Crossword

2550: Shorties

9 April 2022 9:00 am

The unclued lights and eight clued without thematic definition are of a kind, expressly confirmed in a section of Chambers.…

2549: Obscurity

2 April 2022 9:00 am

Doc writes: This is Columba’s last puzzle for The Spectator which we are pleased to publish now, three years after…

2548: Poem VII

26 March 2022 9:00 am

Unclued lights are nine words taken from a poem whose first three words (as quoted in ODQ) will appear in…

2547: Ascending order

19 March 2022 9:00 am

The (unrelated) unclued lights (one of three words, four of two words, (one with an apostrophe), one pair and two…

2546: Picture book

12 March 2022 9:00 am

43 (two words) created 1A (four words) and 3 10 14 (seven words). The latter inspired 17 30, whose work…

2545: With a twist

5 March 2022 9:00 am

41 (four words) suggests the other unclued lights – which are individual examples (not group names) of a kind –…

2544: Fives

26 February 2022 9:00 am

Clues lead to 5-letter solutions. Each set of ten clues is presented in alphabetical order of the solutions. Correct positioning…

2543: Parts of speech

19 February 2022 9:00 am

Unclued lights form a progressive set, plus the name of the speaker.   Across 1 Talk shortly about present-day veg…

2542: Wider II

12 February 2022 9:00 am

Nine unclued lights (all real words) are the names of 35A with one letter misprinted. The correct letters match those…

2541: Beastly

5 February 2022 9:00 am

The unclued lights are to be resolved into four (unrelated, non-thematic) phrases which share a common format.   Across 12…

2540: Recycling components

29 January 2022 9:00 am

Eight unclued lights, arranged symmetrically, comprise two quartets, one of which makes the other go round.   Across 1 How…

2539: Wider

22 January 2022 9:00 am

Six unclued lights (all real words) are the names of 35/26 minus one letter. The missing letters match those that…

2535: Green light! Cross!

15 January 2022 9:00 am

In this pangrammatical puzzle, the unclued lights are of a kind near 21A. Ignore all accents.   Across 7 Fresh…

2537: My Lord!

8 January 2022 9:00 am

A 21-word exchange appears (apart from two words) in nine unclued entries. The other unclued entry specifies one of the…

Dectet

18 December 2021 9:00 am

Ten pairs of unclued lights give the names of people whose 89 was ‘50D/2A’ (six words in total). They include…

2536: At rest

11 December 2021 9:00 am

Unclued lights are three sets of three words of a kind, along with a name which connects them all (two…

2535: Triplets

4 December 2021 9:00 am

The unclued lights, all nouns or verb forms (one is a hyphened plural), include a common feature different in all…

2534: Off-pitch

27 November 2021 9:00 am

Eight unclued lights (four of two words) are of a kind.   Across 1 False prophet faces interjection, perhaps (12,…

2533: Monday’s Child

20 November 2021 9:00 am

A nine-word phrase (in five unclued lights, two used twice) opens a work for 1A (three words) by 8 (two…

2532: Patchy?

13 November 2021 9:00 am

The unclued lights (one of two words) can be arranged into two associated groups. Across 1 Company accepts blame having…

2531: Villainy

6 November 2021 9:00 am

The unclued lights, two of two words, are of a kind. Across 1 Eastern divine seen in pilgrimage returning to…

2530: Ups and downs

30 October 2021 9:00 am

Clockwise round the grid from 2 runs a quotation (5,3,3,5,6,4,3,4,3,3,4,5) followed by the poet’s first name. Her second name is…

2529: Formerly

23 October 2021 9:00 am

The unclued lights (five of two words which include three apostrophes) can be preceded by the same word, all confirmed…

2528: Not to Lose

16 October 2021 9:00 am

Unclued entries are words (one hyphened) or phrases (three of four words each, one of three words, two each of…

2527: The main dilemma

9 October 2021 9:00 am

Three unclued lights together form an eight-word question from a well-known song. The song’s protagonist suggests the other five unclued…