October 2025

3. The amount by which a container falls short of being full
5. To edit or change (a text)
6. A complete scale of musical notes; the range a voice or instrument
7. Brutally harsh; vitriolic: scathing
9. A underground aqueduct in the Middle East or North Africa through which water flows downhill from an aquifer or well to the surface
11. To grant a prize or an award to
12. Having the ability to shape diverse elements or concepts into a unified whole
15. Indeed!
16. A coarse, dark sugar, especially that from the sap of East Indian palm trees
18. Divination by means of signs derived from the appearance of water and its movements
21. A piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front; used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate
22. Originating, existing, or occurring at the same time

1. A sports arena equipped with a banked track for cycling
2. A person's nickname
4. Relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment
6. A book of magical knowledge, especially one containing spells
8. The overall length of a violin
10. (Of meals or eating) At one's desk in an office
13. Bad handwriting; poor penmanship
14. Contrived or unrestrained sentimentality
17. A state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning
19. A gadget; dingus; thingamajig
20. The track or trail of an animal or person