A Fresh Challenge Crossword

A Fresh Challenge 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. Unwilling to flex, as a material
6. Vietnamese noodle soup
9. Savoury basic taste associated with glutamate
10. Dark fossil fuel mined from the ground
11. Accessways for wheeled items
12. Outer covering left after eating a melon
13. Mature over time, as a cheese
14. Money returned after paying more than the price
16. A smaller amount, not a smaller number of items
18. Later than
19. Went separate ways
21. Restricted by iron links
23. Kept under supervision
24. Comes into existence, or gets out of bed
25. Response to perceived demands or pressures

Down

1. Country rather than city
2. A likeness on a surface, or a reputation in the mind
3. Individual sporting contests
4. Small mischievous creature of folklore
5. Flat, circular storage medium
6. Having a tapered end
7. Executed on a gallows
8. Of greater age
10. Skilfully made by hand
15. Control equipment for a beast of burden
17. Thinly scattered or not dense
20. Assistants to someone in a responsible role
21. Rudely short in speech
22. Strands growing from skin, especially on the head
23. State of matter that expands to fill its container

How to play

Select a square, read its clue and enter your answer. Help offers a clue nudge; Check word checks your selected answer. Finish to challenge a friend on this same crossword.