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2247: Commoners II
The unclued lights (one of two words), individually or as three pairs, are of a kind. Across 9 …
To 2244: Faithful
The unclued lights are DOGS from the classics, legend or of noted people. First prize David Maddison, London E1 Runners-up…
2246: Where’s Maggie?
Unclued lights (including one of two words and three pairs, 37 doing double duty) are characters in a play. A…
To 2243: Obit III
WARREN MITCHELL (42/43), STAR (39) of stage and screen, died on 14th November 2015. He won an Olivier Award as…
2245: Fair and square
Each of eleven clues contains a misprinted letter in the definition part. Corrections of misprints spell the source (three words)…
To 2242: Defeated
Each partial answer indicated by a clue in italics is KNOCKED INTO A COCKED HAT (5 39). Resulting entries at…
2244: Faithful
The unclued lights, one of two words, are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. Across 1 After…
To 2241: Customary
The unclued lights (1A, 1D, 6A/33, 13, 18, 32 and 38/24) are seven of the ‘Twelve Curious CUSTOMS Worth Reviving’,…
2243: Obit III
Last year we lost a popular 39 of stage and screen. 18A/16 (four words in total) and 10/18A/15 (five words…
Christmas crossword solution
The grid quotation was from the JOURNEY OF THE MAGI (T S ELIOT). Initial letters of superfluous words spelled out…
2242: Defeated
Clues in italics are cryptic indications of partial answers. In each case, the indicated part must be 5 39 (five…
To 2240: Various sources
The thematic term (formed by letters cut from definitions, 17, and letters added to definitions) is SCISSORS-AND-PASTE. Unclued lights are…
2241: Customary
The unclued lights, (two of two words), individually or as two pairs, are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer 19th…
To 2239: ITOIX
The unclued lights include the words ONE to NINE which had to be entered as figures 1 to 9 in…
The works
Along the top and bottom rows of the grid runs a seasonal quotation of 11 words. 81 clues contain a…
To 2238: Old issues
The title suggests BACK NUMBERS (8/15). Remaining unclued lights contain ‘back numbers’: GENEVESE (1A), MARXIST (20), GENETTE (24), XENON (37),…
2240: Various sources
In each of eight clues, one letter has been cut from the definition part; the cut letters spell a word…
To 2237: Experimental
The publication is 11A. Other unclued lights are all anagrams (‘new’ versions) of scientists: 14A SEABORG; 22A EINSTEIN; 23A PASTEUR;…
2239: ITOIX
The unclued lights (all of two or three words, some hyphened and all confirmed in Chambers) can be arranged into…
To 2236: Alphabetical jigsaw
First prize Mrs M. Purdie, Ceres, Cupar, Fife Runners-up Nick Hussey, Overton, Hampshire; K. Parekh, Wayne, Illinois Got something to…
2238: Old issues
The title suggests a pair of unclued lights which identify the common feature of the others. Solvers must shade the…
To 2235: Vile stuff
The quotation was ‘IS THIS A [DAGGER] WHICH I SEE BEFORE ME’ (1/44) (Macbeth).18, 22, 2, 27, 29 and 30D…
2237: Experimental
One unclued light is a publication (two words). The others are relevant figures (all in Chambers) who appear in a…
To 2234: A greater measure
MARCOBRUNNER (11) is composed of words whose definitions are 1D, 24, 32; 13, 17, 35; and 9, 29A, 38. First…
2236: Alphabetical jigsaw
This week’s puzzle breaks away from the traditional thematic puzzle. Instead, here is an alphabetical jigsaw for solvers to tackle.…
