Bright Connections Crossword

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

10 × 10 grid. Play free as a guest, with no download.

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Across

1. Confer a benediction on
6. Take property unlawfully from someone
9. Reluctant or unwilling
10. The immaterial self, or deep feeling in a performance
11. A diplomatic representative on a specific mission (5)
12. Skirt worn by a ballet dancer
13. Profound, as a thought
14. Fabric with a glossy face and a dull reverse
15. A lasting mark pressed into a soft surface (7)
17. Audible respiratory sounds occurring during sleep (7)
18. Seek another's favour
20. Climbing or trailing plants with long stems
21. Producing visual representations of an object (7)
23. Choice or measurement of when an event occurs
24. Sharp painful jabs from insects or words (6)

Down

1. Lost blood from a cut
2. The only one present
3. One projecting lower edge of a roof
4. Visit briefly (4,2)
5. Short of a target amount
6. A habitual sequence of daily actions
7. Brief pleasure trips taken away from home (7)
8. Rounded rather than pointed at the end
10. Looking fixedly for a long time
14. Coiled devices that store energy when compressed or stretched
16. Physically changing location (6)
17. A reply confirming the same state for the speaker (2,2,1)
18. Clever mental faculties (4)
19. Leave out
22. Drink often paired with tonic

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