Gloomy street crossing near particular football club (7,4)

Guardian Cryptic #29923 | 8 Down | 2026-02-06
Generating...

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

A charade of GRIM (‘gloomy’); plus SBYT, an envelope (‘crossing’) of BY (‘near’) in ST (‘street’); plus OWN (‘particular’). GRIMSBY TOWN FC is not exactly Premier League; its major success seems to have been to reach the FA Cup semifinals twice (in the 1930s; actually, they have had more recent achievements)

Back to puzzle
Visit Guardian's puzzle site →