2501: Delightful
7 Down has wordplay to only half its grid entry. The undefined part is the first word of a 9-word…
2477: Rendezvous
The unclued entries, all across, are unconnected words from Chambers. Each requires a letter added to render them thematic, and…
2459: 22 Down
Six unclued entries (three of three words, and one of two words) can be combined to make a quotation (in…
2450: Titled Men
The unclued lights consist of one author, two titles and four characters; ignore one accent. The titles (three words and…
2444: Ones in the country
The unclued entries (three of two words, and two hyphened) share an origin Across 1 Put an end to…
Magical mystery tour
The Journey of the Magi (38A and 39A), by T.S. Eliot, was based on an earlier sermon by Lancelot Andrewes,…
Magical Mystery Tour
A quotation (in ODQ), starting on the appropriate side of the grid, runs clockwise around the perimeter. The other unclued…
2426: Her love
The unclued lights (including one of three words, two of two words, and a pair) are names for or are…
2417: Six Nations
One of the unclued entries (two words) can be followed by each of the others (two of three words, one…
2399: Lines of work
Eight unclued entries (two of two words, one hyphened) form a folk rhyme used as the basis for the first…
Stout and bubbly
According to Brewer, a five-word phrase was used to describe a creature, but applies also to a three-word fictional character.…
2387: On the spot
Two unclued lights give the name of a location and another a means of arrival and -departure. Other unclued lights…
2381: Step changes
1 Across and 45 Across form a phrase, and the other unclued entries form a word ladder linking them, by…
2363: Case ending
Four of the unclued entries make up a ten-word Shakespearean quotation, including an apostrophe. The other three (two of two…
2352: Upright Characters
Of the unclued entries, three combine to form a phrase (five words) describing three more (four foreign-language words). The remaining…
2346: The name of the game
The unclued entries (two hyphened) are all synonyms. Each of five clues contains a word that must be removed to…
2340: Booboos
3 1A (eight words in total, one apostrophe) and 41 23 32 36 (seven words, including two accents) give two…
2330: Image
10 5/9/34/30D/7/35/4/1D is a poem quoted in full in ODQ. The author’s surname (and indeed first name) appears at 26.…
2315: Trunk call
Seven unclued entries are all examples of the other. Elsewhere, ignore an accent. Across 11 Ginger wine and rose…
2291: Seriously?
In ten clues, the wordplay omits one of the letters of the solution. These letters in the grid, read row…
to 2289: I don’t believe it!
The unclued lights are expressions meaning NEVER (3A, 4D+43A, 21D+14D, 37A+1D and 37A+15D). First prize Hilary James, London W5Runners-up David…
to 2275: Frame of reference
Corrections of misprints in clues give CHAMBERS DICTIONARY, defining the items in the perimeter. First prize David Heath, Euston, NewarkRunners-up…
2278: Will alterations
Across clues contain a definition and a jumble of the answer. In each row of the grid, a Shakespearean character…
2267: Double-edged Swords
The unclued lights are anagrams of words meaning ‘blessing’, hence 43A MIXED BLESSINGS. The words are 11A AGREEMENT, 31A BENISON, 34A…
2267: Double-edged swords
One of the unclued entries (two words) defines the others (two of which are hyphened), which are all real words.…
