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to 2405: Satanic
DEVILS at 33D (its ‘essence’ is ‘EVIL’) is linked with ‘Malevolence’ (13) and ‘Roguish’ (19) and Devil’s CANDLESTICK (1), ON…
2407: Stickmen
The unclued lights, four of two words, individually or as a pair, are of a kind. Across 11 After…
to 2404: 1+2 = 3+4
The first and second letters of the unclued lights are the same as the third and fourth ones. All the…
2406: Heptad
Clockwise round the grid from 6 run the names (9,5,7,6,8,7,8) of the leading members of a group. The unchecked and…
to 2403: Hexad
The second and fourth letters of six unclued lights gave abbreviations of the states forming New England: ACATER (13) Connecticut, ERNIE…
2405: Satanic
Doc writes: welcome to Smurf as our third new compiler joining our team. One unclued light, the heart of which…
Solution to 2402: Test Pilots
BOYCOTT (24), GOWER (25), MAY (40), GRACE (2), STRAUSS (23), HAMMOND (27), CLOSE (34), and ROOT (36) have all held…
2404: 1+2 = 3+4
The unclued lights (one of two words) share a feature, different in each case, and one is a past participle.…
to 2401: sign here please
The unclued lights are ACCENTS or DIACRITICAL SIGNS and any appearing on letters in the grid had to be ignored. First…
2403: Hexad
The second and fourth letters of six unclued lights (defined by surplus single words in six clues) form a set…
to 2400: Unclued
The preamble suggests that unclued entries are partial anagrams of UNCLUED. The ‘repeated cryptic clue (= anagram of CLUE)’ ‘fixes…
2402: Test pilots
Eight unclued entries are of a kind. A 9-letter word for their position must be highlighted in the grid. …
to 2399: Lines of Work
The unclued lights form the folk rhyme ‘Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar-man, thief’. A.A. Milne (MILNE…
2401: Sign here please
The unclued lights are of a kind and all have to be ignored in the completed grid. Across 1 …
to 2398: All steamed up
The unclued lights are the names of FAMOUS STEAM TRAINS including the pairs at 14/15 and 17/30. First prize Jenny…
2400: Unclued
All unclued entries are, unusually, not all unclued; all are different and there are no proper nouns. A repeated cryptic…
to 2397: Obit V
Albert Finney, a fine ACTOR (13), died on 7 February 2019. His legacy includes SATURDAY NIGHT (10) and SUNDAY MORNING…
2399: Lines of work
Eight unclued entries (two of two words, one hyphened) form a folk rhyme used as the basis for the first…
to 2396: Reader …,
Unclued lights were husbands (40A) of Jane Austen’s heroines. First prize Alison Hinder, Sholing, SouthamptonRunners-up Janet Dibley, Polegate, East Sussex;…
2398: All steamed up
The unclued lights (five of two words, two pairs and a singleton) are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. …
2395: Concise Crossword
The seven concise clues lead to: heALth centre (3,31), HEARTbreak (9), midrIFf (26), last of alL (40), out of afRIca…
2397: Obit V
We recently lost a fine 13, whose legacy includes 10 (two words) and 9 (two words), and four other unclued…
to 2394: Opening time
‘Never eat an oyster unless there’s an R in the month’ (Brewer). Eight unclued lights (in appropriate order) start with abbreviations…
2396: Reader…,
Unclued lights are a set of literary 40s. Their creator is hidden in the grid and should be shaded. Elsewhere,…
to 2393: Monster Mash-up
HORROR FILM (1D) ACTOR (15) BORIS (10) KARLOFF (26), né PRATT (21A) died on 2 February 1969. Most famous for…
