Mr Magoo

2537: My Lord!

8 January 2022 9:00 am

A 21-word exchange appears (apart from two words) in nine unclued entries. The other unclued entry specifies one of the…

2528: Not to Lose

16 October 2021 9:00 am

Unclued entries are words (one hyphened) or phrases (three of four words each, one of three words, two each of…

2516: Such childish vocabulary

24 July 2021 9:00 am

The nouns from the first sentence of a book (in the ODQ) appear as unclued lights — apart from two.…

Solution to 2513: Golden anniversary

24 July 2021 9:00 am

The announcement reads: ‘Fifty years ago, on July the third, Jac’s first crossword in this series was published.’ The shaded…

2501: Delightful

10 April 2021 9:00 am

7 Down has wordplay to only half its grid entry. The undefined part is the first word of a 9-word…

2477: Rendezvous

3 October 2020 9:00 am

The unclued entries, all across, are unconnected words from Chambers. Each requires a letter added to render them thematic, and…

2459: 22 Down

30 May 2020 9:00 am

Six unclued entries (three of three words, and one of two words) can be combined to make a quotation (in…

2450: Titled Men

28 March 2020 9:00 am

The unclued lights consist of one author, two titles and four characters; ignore one accent. The titles (three words and…

2444: Ones in the country

15 February 2020 9:00 am

The unclued entries (three of two words, and two hyphened) share an origin   Across 1    Put an end to…

Magical mystery tour

18 January 2020 9:00 am

The Journey of the Magi (38A and 39A), by T.S. Eliot, was based on an earlier sermon by Lancelot Andrewes,…

Magical Mystery Tour

21 December 2019 9:00 am

A quotation (in ODQ), starting on the  appropriate side of the grid, runs clockwise around the perimeter. The other unclued…

2426: Her love

21 September 2019 9:00 am

The unclued lights (including one of three words, two of two words, and a pair) are names for or are…

2417: Six Nations

20 July 2019 9:00 am

One of the unclued entries (two words) can be followed by each of the others (two of three words, one…

2399: Lines of work

16 March 2019 9:00 am

Eight unclued entries (two of two words, one hyphened) form a folk rhyme used as the basis for the first…

Stout and bubbly

19 January 2019 9:00 am

According to Brewer, a five-word phrase was used to describe a creature, but applies also to a three-word fictional character.…

2387: On the spot

1 December 2018 9:00 am

Two unclued lights give the name of a location and another a means of arrival and -departure. Other unclued lights…

2381: Step changes

20 October 2018 9:00 am

1 Across and 45 Across form a phrase, and the other unclued entries form a word ladder linking them, by…

2363: Case ending

16 June 2018 9:00 am

Four of the unclued entries make up a ten-word Shakespearean quotation, including an apostrophe. The other three (two of two…

2352: Upright Characters

31 March 2018 9:00 am

Of the unclued entries, three combine to form a phrase (five words) describing three more (four foreign-language words). The remaining…

2346: The name of the game

17 February 2018 9:00 am

The unclued entries (two hyphened) are all synonyms. Each of five clues contains a word that must be removed to…

2340: Booboos

6 January 2018 9:00 am

3 1A (eight words in total, one apostrophe) and 41 23 32 36 (seven words, including two accents) give two…

2330: Image

5 October 2017 2:00 pm

10 5/9/34/30D/7/35/4/1D is a poem quoted in full in ODQ. The author’s surname (and indeed first name) appears at 26.…

2315: Trunk call

24 June 2017 9:00 am

Seven unclued entries are all examples of the other. Elsewhere, ignore an accent.   Across 11    Ginger wine and rose…

2291: Seriously?

7 January 2017 9:00 am

In ten clues, the wordplay omits one of the letters of the solution. These letters in the grid, read row…

to 2289: I don’t believe it!

7 January 2017 9:00 am

The unclued lights are expressions meaning NEVER (3A, 4D+43A, 21D+14D, 37A+1D and 37A+15D).  First prize Hilary James, London W5Runners-up David…