Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 147
An Alphabetical Jigsaw by Hieroglyph
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Solve the clues and fit them in to the grid, wherever they will go.
The clues are arranged by the first letter of their answers.
| A | American academic is a handsome fellow (6) | N | Wine in the home is most distasteful (8) | |
| B | Shopper starts to butter up young English rose (5) | O | Nervous young hooligan with bruised ego outside (2,4) | |
| C | Conservative’s down at the end (7) | P | Horse is quiet when tied to a tree (5) | |
| D | Comically like Beau Brummell (8) | Q | Suspect mirage appearing by Queen’s University bog (8) | |
| E | African rain-tree cultivation (8) | R | Once again change tableware for material boxes (8) | |
| F | Fish flail about (8) | S | Marks anonymous driver on motorway – a skinhead (7) | |
| G | Like a dish of unfinished soup – cooked to swallow, for starters (8) | T | Illicitly, can he go out of rate-of-exchange arrangement like the Cayman Islands? (3-4) | |
| H | Scotsman almost runs outside and rants (9) | U | Employers’ note: one lies about hangover’s culmination on Sunday (9) | |
| I | Heavy metal club (4) | V | Theatrical diva, draped over piano, is flat (5) | |
| J | Film-star needs a jam roly-poly (5,4) | W | Late celebration, in all respects with vigilance (9) | |
| K | Racing vehicles beginning to keep a right speed, having gone off (5) | X | Noel’s cross about Liam’s last two singles, ultimately (4) | |
| L | Games manufacturer’s tablet, with zero rising stocks (8) | Y | Arab enemy turned international leader (6) | |
| M | Disguise minute grill (4) | Z | Oddly hyper-sensitive, to begin with, after last character’s yarns (7) | |
| M | Confuse beast of burden bearing designated driver (6) | Z | Spot starter of Italian pasta (4) |
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If you prefer your puzzles on paper, a pdf of the puzzle can be downloaded from here.
For alphabetical jigsaws, like this one, this is the recommended way of solving the puzzle.
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There is also a Crossword Solver version and an AcrossLite version, but please note that these are both traditional style crosswords where the clues are linked directly to the lights into which the answer is to be inserted.
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The Crossword Solver software can be downloaded from here.
The AcrossLite software can be downloaded from here and is also available as an iPhone/iPad app.
If you do not have Java installed you can obtain it from java.com. If do have Java you may need to check your security settings to make sure that applets are enabled, especially if you are viewing the puzzle from your hard disk. In Windows XP you may be able to enable the applet by clicking on the yellow bar at the top of the window and selecting “Allow blocked content”.