2435: A little puzzle
Unclued lights, two of two words, are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. Elsewhere, ignore two accents. Across 12 …
2432: Getting dry
Unclued lights (one of two words) give an event, its organiser, some participants, its winners, and the prizes. Across…
2408: End of the line
Unclued lights name a man born on 18 May; his position; his son; and (singly or correctly paired, two of…
2396: Reader…,
Unclued lights are a set of literary 40s. Their creator is hidden in the grid and should be shaded. Elsewhere,…
solution
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Unclued lights were names of GHOST STORIES by M.R. (MONTAGUE RHODES) JAMES: CASTING (1A) THE (29) RUNES…
Christmas spirit
Unclued lights (six of two words, one of three), correctly linked, make ten members of a seasonal set, one light…
2384: Bang!
Unclued lights, singly or correctly paired, are of a kind, as given in Chambers. Ignore one apostrophe. Across 5 …
2375: 2
2 describes a pair of unclued lights (three words altogether), which in turn include the others. Across 12 Single…
2357: Half a Drum
Unclued lights make five pairs with something in common. Across 1 Fragrant nuts announced (5) 4 Neat workers secure…
2351: Triplets
Unclued lights form three sets of three, each set related in a different way to a theme-word which is hidden…
2337: Millefeuille
Unclued lights are connected to a theme word (which does not appear), three in each of three different senses. Two…
2325: Hard task
Clockwise round the grid run six of a kind (one of three words and one three-word pair). Other unclued lights…
2313: Goldfish by Fieldfare
In ten clues the wordplay leads to the answer plus one extra letter. These letters in clue order give a…
2310: Constitutional Amendment
Procne (37D), Tereus (23D), Scylla (19D) and Arachne (30D) were all given as anagrams, as was Ovid (42D). Daphne (1D)…
to 2295: Juicy
The shared name was PERRY (18), shared by GRAYSON (28) Perry and Perry MASON (2). GP, whose alter ego is…
2298: NOᴎ
The unclued lights (one of two words), correctly paired, are of a kind and are defective in the same way.…
2288: Housey-housey
The unclued lights (ignore two apostrophes and an umlaut) are of a kind, as verified in Brewer. Across 1 …
to 2285: Characterful
The theme word was China, the Mandarin Chinese word for which is Zhongguo (the pinyin transliteration of 中国). Unclued lights…
to 2281: Fail
Extra letters in clues form the phrase BITE THE DUST. Thematically created entries at 10, 11, 19, 29 and 34…
2284: Shocking!
Unclued lights consist of a quotation (in ODQ), its speaker and source, and a synonym (one hyphened) of each of…
2266: 587
Around the perimeter starting at one corner run two lines of a verse (ten words). Two unclued lights give the…
To 2263: Hurry
Corrections of misprints in clues give STEP ON THE GAS, indicating the unclued lights in each of four columns in…
2255: In the pink
Four unclued lights (eight words in all) form a phrase describing an activity. The other unclued lights give the author,…
To 2252: Writer deploys me
The works were Striding Folly (anagram of 11/22), Whose Body? (36/1D), The Nine Tailors (2/48), Strong Poison (9/30) and Gaudy…
The works
Along the top and bottom rows of the grid runs a seasonal quotation of 11 words. 81 clues contain a…
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