The seventh instalment in our series of extremely small and free-form cryptic crossword puzzles, published every two weeks to coincide with our latest essay on which the puzzle will be themed.
This puzzle set by Tope is themed on our essay “I Am Making the World My Confessor”: Mary MacLane, the Wild Woman from Butte.
You can print the puzzle or fill it in online. Join our newsletter to be informed when the next one is published and see the answers to this grid.
Scroll through the whole page to download all images before printing.Across4. Log cut up is aired (7)
6. Natural ability, sui generis, after Newton? Missing in action! (6)
7. Pass on initial offering of impressively grand slice (6)
8. Holds out hand, gives denied girl love again at last (5, 2)
Down1. A party song and dance (3)
2. Musical note (4)
3. Atone sins around scandal (9)
5. Initially “innovative” art gallery shuts at last admitting 1001 copies (8)
6. Graceful element of yoga in lycra (6)
New to cryptic crosswords? Our clues should typically be on the easier end so could be a good place to get started! (Check out this guide from The Nation and this video from the New Yorker.)
See all the puzzles in the series here.
