Crossword

2540: Recycling components

29 January 2022 9:00 am

Eight unclued lights, arranged symmetrically, comprise two quartets, one of which makes the other go round.   Across 1 How…

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…

2535: Green light! Cross!

15 January 2022 9:00 am

In this pangrammatical puzzle, the unclued lights are of a kind near 21A. Ignore all accents.   Across 7 Fresh…

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…

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…

2536: At rest

11 December 2021 9:00 am

Unclued lights are three sets of three words of a kind, along with a name which connects them all (two…

2535: Triplets

4 December 2021 9:00 am

The unclued lights, all nouns or verb forms (one is a hyphened plural), include a common feature different in all…

2534: Off-pitch

27 November 2021 9:00 am

Eight unclued lights (four of two words) are of a kind.   Across 1 False prophet faces interjection, perhaps (12,…

2533: Monday’s Child

20 November 2021 9:00 am

A nine-word phrase (in five unclued lights, two used twice) opens a work for 1A (three words) by 8 (two…

2532: Patchy?

13 November 2021 9:00 am

The unclued lights (one of two words) can be arranged into two associated groups. Across 1 Company accepts blame having…

2531: Villainy

6 November 2021 9:00 am

The unclued lights, two of two words, are of a kind. Across 1 Eastern divine seen in pilgrimage returning to…

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…

2529: Formerly

23 October 2021 9:00 am

The unclued lights (five of two words which include three apostrophes) can be preceded by the same word, all confirmed…

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…

2527: The main dilemma

9 October 2021 9:00 am

Three unclued lights together form an eight-word question from a well-known song. The song’s protagonist suggests the other five unclued…

2526: Everybody out!

2 October 2021 9:00 am

The unclued lights (individually or as two pairs), one of three words and three of two words, can be preceded…

2525: Prime Times

25 September 2021 9:00 am

Elements of four symmetrically disposed unclued lights confirm the 5 Down. Enumerations indicate lengths of clues’ ‘full’ solutions.   Across…

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…

2523: Monstrous regiment

11 September 2021 9:00 am

The unclued Across lights are of a kind when preceded by one word, as are the unclued Down lights (one…

2522: A trifle

4 September 2021 9:00 am

The unclued lights (one hyphened) have nothing in common.   Across 4Author Henry’s daughter perhaps (not a son) making a…

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.…

2520: 5 4 3 2 1

21 August 2021 9:00 am

The unclued lights, two of two words and the others as four pairs, are of a kind.   Across 6…

2519: Not so up-to-date

14 August 2021 9:00 am

One clued solution can precede each unclued light (four of two words and one of three), all to be found…

2518: Make a run for it?

7 August 2021 9:00 am

11 Across (three words) is a phrase suggested by the puzzle’s title explaining how to arrive at the other unclued…

2517: Final line-up

31 July 2021 9:00 am

The unclued lights appeared at the start under the shaded squares reading row by row from top to bottom (two…