2549: Obscurity
Doc writes: This is Columba’s last puzzle for The Spectator which we are pleased to publish now, three years after…
2378: Boundary
One unclued light, a term for a boundary of an area whose name is formed by two unclued lights, is…
2372: Spot-on
One unclued light (three words) is a phrase referring to an item whose scientific name is formed by two unclued…
2369: Prodigious
Each of ten clues contains a misprinted letter in the definition part. Corrections of misprints spell a word which can…
2366: The square
Three items (one consisting of three words, and two consisting of four words each) read clockwise round the perimeter. Part…
2360: Diplomatic
One unclued light is the title (two words) of a work by a person whose name is formed by two…
2354: Pioneering
Two unclued lights form a three-word phrase. Clues in italics are cryptic indications of partial answers; in each case, the…
2348: It’s a trap
Clues are given according to alphabetical order of their answers. Each of thirty-two clues comprises a definition part and a…
Counterclaim
The first line of a 4 (two words) consists of 7A and the puzzle’s 3 41; the second line is…
2342: Decorative
Two unclued lights are terms for the same style. One, consisting of two words, forms a cryptic indication of each…
2339: Interesting
Cryptic indications in four clues are incomplete; in each case, the part not indicated is supplied by a 1D (two…
2336: Irrelevant
Each of four unclued lights is the result of an action that may be described as 7 (hyphened), a definition…
2333: Unchangeable
One unclued light is a three-word phrase indicating the way in which each of the answers to clues in italics…
2327: Exhibition
Five unclued lights are titles of works by a person whose name is formed by two unclued lights. Three clues…
2324: In the frame
Each of twenty-one clues comprises a definition part and a hidden consecutive jumble of the answer including one extra letter.…
2321: Cleaner
One unclued light, defined by the title, is a word that can be divided into three words; each of these…
2318: Groundwork
One unclued light (four words) is the title of a 40 recorded by 43 (two words). This title forms a…
2312: Bandleader
Two unclued lights form the title by which a 38 32 is commonly known. This title’s first word defines one…
2309: Complicated
Corrections of misprints in clues give TANGLED UP IN BLUE, the title of a song by Bob Dylan. Answers to…
2309: Complicated
Each of fifteen clues contains a misprinted letter in the definition part. Corrections of misprints spell the four-word title of…
to 2306: Instruction
The instruction was ‘SEND IN THE CLOWNS’ (21D/14) from A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim. The remaining unclued lights…
2303: Great 32
The puzzle marks the centenary of the death of a person whose name is formed by two unclued lights. Five…
to 2300: The law
Extra letters in clues give CONSTABLES, defining 7, 21 and 39. Other unclued lights are CONS (12, 16, 18) and…
2300: The law
Each of ten clues comprises a definition part and a hidden consecutive jumble of the answer including one extra letter.…
to 2297: Thoroughly
Corrections of misprints in clues give INSIDE OUT. Thematic entries at 2, 15A, 25, 30 and 39 are defined by…
