2388: Sea rocket
‘12/15’ (six words in total) is a quotation (in ODQ) suggested by the remaining unclued lights (two hyphened), whose fifth…
2385: R and R
The theme is two historic people who were contemporaries. Unclued lights give their forenames, places of birth and death and…
2379: Shocking
Eight headwords in Chambers consist of the same word. Unclued lights (including two trios and one doing double duty) give…
2376: Somewhere XI
On 15 September somewhere bordered by 31 and 5, and whose capital is 40/10 (ignore an accent), celebrates its 43…
2370: Problem XII
Fans of classic 12 will know that where ‘Q’ = ‘the number of’: Q26 x Q1D x (Q34 + [Q36D/5A…
2367: When pigs fly
Five unclued lights form a quotation from a work concerning the 18 of 19, 15A and 23. The 18’s name…
2361: Snoot
Unclued lights are anagrams of eight words which are of a kind. Across 1 Result of hooker’s foul work?…
2358: Poem IV
Unclued lights are words from a poem, its author and a relevant location. Elsewhere, ignore two accents. Across 7 …
2349: Novel
Clockwise round the grid from 3 run the names (7,4,5,6,8,8,5,6) of four characters in a novel followed by the initials…
2331: Anagrams
Unclued lights suggest nine different words, each made up of the same five letters. These letters will appear in the…
2328: Second coming
6A and 42 (whose unchecked letters give IDEA) combine to suggest the title of a novel. Remaining unclued lights give…
2322: In memoriam
A pair of unclued lights (three words in total) give an event. Remaining unclued lights, including a pair (three words…
2319: Poem III
Unclued lights are words from a famous poem whose title will appear in the completed grid and must be shaded.…
2307: Obit IV
Clockwise round the grid from 16 run the titles of four works (4,4,9,6,1,5,3,5,3,4,6) by a late great 3 (two apostrophes)…
to 2304: Hexagon
The HEADWORD (26) ‘bail’ appears six times in CHAMBERS (1D). Its different meanings include CROSSPIECE (1A), BAR (25), FRAME (36),…
2306: Instruction
‘21D/14’ (four words in total) is an instruction (in ODQ) with which solvers will comply by inserting the remaining unclued…
to 2303: Great 32
Five unclued lights are titles of RAGS (24) by SCOTT JOPLIN (32 31), who died on 1 April 1917. First…
2304: Hexagon
The same 26 appears six times in 1D. Remaining unclued lights exemplify its different meanings. The 26 will appear diagonally…
to 2301: Age of extremes
Unclued lights (in red) are the characteristics of ‘the period’, from the opening sentence of A Tale of Two Cities.…
2295: Juicy
An unclued light is a name shared by two persons, one of whom is fictional. Remaining unclued lights give names…
to 2292: Discovery
Thematic names are 1A/22 and 25/34, author of The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure…
2290: Timely II
Clockwise round the grid from 11 run three trios (8,4,6,5,9,3,5,8,4), each trio combining to suggest the same word. A trio…
to 2288: Housey-housey
Unclued lights are names of PARLIAMENTS. First prize Judith Bevis, NewportRunners-up Hilda Ball, Belfast; Michael Grocott, Loughborough Got something to…
to 2279: Where it’s at II
The name was The Spectator. THESP (SARAH BERNHARDT: 37/19), EC (EAST CENTRAL: 36/20), TAT (HEMPEN MATTING: 5/15) and OR (LOGIC…
2282: Timely
Clockwise round the grid from 21 runs a timely quotation (9,5,3,5,2,7,3,11,5) (in ODQ) followed by the initials of its author,…
