Crossword
2162: Stand in
In each of eleven clues the definition part contains a superfluous letter. These letters, in clue order, spell a three-word…
2161: Appellation contrôlée
The unclued lights (one doubly hyphened) share a medical similarity. (Despite appearances there are no rude words in the puzzle!)…
2160: 18 Down
Six unclued lights are 18 Down from the same source (five are entitled to appear; the sixth appears regularly). Six…
2159: Wine, Woman and Song
Nine unclued lights are linked in three different ways (three lights to each) to a tenth, which solvers should highlight.…
2158: Late bloomers
The unclued lights (33 with I) are of a kind, all verifiable in Chambers under the appropriate headword. Across…
2157: Song X
Round the perimeter clockwise from 1 run six lights of a kind (7,9,10,9,9,8): if the grid were a 13/12, they…
2156: Shoreline
Seven items of a kind read clockwise round the perimeter. In ten clues, cryptic indications omit reference to parts of…
2155: Poor Billy’s left out
The unclued lights (two must be paired) are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. Across 10 Details from Britain…
2154: Clickety click
This puzzle marks the 40 of a 33 29. 16A, 24 and 1D (four words) are three of his works.…
2153: Selling
Each of thirteen clues contains one misprinted letter in the definition part. Corrections of misprints spell a phrase involving a…
2152: T20 – it’s just not cricket!
The unclued lights (and 4 Down + N) are of a kind and along with the suggestion given by the…
2151: Sources
Three theme words which must be deduced each suggest three unclued lights (including one of two words and ignoring one…
2150: Content
Each of thirteen clues contains a superfluous word. Initial letters of these words spell the first four words of a…
2149: Super!
Each of the unclued lights (one of two words and one of three) can be preceded by the same word…
2148: Eighth of February
Unclued lights (including two of two words and an accent to be ignored) can be expressed in such a way…
2147: Amazing performance
Each of the 22 across solutions, in clue order, contributes one unchecked letter to a two-word phrase (13,9) in Chambers…
2146: 4 ÷ 4 = 8
The unclued four-letter words can be paired in a particular way to form the remaining unclued lights (one of two…
2145: Two in a row
Unclued lights form four thematic pairs, one of which combines to form a single word. Across 1 Working…
2144: Leonids
1D is the title of a work minus a word that is suggested by three further unclued lights. Other unclued…
2143: Revising geography
The unclued lights are broadly of a kind (33 differs from the others, though 33K would have been more appropriate,…
Cold Comfort
Five Christmas carols (5, 6, 5, 3 and 4 words respectively) have been re-arranged, and re-titled at 23/38 (4 words),…
2142: Wintry
Each of seventeen clues comprises a definition part and a hidden consecutive jumble of the answer including one extra letter.…
2141: Megacant
The unclued lights (all but two of two words) are of a kind, listed in Chambers 2011. Elsewhere, ignore one…
2140: Essex Man
Our hero must be revealed by shading six cells appropriately. Four unclued lights are key words in 11s featuring the…
2139: Separated
Nine unclued lights can be separated into three groups; each group consists of three definitions of one of three words…
