Crossword

2236: Alphabetical jigsaw

7 November 2015 9:00 am

This week’s puzzle breaks away from the traditional thematic puzzle. Instead, here is an alphabetical jigsaw for solvers to tackle.…

2235: Vile stuff

31 October 2015 9:00 am

1/44 (eight words in total) is part of a question (in ODQ) minus a word exemplified by the other unclued…

2234: A greater measure

24 October 2015 9:00 am

One unclued light is the name of a drink which can be measured into three ingredients. Each ingredient has three…

2233: Clutching at straws!

17 October 2015 9:00 am

The unclued lights, either individually or as a pair, are of a kind. Ignore one accent.   Across 4 Read…

2232: Ups and downs

10 October 2015 9:00 am

The unclued lights, in one case paired, are all suggested by a thematic phrase (two words), which is set out…

2231: On the side

3 October 2015 9:00 am

Unclued lights (three of two words; ignore one apostrophe) may be grouped to form a related triad.   Across  …

2230: Lot 46

26 September 2015 9:00 am

The unclued lights, five of which are correctly numbered, are of a kind. Ignore one accent. Chambers does not include…

2229: Gnome

19 September 2015 9:00 am

The third letters of extra words in two dozen clues spell out a 35 (in ODQ 7&8), associated with the…

2228: Unfair

12 September 2015 9:00 am

One unclued light (ignore its umlaut) is the home of a team known by a name which is another unclued…

2227: Word building

5 September 2015 9:00 am

The unclued lights (one of two words and another hyphened) can be arranged to form a word pyramid of 3…

2226: Whitehouse

29 August 2015 9:00 am

Clockwise from 4 run three titles (6,2,3,6,7,9,3,4,3,4,5) linked with X who won a 21 of 8s. 29 is a fourth…

2225: Category

22 August 2015 9:00 am

Four unclued lights (two of which consist of two words each) belong in the same category; one unclued light defines…

2224: All here

15 August 2015 9:00 am

The unclued lights (two of two words), individually or as pairs, are of a kind. Elsewhere, ignore one accent.  …

2223: Clerihew

8 August 2015 9:00 am

29 6 (4 words) is 1 24 (3 words). 24 11 10 (4 words), but 6 11 36 (4 words).…

2222: Exquisite

1 August 2015 9:00 am

One unclued light (hyphened) is a 38 of a word hidden in the grid. Two unclued lights are definitions of…

2221: Shielded

25 July 2015 9:00 am

The unclued lights are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. Elsewhere, ignore two accents.   Across   1    Transfers…

2220: Poem II

18 July 2015 9:00 am

Unclued lights (two hyphened) are words (all but one of which are in ODQ) from a poem whose title appears…

2219: Keep going

11 July 2015 9:00 am

Unclued lights (one of three words) are of a kind, as suggested by the title.   Across   7    Mostly…

2218: Fab!

4 July 2015 9:00 am

The unclued lights (two of three words and two of two words) can be preceded by the same word and…

2217: Poem

27 June 2015 9:00 am

Unclued lights (one hyphened) are words from a poem whose subject appears in the completed grid. A clued light is…

2216: Riddle

20 June 2015 9:00 am

Two clues are without definitions; their answers form the name of a person with a leading part in four works…

2215: IVOs

13 June 2015 9:00 am

The unclued lights (one hyphened and another a novel which is listed in Chambers Crossword Dictionary) display a similar feature…

2214: What’s up?

6 June 2015 9:00 am

The theme word is 29 down, which defines each of the other unclued lights (including one of two words) in…

2213: Surprising

30 May 2015 9:00 am

A phrase, formed by four unclued lights, incorporates a definition of the other unclued lights and an indication of the…

Plus ça change

23 May 2015 9:00 am

The unclued Across lights (Individually or as a pair) are defined by the unclued Down lights (individually or as a…