 25 Canape 26 Slapdash 27 Sevens

DOWN: 1 Rose-bush 2 Tornados 3 None 5 Spring onions 6 Persiflage 7 Angina 8 Even so 11 Preposterous 14 Terrorised 16 Nominate 17 Integers 19 Ankles 20 Rwanda 23 Bare

Clue of the week: Seaside resort overlooking the Isle of Dogs (6, first letter C)

Solution: CANNES

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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 21 February 2026. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1502

ACROSS: 8 Tape 9 Arithmetic 10 Patina 11 Detailed 12 Dune 13 Hard cheese 17 Iffy 18 Tempo 19 Fort 20 Understand 22 Sail 23 Golf club 27 Umbles 28 Brass bands 29 Mean

DOWN: 1 Ragamuffin 2 Delivery 3 Parachutes 4 Wind 5 Shut 6 Cerise 7 Dire 14 Rumba 15 Cloudburst 16 Serviceman 19 Fist-bump 21 Elfish 24 Okra 25 Lobe 26 Bind

Clue of the week: One who's flown abroad as a result of regime change (6)

Solution: [Nicolás] MADURO (anagram)

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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.

Solution to Crossword 1501

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

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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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 7 February 2026. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1500

ACROSS: 9 Antipasti 10 Anode 11 Née 12 Nursing home 13 Catch it 14 Inhabit 16 Exclamation mark 20 Sangria 21 Olympia 23 Accelerando 25 Ass 26 Arson 27 Mont Blanc

DOWN: 1 Barnacle 2 Street 3 Up in the air 4 Esprit 5 Piri-piri 6 Bang 7 Colombia 8 Regent 15 Honeycombs 17 Cynicism 18 Anagrams 19 Knapsack 20 Shaman 21 Owning 22 Play at 24 Land

Clue of the week: Creature featured in pop song (6)

Solution: WEASEL

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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 31 January 2026. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1499

ACROSS: 5 Aforementioned 9 Understand 10 Ibex 11 Airedale 13 Thebes 14 Royal pardon 18 Pureed 19 Swindled 21 Cedi 22 Made a start 24 Behind the Times

DOWN: 1 Pfennig 2 Breeze 3 Anna 4 Anti-hero 6 Muscat and Oman 7 Indeterminate 8 Dieter 12 Expos 15 One-night 16 Superb 17 Hearses 20 Detail 23 Data

Clue of the week: Appear shaky in summer? (6)

Solution: TOTTER

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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 24 January 2026. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1498

ACROSS: 9 Candidate 10 Orate 11 Ruses 12 Editorial 13 Stirrup 15 Decoder 17 Split decision 21 Riviera 22 Tragedy 23 Corkscrew 25 Dante 27 Pasta 28 Barrister

DOWN: 1 Actress 2 Onus 3 Lip service 4 Save up 5 Periodic 6 Polo 7 Palindrome 8 Declare 14 Impoverish 16 Custard pie 18 Diatribe 19 Triceps 20 By heart 22 Tawdry 24 Scam 26 Nuts

Clue of the week: Polygraph, possibly – does it say where golf ball landed? (3,8)

Solution: LIE DETECTOR

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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 17 January 2026. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1497

ACROSS: 1 Herb 3 Adolescent 9 Gum tree 11 Tripoli 12 Prognosticate 14 Infringe 16 Drill 18 Sprog 19 El Dorado 21 Up to the minute 24 Hearten 25 Unhitch 26 Freeholder 27 Jeer

DOWN: 1 High priest 2 Romeo 4 Dressage 5 Latvia 6 Spit and polish 7 Esoterica 8 Toil 10 Running stitch 13 Altogether 15 Fortunate 17 Flue-cure 20 Atonal 22 Untie 23 Chef

Clue of the week: Where knockout is likely, put ice out (3,3)

Solution: CUP TIE (anagram)

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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 10 January 2025. Subscribe here to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1496

