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to 2270: Hard
Seven unclued lights were names of VERSE-MEN (22) minus one letter: VI(R)GIL (1A), BRO(O)KE (15A), BRID(G)ES (16), DON(N)E (9), S(P)ENDER…
2273: Numbers
Clockwise round the perimeter from 3 run the titles of three items (1, 6, 3, 1, 4, 2, 1, 4,…
2272: Holiday time
In eight clues, cryptic -indications omit reference to parts of answers; these parts must be highlighted, to reveal two words.…
to 2269: Humiliation
Answers to clues in italics are Clockwise (16), mondial (25), smugly (26), mushroomed (15) and pantable (32), each of which…
To 2268: In state
The unclued lights are US STATE CAPITALS. First prize Stewart Jones, Winchester, Hants Runners-up John M. Brown, Rolleston-on-Dove, Staffs; Gareth…
2271: I’m not here or there
All but one of the unclued lights can be preceded by the same word, large or small. Solvers are requested…
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…
2270: Hard
Seven unclued lights (all real words) are names of 22 (hyphened) minus one letter. The missing letters give GROWN-UP. …
To 2266: 587
Associations with adjectives are ALL RIGHT (16), BRIGHT LIGHTS (40), BEAUTIFUL DREAMER (31), GREAT DANE (42), and SMALL BEER (4). The…
2269: Humiliation
Answers to clues in italics are to be subjected, before entry in the grid, to the treatment indicated by one…
2268: In state
The unclued lights (two of two words) are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer among other reference books. Elsewhere, ignore…
To 2265: POURING
The unclued lights Across are CATS and the unclued lights Down are DOGS. First prize John Kitchen, Breachwood Green, HertsRunners-up…
2267: Double-edged swords
One of the unclued entries (two words) defines the others (two of which are hyphened), which are all real words.…
To 2264: The A-Team
‘Harry the King, BEDFORD (19) and EXETER (18), WARWICK (1D) and TALBOT (25), SALISBURY (4A) and GLOSTER (12)’ (Henry V,…
2266: 587
Around the perimeter starting at one corner run two lines of a verse (ten words). Two unclued lights give the…
To 2263: Hurry
Corrections of misprints in clues give STEP ON THE GAS, indicating the unclued lights in each of four columns in…
2265: Pouring
The unclued Across lights (two of two words) are of a kind, as are the unclued Down ones, all verifiable…
To 2262: Numbers game
The unclued Across lights are ANAGRAMS of French numbers (22: trente, 24: soixante, 26: sept, 29: onze, 43: trois) and…
2263: Hurry
Each of twelve clues contains a misprinted letter in the definition part. Corrections of misprints spell a four-word phrase forming…
To 2260: B & B
BUTTONS AND BOWS (1A) is a song in the film THE PALEFACE (10), sung by BOB HOPE (27). Other unclued lights…
2262: Numbers game
The unclued Across lights are of one linguistic kind and the unclued Down lights are of another, all of which…
To 2259: Eco
The unclued lights can be preceded by GREEN which had to be shaded in green, as indicated in the solution…
2261: Long jump
Six unclued lights are examples of ‘3/4/18’ (four words in total, ignore an apostrophe), a quotation (in ODQ) whose author’s…
To 2258: Perimetrical jigsaw
The perimeter quotation is from L.P. Hartley’s The Go-Between, in which Leo, Marian and Ted are the main characters. First…
2260: B & B
One clue lacks a definition part; its answer is a film title. One unclued light (three words) is the title…
