Crossfigure Puzzle # 5

A challenging puzzle in which all the clues are simple numerical expressions. You will find that for solving the puzzle logic and ingenuity are more important than mathematical skill.

Crossfigure Puzzle

Across

1 23 across minus two
4 Two times 19 across
6 7 across minus twenty
7 18 down minus thirty
8 10 across plus thirty-seven
10 A prime number
12 Three times 14 across
14 3 down plus ten
15 20 down plus twenty-six
17 A square number
19 Two times 8 across
21 17 across times five
22 11 down times five
23 Four times 10 across

Down

1 15 across plus sixteen
2 5 down minus twenty-eight
3 A square number
4 21 across minus twenty-eight
5 9 down minus one
9 19 down minus 128
10 2 down minus seventy-three
11 17 down plus five
13 10 down plus thirty-two
16 14 across plus 291
17 17 across minus ninety-one
18 17 down times six
19 6 across minus 173
20 Three times 8 across

Solution