Routes & Riddles Crossword

Routes & Riddles is a medium English-language crossword with 30 clues. A mixed Brain Boost with words, everyday knowledge and fresh connections

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Across

1. Short blast from a horn
5. Wine category contrasted with white
8. Narrow arm of the sea reaching inland
10. No longer present
11. Tree known for aromatic wood
12. Carries with effort
13. Lacking variety or human touch
15. Related to the womb
16. Give way with a sharp crack
19. Fabric made from flax fibres
20. Vast span of geological time
21. Most secure or least risky
22. Quality of being worthy of respect
24. Tell confidently to put someone's mind at rest
25. Caught in a mesh trap

Down

1. Brief involuntary movement or sound
2. United, as a group acting together
3. Not new, or familiar from long acquaintance
4. Rip into pieces (4,2)
5. Habitual or predictable set of activities
6. Mechanical systems that produce motion
7. Moving downward or ancestry
9. Jog along at a moderate pace
10. Praise as splendid or magnificent
14. Coming after the expected time
16. Enclosed passenger car with a separate boot or trunk
17. Unwanted or indistinct sound
18. Feeling of deep anxiety or dread
21. Old form of address for a king
23. Edible kernel enclosed in a hard shell

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