Blooms in Literature
"The Scarlet Pimpernel" is named from a tiny wildflower (Anagallis arvensis); its elusive bloom mirrors the hero’s knack for slipping unseen into danger.
- Grid
- 13 × 13 Maxi
- Clues
- 62 8 themed
- Average solve
- 19:31 784 solves
- Rating
- 4.4 (26)
- Published
- 23 Jul 2026 Fiction Thursday
Clues
- 1a: Sharp intake of breath (4)
- 5a: Consume food (3)
- 8a: Very large, informally (4)
- 12a: “For Your ___ ___,” James Bond movie (4,4)
- 14a: Pneum___; operated using air, suffix (4)