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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…

to 2319: poem III

12 August 2017 9:00 am

The poem was Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’. The words from the poem are LEGS (16), TWO (17A), SANDS (26), NOTHING (37), KING…

to 2318: Groundwork

5 August 2017 9:00 am

SOIL (9) — cryptically indicated by ISLAND IN THE SUN (1A), the title of a SONG (40) recorded by HARRY…

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…

to 2317:370

29 July 2017 9:00 am

The answer to the subtraction sum in the title is 1947. So all the unclued lights are celebrities who celebrate…

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.…

No. 2316: Divine alteration

22 July 2017 9:00 am

Redundant words were 12A virgin, 16A crazy, 38A mammal, 18D state, 21D greed, 25D tendon, 34D extremist. These respectively defined…

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…

to 2315: Trunk call

15 July 2017 9:00 am

4, 40, 43, 1, 3, 16 and 17 were all examples of PORTMANTEAU words, into which are packed the sense…

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,…

to 2314: 4÷4=8

8 July 2017 9:00 am

One of the unclued 4-letter lights is placed in the very middle of another to form each of the four…

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…

to 2313: Goldfish

1 July 2017 9:00 am

Extra letters in clues gave SAM GOLDWYN, to whom are attributed I’LL GIVE YOU (5) A DEFINITE (8) MAYBE (1A),…

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…

to 2312: Bandleader

24 June 2017 9:00 am

The thematic BEATLES ALBUM (38 32) is SERGEANT PEPPER (1A 6A). 1A defines 17, and can be divided into words…

to 2311: Keith II

17 June 2017 9:00 am

The unclued lights, as well as KEITH, are Scottish place names. TARBERT was required at 28A, rather than LARBERT. First prize Una…

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…

2310: Constitutional Amendment

10 June 2017 9:00 am

Procne (37D), Tereus (23D), Scylla (19D) and Arachne (30D) were all given as anagrams, as was Ovid (42D). Daphne (1D)…

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…

2309: Complicated

3 June 2017 9:00 am

Corrections of misprints in clues give TANGLED UP IN BLUE, the title of a song by Bob Dylan. Answers to…

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.…

Solution to 2308: Landmark

27 May 2017 9:00 am

Solution to 2308: Landmark This puzzle was Doc’s 600th to be published in this series. The unclued lights are two-word…

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;…