Crossword
2544: Fives
Clues lead to 5-letter solutions. Each set of ten clues is presented in alphabetical order of the solutions. Correct positioning…
2543: Parts of speech
Unclued lights form a progressive set, plus the name of the speaker. Across 1 Talk shortly about present-day veg…
2542: Wider II
Nine unclued lights (all real words) are the names of 35A with one letter misprinted. The correct letters match those…
2541: Beastly
The unclued lights are to be resolved into four (unrelated, non-thematic) phrases which share a common format. Across 12…
2540: Recycling components
Eight unclued lights, arranged symmetrically, comprise two quartets, one of which makes the other go round. Across 1 How…
2539: Wider
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!
In this pangrammatical puzzle, the unclued lights are of a kind near 21A. Ignore all accents. Across 7 Fresh…
2537: My Lord!
A 21-word exchange appears (apart from two words) in nine unclued entries. The other unclued entry specifies one of the…
Dectet
Ten pairs of unclued lights give the names of people whose 89 was ‘50D/2A’ (six words in total). They include…
2536: At rest
Unclued lights are three sets of three words of a kind, along with a name which connects them all (two…
2535: Triplets
The unclued lights, all nouns or verb forms (one is a hyphened plural), include a common feature different in all…
2534: Off-pitch
Eight unclued lights (four of two words) are of a kind. Across 1 False prophet faces interjection, perhaps (12,…
2533: Monday’s Child
A nine-word phrase (in five unclued lights, two used twice) opens a work for 1A (three words) by 8 (two…
2532: Patchy?
The unclued lights (one of two words) can be arranged into two associated groups. Across 1 Company accepts blame having…
2531: Villainy
The unclued lights, two of two words, are of a kind. Across 1 Eastern divine seen in pilgrimage returning to…
2530: Ups and downs
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
The unclued lights (five of two words which include three apostrophes) can be preceded by the same word, all confirmed…
2528: Not to Lose
Unclued entries are words (one hyphened) or phrases (three of four words each, one of three words, two each of…
2527: The main dilemma
Three unclued lights together form an eight-word question from a well-known song. The song’s protagonist suggests the other five unclued…
2525: Prime Times
The unclued lights (individually or as two pairs), one of three words and three of two words, can be preceded…
2525: Prime Times
Elements of four symmetrically disposed unclued lights confirm the 5 Down. Enumerations indicate lengths of clues’ ‘full’ solutions. Across…
2524: Spelean II
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
The unclued Across lights are of a kind when preceded by one word, as are the unclued Down lights (one…
2522: A trifle
The unclued lights (one hyphened) have nothing in common. Across 4Author Henry’s daughter perhaps (not a son) making a…
2521: Leading question
Unclued lights can be arranged so that, preceded by ‘What is’, they form a question whose answer solvers must shade.…
