Dahl's World
The idea for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" grew from Dahl’s fascination with sweets and a playful critique of industrialized food and greed.
- Grid
- 13 × 13 Maxi
- Clues
- 62 8 themed
- Average solve
- 18:57 784 solves
- Rating
- 4.0 (21)
- Published
- 16 Jul 2026 Fiction Thursday
Clues
- 1a: Heart’s steady thump (4)
- 5a: Jay ___, starred in "Jerry Maguire" (4)
- 9a: Take a seat (3)
- 12a: Preface, in short (4)
- 13a: "Four and twenty blackbirds baked in ___ ___," nursery rhyme lyrics (1,3)