Pabulum

2590: Have a go

4 February 2023 9:00 am

Seven unclued lights (all real words) are 36s minus one letter. A further 36 formed from the omitted letters will…

2587: Silver

14 January 2023 9:00 am

2584: Song XI

3 December 2022 9:00 am

2578: Torture

22 October 2022 9:00 am

The same word appears as eight headwords in Chambers. Unclued lights indicate what they mean. The word will appear in…

2575: Problem XIII

1 October 2022 9:00 am

Singers will know that where ‘Q’ = ‘the number of’: Q34/22A x Q41/39/1D x Q3/8/38 = Q the 14. 41/39/1D…

2569: Anadad

20 August 2022 9:00 am

Round the grid from 1 runs a quotation (1,3,4.2,5,3,5,3,2,6) from a play followed by the dramatist’s name (two words). Two…

2566: Somewhere XII

30 July 2022 9:00 am

Somewhere in 23D 30 July is important. Remaining unclued lights (including two pairs and a trio) give the place’s capital…

2560: Obit VI

18 June 2022 9:00 am

Clockwise round the grid from 7 run the names (8,5,3,3,8,3,8,7,7) of six members of a winning set, the other three…

2557: Heroes

28 May 2022 9:00 am

Clockwise round the grid from a point to be determined run the names of four knights (2,5,5,5,5,8,5,3) followed by what…

2551: Madness

16 April 2022 9:00 am

Unclued lights (including two of two words) suggest nine words (all in Chambers) starting with the same four-letter word that…

2548: Poem VII

26 March 2022 9:00 am

Unclued lights are nine words taken from a poem whose first three words (as quoted in ODQ) will appear in…

2542: Wider II

12 February 2022 9:00 am

Nine unclued lights (all real words) are the names of 35A with one letter misprinted. The correct letters match those…

2539: Wider

22 January 2022 9:00 am

Six unclued lights (all real words) are the names of 35/26 minus one letter. The missing letters match those that…

Christmas crossword 2021 - solution

22 January 2022 9:00 am

The NATIVITY (89) of the ACTOR (37) HUMPHREY BOGART (47/13), the singers ANNIE LENNOX (112/12) and IAN BOSTRIDGE (4/61), the…

Dectet

18 December 2021 9:00 am

Ten pairs of unclued lights give the names of people whose 89 was ‘50D/2A’ (six words in total). They include…

2530: Ups and downs

30 October 2021 9:00 am

Clockwise round the grid from 2 runs a quotation (5,3,3,5,6,4,3,4,3,3,4,5) followed by the poet’s first name. Her second name is…

2524: Spelean II

18 September 2021 9:00 am

Clockwise round the grid from 20 runs a quotation minus one word (1,2,4,4,4,1,4,1,5,4,4,9) followed by an honest servant’s name. Unclued…

2521: Leading question

28 August 2021 9:00 am

Unclued lights can be arranged so that, preceded by ‘What is’, they form a question whose answer solvers must shade.…

2515: Paragon

17 July 2021 9:00 am

Unclued lights (including three of two words and two pairs) suggest various versions of a name given by a pair…

2512: Impertinence

26 June 2021 9:00 am

Clockwise round the grid from 34 run the answers (6,6,5, 11,4,3,7,4) (one hyphened) to eight riddles followed by the riddler’s…

2506: Summer’s voice

15 May 2021 9:00 am

Ten unclued lights (including four pairs) are of a kind. Ignore two hyphens and an apostrophe. What could have induced…

2503: Applery

24 April 2021 9:00 am

Six unclued lights are the names of traditional English county towns with one letter misprinted so as to form new…

2496: Depart Paddington

6 March 2021 9:00 am

Clockwise round the grid from 3 run seven dramatis personae; unclued lights give anagrams of two more. The play’s title…

2493: Opposites

13 February 2021 9:00 am

Two contrasting film stars allegedly said ‘1A’ (five words) and ‘49/27’ (six words in total). Remaining unclued lights (including one…

2487: Birthday boys II

12 December 2020 9:00 am

December 12th was the birthday of two famous men. Unclued lights (including one of five words, one of two words…