Crossword solution
2590: Have a go – solution
The seven unclued lights are BIRDs (36) minus one letter: (S)WAN (14), (G)ROUSE (18), P(H)EASANT (22), TE(A)L (40), S(W)ALLOW (7),…
2576: After Eleven – solution
The unclued lights are names of the men who followed Armstrong and Aldrin (Apollo 11) in walking on the moon…
2575: Problem XIII - solution
5 (the number of GOLD RINGS, from ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’: 34/22A) x 103 (the number of the PSALM…
2574: A Chinese – solution
Each unclued Across light (including the pair at 16/7) is a SWEET and the unclued Down lights can be preceded…
2573 - solution
The preamble referred to ten symmetrically placed unclued entries which spell out CURRENT PUZZLE NUMBER HAS PRIME FACTORS: THIRTY-ONE, EIGHTY-THREE.…
2572: Blown up - Solution
As suggested by the quotation by John Donne around the perimeter, the other unclued lights were all kinds of trumpets.…
2571: 10” - solution
The TEN unclued lights are Scottish islands – or ‘INCHES’. First prize Mrs F.A. Bull, Canterbury Runners-up Susan Hay, Wolverhampton;…
2570: Short story - solution
Arthur C. Clarke (31/45) said that Ernest Hemingway (35/12) won a bet from fellow writers for the shortest story: FOR…
2569: Anadad - solution
The quotation was ‘I WAS BORN TO SPEAK ALL MIRTH AND NO MATTER’ from Much Ado About Nothing (II.i.321) by…
