Coffee Break: Victory Lap Crossword

Coffee Break: Victory Lap is an easy English-language crossword with 23 clues. Familiar answers and a finish-line feeling.

9 × 9 grid. Play free as a guest, with no download.

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Across

1. Narrow-waisted stinging insects
6. Request for a higher tribunal to review a decision
8. Feel deep sorrow
12. Uncommon or difficult to find
15. Ruminant whose males are called billies
16. A distinct period in history
17. Plural currency units worth one hundredth of a pound sterling each
18. Coffee drink combining chocolate and espresso
20. Join using stitches
21. A phrase used to clarify what was intended (1,4)
22. Try a little food to assess its flavour

Down

1. Move a tail from side to side
2. Annual percentage rate, briefly
3. Aromatic plant ingredient used to flavour food
4. Remove a food's outer skin
5. Fierce or violent
7. Sour yellow citrus fruits
10. Rate at which a runner moves
11. Dish slowly cooked in liquid
12. The topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
13. Distinctive smell, usually a pleasant one
14. Speed contests with a finish line
19. Headwear from which a magician might pull a rabbit

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.