Puzzler puzzle clues 2025 Aug 18

• Belly-band of a saddle (5) Crossword Clue
• Bloodsucking winged insect (8) Crossword Clue
• Cease functioning (4) Crossword Clue
• Curve (3) Crossword Clue
• ___ dots (spotty pattern) Crossword Clue
• First and foremost (6) Crossword Clue
• Fuel-carrying ship (3-6) Crossword Clue
• Fuse into one (8) Crossword Clue
• In a long-established manner (13) Crossword Clue
• Insect similar to a bee (4) Crossword Clue
• Join together (5) Crossword Clue
• Long thin knife (8) Crossword Clue
• Loop of a chain (4) Crossword Clue
• Medieval tournament (5) Crossword Clue
• Midnight's ___, novel by Salman Rushdie (8) Crossword Clue
• Mythological female divinity (5) Crossword Clue
• On a single occasion (4) Crossword Clue
• Portent of a downpour (9) Crossword Clue
• Salesperson in a store (4,9) Crossword Clue
• ___ & Scratchy, Bart Simpson's favourite cartoon (5) Crossword Clue
• Soft sweet (11) Crossword Clue
• Student essay (6) Crossword Clue
• Teenage years (11) Crossword Clue
• Under the alternative name of (inits)(3) Crossword Clue