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2211: Toddler hero
Clockwise round the grid from 37 runs a quotation plus its source (3,3,5,8,8,5,2,3,6,2,3,4) suggesting the outcome of 2. Remaining unclued…
To 2208: MORT
The fictional SCHOLAR (28) was Billy Bunter, described by his creator, Frank Richards, as a ‘FAT GREEDY OWL (22A/31/26)’ (in…
2210: Game theory
Four unclued lights can be arranged to form an eight-word excerpt from a quotation (in ODQ). One of these lights…
To 2207: An unusual angle
PERCH (13A), SCAR (21A and 10D), SHAD (40A), EEL (5D) AND CARP (19D) were ignored in wordplay in their clues.…
2209: Safe-blowers
The unclued lights (two of two words) are to be linked with one of the clued lights in translation. All…
To 2206
The thematic unclued lights (4D, 20D, 34D, 40A and 41A+27A) are COUNTRIES, and the other unclued lights are their anagrams,…
2209: Safe-blowers
The unclued lights (two of two words) are to be linked with one of the clued lights in translation. All…
2208: Mort
Two words form the name of a fictional 28, described by his creator as a ‘22A/31/26’. Remaining across unclued lights…
To 2205: In shape
Unclued lights were set out in the form of two squares in the grid (shown here in red). The theme…
2207: An unusual angle
In six answers the wordplay ignores an item. These items (two of them identical) are not listed as specific 27…
To 2204: Security
Five perimeter entries, and 29 and 30, are types of BODYGUARD. First prize Amanda Spielman, London SW4 Runners-up Dr S.M.…
2206: Landslip
Four of the unclued lights (one of two words) and an unclued pair are of a kind, and can become…
To 2203: Peeping toms
The theme is CATS; the unclued Across lights are breeds of cats and unclued Down lights and TOPCAT (which had…
2205: In shape
The unclued lights (including one of three words, one of two words, and one hyphened) form two thematic groups in…
To 2202: Problem XI
Seven unclued lights are ANAGRAMS (23) of numbers. 2 (7A) + 11 (17) + 10 (40) + 16 (5) +…
2204: Security
In nine clues, cryptic indications omit reference to parts of answers; these parts must be highlighted, to reveal a definition…
2201: Facility
The words FAST FORWARD (given by letters added to definitions in clues) define 42 and 11, both indicating the way…
2203: Peeping Toms
The unclued lights are of a kind; the ones Across are one theme, and those Down (one of two words)…
To 2200
The unclued Down lights can be abbreviated as MM, and the unclued Across lights as CC. Together as MMCC, they…
2202: Problem XI
Seven unclued lights (one hyphened) are 23: 7A + 17 + 40 + 5 + 6 + 31 = 36.…
To 2199: TV Comedy
The unclued lights can be arranged to give: ‘I decided to sell my Hoover … well, it was just collecting…
2201: Facility
In each of eleven clues there is an added letter in the definition part. These letters, in clue order, spell…
To 2198: Tuck in
Corrections of misprints in clues give BETWEEN THE SHEETS, the name of a COCKTAIL (1A) whose contents (11, 18/34, 29…
2200
The unclued Down lights (individually or as a pair) are of a kind in short, as are the unclued Across…
To 2197: Missing
The unclued lights are some of the words highlighted in Chambers 2011 which were unfortunately omitted from the 2014 edition…
