Crossword Rally

The Next Idea Crossword

The Next Idea 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.

Opening your interactive crossword…

Across

  • 1. Stir up from a deep slumber
  • 6. Light-emitting diodes, for short
  • 10. Organized assortment
  • 11. Declare openly and firmly
  • 12. Collection of sacred texts central to Christianity
  • 13. Spy concealed within an organisation
  • 14. Feathery neckwear
  • 15. Book-loving heroine of Disney's Beauty and the Beast
  • 16. Present from birth
  • 18. Large container for holding liquids
  • 19. Open sores on the skin or a mucous membrane
  • 21. Distinct intervals of time (7)
  • 23. Let someone use temporarily
  • 24. Reach a destination
  • 25. Committed to a manuscript

Down

  • 1. Jewish religious teacher whose title comes from a word for master
  • 2. Mythic hunter commemorated by a constellation with a three-star belt
  • 3. Of a densely populated city
  • 4. A condiment or a dance with a Spanish name meaning sauce
  • 5. Relatively calm center of a hurricane
  • 6. Unconvincing, as an excuse
  • 7. Changed over a long span of time
  • 8. Common monetary units in the US (7)
  • 9. Confectionery, in everyday British usage
  • 15. Accept as true
  • 17. Surrender to the authorities (4,2)
  • 20. Hidden away in private symbols
  • 21. Tiny outlet at the skin's surface
  • 22. Receive money through work or achievement
  • 23. Drink with quick movements of the tongue

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.