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To 2233: Clutching at straws!
The unclued lights are CHEESES. First prize M. Taylor, Eskbank, Midlothian Runners-up D.G. Page, Orpington, Kent; Katherine Griffin, Winchester, Hants…
2235: Vile stuff
1/44 (eight words in total) is part of a question (in ODQ) minus a word exemplified by the other unclued…
To 2232: Ups and downs
The thematic phrase is ‘The Waves’, shown in a wave pattern in the grid. It is the title of a…
2234: A greater measure
One unclued light is the name of a drink which can be measured into three ingredients. Each ingredient has three…
To 2231: On the side
Unclued lights made mottoes around the rim of one-pound coins: (33) NEMO ME (12) IMPUNE (40) LACESSIT, (18) DECUS ET…
To 2230: Lot 46
The unclued lights are FRENCH DÉPARTEMENTS, with five of them placed in the grid at their correct administrative number: 2,…
2233: Clutching at straws!
The unclued lights, either individually or as a pair, are of a kind. Ignore one accent. Across 4 Read…
2232: Ups and downs
The unclued lights, in one case paired, are all suggested by a thematic phrase (two words), which is set out…
To 2229: Gnome
The PROVERB (35) (in ODQ), associated with the KENNEDY (19) FAMILY (31), was ‘A rising tide lifts all boats’. EDIT…
2231: On the side
Unclued lights (three of two words; ignore one apostrophe) may be grouped to form a related triad. Across …
To 2228: Unfair
GRASSHOPPERS (9) of ZURICH (30) is a team that plays football — not cricket, as indicated by corrections of misprints…
2230: Lot 46
The unclued lights, five of which are correctly numbered, are of a kind. Ignore one accent. Chambers does not include…
To 2227: Word building
The word pyramid runs from CAN at 7A, then 35, 36, 30, 5, 2, 21D, 19 to CONSIDERATE at 1A.…
2229: Gnome
The third letters of extra words in two dozen clues spell out a 35 (in ODQ 7&8), associated with the…
To 2226: Whitehouse
X was Ingrid Bergman, winner of a TERN (21) of OSCARs (8), who was born on 29th August 1915 and…
2228: Unfair
One unclued light (ignore its umlaut) is the home of a team known by a name which is another unclued…
To 2225: Category
1D, 3, 15D and 40 are fictional TIGERS (30) created by 20, 35, 4A and 12. Extra letters in clues…
2227: Word building
The unclued lights (one of two words and another hyphened) can be arranged to form a word pyramid of 3…
To 2224: All here
The unclued lights (paired at 14/38. 23/17 and 34/2) are SPECTATOR journalists or contributors. First prize Dr David Jerwood, Keighley,…
2226: Whitehouse
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…
To 2223: Clerihew
Edmund Clerihew Bentley wrote: The art of Biography/ Is different from Geography/ Geography is about maps/ But Biography is about…
2225: Category
Four unclued lights (two of which consist of two words each) belong in the same category; one unclued light defines…
To 2222: Exquisite
TOO-TOO is a HOMOPHONE (38) of TUTU (defined by 1A and 8, and the surname of 17, the former 11…
2224: All here
The unclued lights (two of two words), individually or as pairs, are of a kind. Elsewhere, ignore one accent. …
To 2221: Shielded
The unclued lights are heraldic terms. First prize Simon Horobin, Kidlington, Oxon Runners-up Mick O’Halloran, Dunsborough, Australia; John Roberts, Cheltenham,…
