Thursday Crossword from Basingstoke
Across
- 1. automation of machine tools using computer-programmed commands, primarily in manufacturing
- 2. a town and civil parish within the Unitary Authority of Buckinghamshire / Stan
- 4. 1987 film, yet to be released 2025 film, dance made famous by MC Hammer
- 6. spirit / 42
- 7. a person skilled in cutting, dressing, and laying stone in buildings
- 8. A pub where fruit is accepted as currency
- 9. Fashionable eye wear for humans and dogs alike
- 11. a device for lifting heavy objects, especially one for raising the axle of a motor vehicle off the ground so that a wheel can be changed or the underside inspected
- 13. coffee drink made by adding hot water to espresso
Down
- 1. a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- 3. Footballer Dean who played for Oxford, Sunderland, Stoke, Middlesborough and Huddersfield
- 5. Steps of which you'd find a king
- 9. Atlantic herring often sold in tins.
- 10. Sometimes you can find #Sally here on a Friday afternoon
- 12. type of fritter originating in the Indian subcontinent