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The darts crossword

A new darts crossword every Monday. This week's has 18 clues on the players, their nicknames and walk-ons, where the tournaments are played and the language of the game. Tap a square and type.

Crossword #2 · 5 Oct to 11 Oct 2026 0 of 0 points 0:00
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Across

  1. 3“The Flying Scotsman”’s country (8)
  2. 6Home of the UK Open, before the 4 (3)
  3. 9Win a leg when your opponent threw first (5)
  4. 11Practice game: hit every number from 1 to 20 in order (5,3,5)
  5. 15Too many, so none count (4)
  6. 16The kind of board, made of sisal fibres, used in professional darts (7)
  7. 17AnagramNSEMTGE (darts) (7)

Down

  1. 1World number seven on the PDC Order of Merit (surname) (4)
  2. 2“The Machine” (surname) (4)
  3. 3Broadcaster of the Matchplay and the Grand Prix (3)
  4. 4Where every leg must end (6)
  5. 5The number to the left of 20 at the top of the board (4)
  6. 7“Woody” (surname) (9)
  7. 8Perfection, in darts (4)
  8. 10The part of a dart that joins the barrel to the flight (4)
  9. 12Pub darts game where everyone has a number and a set of lives (6)
  10. 13The sharp tip of a dart (5)
  11. 14Walks on to “Dancing in the Dark” (surname) (4)
A new crossword every Monday; the next one is out on Monday 16 November. Last week's crossword (#1) This week's crossword

How it works

Tap a square to choose it, and tap it again to switch between across and down. Type to fill in letters; the cursor moves along the word for you. The numbers in brackets are the word lengths, so (3,6) is two words. Your progress is saved on this device until next Monday.

Scoring. Every word you get right is a visit: 20 points a letter, up to a maximum 180, and it turns green. Stuck? Reveal letter fills in the square you are on and costs that letter's 20 points; Reveal word gives you the whole word for nothing. Check marks wrong letters for free. Finish with every point and no help for a nine-darter; after that come Big Fish, Ton-plus, Game shot, Bed and breakfast and Bust.

One clue each week is an anagram, marked with a red tag: rearrange the capital letters to get the answer, and the words after them are an ordinary clue to it as well.

Player answers are surnames as fans say them, so Michael van Gerwen is VANGERWEN (3,6). Rankings and walk-on songs are as they stood when the puzzle was set.

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