Crossword

2331: Anagrams

14 October 2017 9:00 am

Unclued lights suggest nine different words, each made up of the same five letters. These letters will appear in the…

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.…

2329: Places to eat

30 September 2017 9:00 am

The unclued lights, when paired, are of a kind, the first word in each pair being thematic. Two of the…

2328: Second coming

23 September 2017 9:00 am

6A and 42 (whose unchecked letters give IDEA) combine to suggest the title of a novel. Remaining unclued lights give…

2327: Exhibition

16 September 2017 9:00 am

Five unclued lights are titles of works by a person whose name is formed by two unclued lights. Three clues…

2326: ‘Suits you, sir!’

9 September 2017 9:00 am

The unclued lights are of a kind. Elsewhere, ignore one apostrophe.   Across 2    Means to call poor chaperone about…

2325: Hard task

2 September 2017 9:00 am

Clockwise round the grid run six of a kind (one of three words and one three-word pair). Other unclued lights…

2324: In the frame

26 August 2017 9:00 am

Each of twenty-one clues comprises a definition part and a hidden consecutive jumble of the answer including one extra letter.…

2323: Alphabetical jigsaw

17 August 2017 1:00 pm

Clues are presented in alphabetical order of their solutions. The solutions have then to be fitted into the grid, jigsaw-fashion.…

2322: In memoriam

12 August 2017 9:00 am

A pair of unclued lights (three words in total) give an event. Remaining unclued lights, including a pair (three words…

2321: Cleaner

5 August 2017 9:00 am

One unclued light, defined by the title, is a word that can be divided into three words; each of these…

2320: Crossings out

29 July 2017 9:00 am

The unclued Across lights become thematic when a suffix is appended. The individual unclued Down lights (one a proper noun)…

2319: Poem III

22 July 2017 9:00 am

Unclued lights are words from a famous poem whose title will appear in the completed grid and must be shaded.…

2318: Groundwork

15 July 2017 9:00 am

One unclued light (four words) is the title of a 40 recorded by 43 (two words). This title forms a…

2317-370

8 July 2017 9:00 am

The subtraction reveals the link between the unclued lights which saw light then. Three unclued lights consist of two words,…

2316: Divine alteration

1 July 2017 9:00 am

Seven clues contain a redundant word, each defining one unclued light. These seven unclued lights all undergo partial 1 across…

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…

2314: 4÷4=8

15 June 2017 1:00 pm

The unclued four-letter words can be paired in a particular way to form the remaining unclued lights, one of two…

2313: Goldfish by Fieldfare

10 June 2017 9:00 am

In ten clues the wordplay leads to the answer plus one extra letter. These letters in clue order give a…

2312: Bandleader

3 June 2017 9:00 am

Two unclued lights form the title by which a 38 32 is commonly known. This title’s first word defines one…

2311: Keith II

27 May 2017 9:00 am

The unclued lights, (two of two words), are of a kind. Chambers does not give the solution at 12 Across.…

Constitutional Amendment

20 May 2017 9:00 am

Unclued lights are six characters from 45 and its author. Five of these undergo 45 in one way before entry;…

2309: Complicated

13 May 2017 9:00 am

Each of fifteen clues contains a misprinted letter in the definition part. Corrections of misprints spell the four-word title of…

2308: Landmark

6 May 2017 9:00 am

This puzzle is a landmark for D(0)C: his first crossword appeared in The Spectator in the issue dated July 4th…

2307: Obit IV

29 April 2017 9:00 am

Clockwise round the grid from 16 run the titles of four works (4,4,9,6,1,5,3,5,3,4,6) by a late great 3 (two apostrophes)…