You have to find the right position of the words in the grid. Therefore the symbols are helpful. Each symbol represents three letters of the alphabet or two letters and the black squares.

Horizontal: Intend - Unreturned serve - Extinct giant birds - Kind of whisky - Body of salt water - London orchestra (1,1,1) - Southern Ireland - German actress, ... Sommer - Small jazz band - Russian mountain range - Speak unfairly of - Sneaky, cunning - Horse or cattle enclosure - Speak evil (of) - Nearly - Learn a lot in a short time - Slender fish - Debonair - Take by force - Mention briefly - Lazily - Lacking vigour - Expressions of sympathy - Meddlesome - Naval force (1,1,1) - Serious-minded - Muddle Vertical: Eccentric wheel part - Jean ..., actress - Hindu religious instructor - Avian creature - Lament for the dead - Six-sided figures - Make smile - Claim without proof - Worth - Having wings - Bike - Russian parliament - Uncle ..., the USA - Make aware of - By mouth - Diseased lung sound - East Anglian cathedral town - Stephen ..., Irish actor - Before, in poems - Bathing resort - Fragrant compound - Eccentric or strange - Film actor, ... Marvin - Work steadily - Angers - Fire crime - Promotional spots

There are 9 variants:

• Clues (see above)
• Scrambled
• The letters of a word without N - Z
• The letters of a word without A - M
• The first and last letters (D...M for DREAM)
• The letters of a word without vowels
• The letters of a word without consonants
• Fill-In (list of words)
• The word without first and last letters (.REA. for DREAM)
   

“Symbol Groups” is more difficult when the horizontal and vertical words are mixed together in the list (optional).

This type of puzzle is available in many different sizes, shapes, symmetries and designs.