ACROSS: 1 Traffic jam 6 Homer 11 Milk round 12 Penny Lane 13 Orb 14 Diligence 16 Firm 19 Adios 20 Scone 21 Oneself 22 Pagans 23 Psalters 25 Sol 27 Tow 29 Whopping 30 Jabber 33 Pimento 34 Stair 35 Éclat 37 None 38 By no means 39 Moo 41 Dishonour 42 Rabbitted 44 Rhyme 45 Painkiller

DOWN: 1 Tombola 2 Ad-libbing 3 Fur 4 Clueless 5 And 6 Handed over 7 Mays 8 Readiness 9 Gee 10 Sponge 14 Disentwine 15 Grows up 17 Muffler 18 Newspapers 22 Put upon 24 Long arm 26 Go for broke 28 Womaniser 31 Bell metal 32 Bread bin 34 Sundry 36 To order 40 Poly 41 Dac 42 Ria 43 ICI

Clue of the week: Anyone hearing sheep? (3)
Solution: YOU (homophone)

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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 27 December 2025. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solutions to Crossword 1495

ACROSS: 8 Chinese chequers 9 St Helier 10 Tmesis 11 William Tell 16 Cabinet puddings 18 Grand Canyon 21 Divert 23 Sheepdog 25 Weston-super-Mare

DOWN: 1 What’s what 2 Knee 3 Assisi 4 Scar 5 Meathead 6 Duce 7 Broil 12 Lying 13 Moped 14 Laity 15 Agincourt 17 Exacting 19 Abeles 20 Cited 22 Eats 23 Smug 24 Pump

Clue of the week: Son for each male? They get daughters too (5)
Solution: SPERM (s + per + m)

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This Christmas crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 20 December 2025. Subscribe here to receive the print magazine.

Solutions to Crossword 1494

ACROSS: 1 Password 5 Egress 10 Comma 11 Small beer 12 North Pole 13 Eased 14 Starve 15 Earlobe 18 Igneous 20 Betide 22 Title 24 Dissipate 25 Newsagent 26 Viola 27 Estate 28 Spirited

DOWN: 1 Pacing 2 Samaritan 3 Weather forecast 4 Restore 6 Golden retriever 7 Evens 8 Shredder 9 Varese 16 Odd man out 17 Distance 19 Sadden 20 Bus stop 21 Repaid 23 To wit

Clue of the week: Elizabeth I’s favourite cheese (9, first letter L)
Solution: LEICESTER

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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 13 December 2025. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1493

ACROSS: 8 Harrogate 9 Erne 10 Patina 11 Maldives 12 Comedian 13 Errand 14 Apostle 17 Atheist 20 Carpet 22 Alehouse 25 Startled 26 Theist 27 Hide 28 Nectarine

DOWN: 1 Cheapo 2 Trainees 3 Somali 4 Farming 5 Hell-bent 6 Senior 7 Infernos 15 Plantain 16 Let alone 18 Esoteric 19 Haddock 21 Porter 23 Entrap 24 Sussex

Clue of the week: Chemist quick to bandage injury (8)
Solution: PHARMACY (harm Inside pacy)

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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 6 December 2025. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

Solution to Crossword 1492

ACROSS: 1 Wholemeal bread 10 Scrap 11 Surtitles 12 Example 13 Drafter 14 Totes 16 Aperitifs 19 Blaspheme 20 Rigid 22 Upsurge 25 Grown-up 27 Chieftain 28 Enrol 29 Refectory table

DOWN: 2 Herbal tea 3 Lap up 4 Misbehave 5 Acrid 6 Brigadier 7 Éclat 8 Desires 9 Assent 15 Soporific 17 Emergency 18 In general 19 Bouncer 21 Dapple 23 Stiff 24 Erato 26 Opera

Clue of the week: Belt out Billy Idol’s number ones (3)
Solution: OBI

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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 29 November 2025. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

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This crossword appeared in The Week magazine on 22 November 2025. You can play it in our app or subscribe to receive the print magazine.

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