Dumpynose

To 2191: Bunk

10 January 2015 9:00 am

Ambrose Bierce defined history as an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly…

2190: Petra

29 November 2014 9:00 am

‘1D/19’ (six words in total) is a work by 18/13. Remaining unclued lights form two pairs suggested by 13.  …

To 2187: River and islands

29 November 2014 9:00 am

The theme word is PHOENIX (38A). 6A, 12A and 26A are legendary birds; 15A, 28A and 4D are state capitals;…

2184: Airline

18 October 2014 9:00 am

Nine unclued lights each contain a different 20 from the same source. The title suggests a further such 20. Elsewhere,…

To 2181: Obit II

18 October 2014 9:00 am

The END (19) of Rameau, a great COMPOSER (1A) of OPERAS (6) and for the CLAVECIN (1D), occurred in PARIS…

2181: Obit II

27 September 2014 9:00 am

The 19 of a great 1A of 6 and for the 1D occurred in 37 25 years ago this month.…

To 2178: Saint and playwright

27 September 2014 9:00 am

In Vanity Fair (18/2), George Osborne is associated with 6/30 and 10/31. As Chancellor, he was preceded by 8, 26…

2175: Elated grunt

16 August 2014 9:00 am

Across unclued lights combine with down ones to form anagrams of the titles (one of two words) of four works…

Solution to 2172: Para

16 August 2014 9:00 am

Gerry Goffin, popular LYRICIST (40), died on 19 June 2014. He wrote the perimetric songs IT MIGHT AS WELL RAIN…

2172: Para

26 July 2014 9:00 am

In June we lost a popular 40. Clockwise round the grid from 3 run the titles of two of his…

to 2169: Land

26 July 2014 9:00 am

The grid represents Germany, with six bordering countries round the edge, and four cities in the interior, positioned roughly appropriately…

2166: Somewhere X

14 June 2014 9:00 am

Somewhere next to 34 and 12, 33 is 25, the highest mountain is 1D (two words), and the principal 3…

to 2163: Muscle

14 June 2014 9:00 am

The LITERAL QUINTET (13/22) was TERSE (37). 7A suggests ‘reest’, 40 steer, 5 stere, 6 ester, 19 trees and 26…

2163: Muscle

24 May 2014 9:00 am

Six unclued lights (one hyphened) suggest words each differently formed from the same 13 22, which appears as a clued…

to 2160: 18 down

24 May 2014 9:00 am

The unclued lights are all CHARACTERS (18D) in Plato’s dialogues, all but SOCRATES (1A) appearing in titles. In six cells,…

2157: Song X

12 April 2014 9:00 am

Round the perimeter clockwise from 1 run six lights of a kind (7,9,10,9,9,8): if the grid were a 13/12, they…

to 2154: Clickety click

12 April 2014 9:00 am

The MUSICAL (33) BARON (29) Lloyd-Webber’s BIRTHDAY (40) was on 22nd March; he was 66 (hence the title). His works…

2154: Clickety click

22 March 2014 9:00 am

This puzzle marks the 40 of a 33 29. 16A, 24 and 1D (four words) are three of his works.…

Solution to 2151: Sources

22 March 2014 9:00 am

The three theme words are CHAMBERS (12A, 16A, 40A), OXFORD (colleges) (24A, 4D, 8D), and (works by Wilkie) COLLINS (9D,…

to 2148: Eighth of February

1 March 2014 9:00 am

Unclued lights can each be abbreviated so that together they give the letters of FEBRUARY: FAHRENHEIT (19), EARTH (32), BASS…

2148: Eighth of February

8 February 2014 9:00 am

Unclued lights (including two of two words and an accent to be ignored) can be expressed in such a way…

to 2145: Two in a row

8 February 2014 9:00 am

Each pair consists of two in a ‘row’ in a variety of meanings. PURL (14) & PLAIN (25) (line of…

2145: Two in a row

18 January 2014 9:00 am

Unclued lights form four thematic pairs, one of which combines to form a single word.   Across   1    Working…

Christmas crossword: The winners

18 January 2014 9:00 am

Christmas carols, and their anagrammed ‘new titles’:   O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR ONCE…

2144: Leonids

11 January 2014 9:00 am

1D is the title of a work minus a word that is suggested by three further unclued lights. Other unclued…