Crossword

2585: Happy Anniversary

10 December 2022 9:00 am

2584: Song XI

3 December 2022 9:00 am

2583: Out of place

26 November 2022 9:00 am

2582: Chief whip

19 November 2022 9:00 am

2581: In the balance

12 November 2022 9:00 am

2580: Cobbled

5 November 2022 9:00 am

2579: Destructive plot

29 October 2022 9:00 am

One unclued entry (three words) gives the theme, and five others give two-word names directly connected with it. Remaining unclued…

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…

2577: Light and dark

15 October 2022 9:00 am

The unclued lights (three of two words, one of which has an apostrophe) are of two kinds. Across 6 Eat…

2576: After Eleven

8 October 2022 9:00 am

The unclued lights form five pairs, as suggested by the title. Across 6 Fashion blunted by useless needle (6) 10…

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…

2574: A Chinese

24 September 2022 9:00 am

The unclued Across lights (including a pair) are of a kind and the unclued Down lights can be preceded by…

2573

17 September 2022 9:00 am

22 5 42 14 25 31: 29-40, 10-26.   Across 1 Hidden by grass, squad joined after separation (8) 9…

2572: Blown up

10 September 2022 9:00 am

Around the perimeter, beginning at square 1, is a line of poetry (seven words, in ODQ) followed by the title…

2571: 10”

3 September 2022 9:00 am

The unclued lights (one of two words) are of a kind.   Across 1 Bringing down plane that was used…

2570: Short story

27 August 2022 9:00 am

The unclued entries comprise two authors and a work of fiction, attributed by one author to the other. Each author…

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…

2568: Next door have gone

13 August 2022 9:00 am

The unclued lights, two of two words, and including four pairs using two of the unclued lights twice, are of…

2567: Stop!

6 August 2022 9:00 am

The unclued lights (including two pairs, one of which is three words, and one single light of three words) are…

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…

2565: 3 x 2

23 July 2022 9:00 am

The unclued lights (two single words, one a proper noun, four pairs and one trio) share a certain feature.  …

2564: Sea monster

16 July 2022 9:00 am

Five unclued lights are descriptions of another (four words), from another, by another (two words). Elsewhere, ignore one accent.  …

2563: Areas for development

9 July 2022 9:00 am

11 Across (two words) suggests the other unclued lights, which are all one-word anagrams of words of a kind (one…

2562: Clear view but no vowels

2 July 2022 9:00 am

The cryptic title of this week’s crossword leads to a five-letter representation of the theme. The unclued lights include two…

2561: PORTS

25 June 2022 9:00 am

Six unclued entries comprise systematically ordered non-words thematically linked by a normal entry, itself unclued.   Across 1 Awaiting consideration,…