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to 2356: Beetle
The unclued lights are compositions by Vaughan Williams; 17, 19/8, 21/23, 27/11, 36/4, 43/28 with the title of the puzzle…
2358: Poem IV
Unclued lights are words from a poem, its author and a relevant location. Elsewhere, ignore two accents. Across 7 …
to 2355: A Poet Skylarking
13 1A 23 22 is from SHELLEY’S ‘Ode to a Skylark’. Other unclued lights had ‘a poet hidden in the…
2357: Half a Drum
Unclued lights make five pairs with something in common. Across 1 Fragrant nuts announced (5) 4 Neat workers secure…
to 2354: Pioneering
Parts indicated in clues in italics must each BREAK NEW GROUND (1A 4A), creating entries at 6, 13, 26, 39…
2356: Beetle
The unclued lights (one individually and five pairs) are of a kind. Across 1 German leader put stuff back…
to 2353: Too many
The unclued lights are (too many) TV COOKS, individually at 18, 21 and 28, and paired at 25/13, 27/1A, 30D/10…
2355: 13 16
13 1A 23 22 is an eight-word quotation by 34 in ODQ. Other unclued lights, including one of three words,…
to 2352: Upright Characters
‘THE WRITING ON THE WALL’ (Daniel 5.5) at 12/22/41 was ‘MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN’ at 23/16/26, according to Brewer, which…
2354: Pioneering
Two unclued lights form a three-word phrase. Clues in italics are cryptic indications of partial answers; in each case, the…
to 2351: Triplets
Unclued lights associated with IRIS are: flowers (2, 11, 40), Greek goddesses (10, 16, 30), and parts of the eye…
2353: Too many
The unclued lights, three of two words and four pairs are of a kind. Elsewhere, ignore two accents. Across…
to 2350: Pieces
The unclued lights are classical French plays (‘PIÈCES’) by Corneille (9, 18, 21A), Molière (11, 23, and 21D/29) and Racine (1A,…
2352: Upright Characters
Of the unclued entries, three combine to form a phrase (five words) describing three more (four foreign-language words). The remaining…
to 2349: Novel
The novel was HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster. Round the perimeter run the characters LEONARD BAST, PERCY CAHILL, MARGARET SCHLEGEL…
2351: Triplets
Unclued lights form three sets of three, each set related in a different way to a theme-word which is hidden…
to 2348: It’s a trap
‘Now is the woodcock near the gin’, said by Fabian in Twelfth Night, suggests the position of BECASSE in relation…
2350: Pieces
The unclued lights, (two of two words), individually or as a pair, are of a kind and can be resolved…
to 2347: Capital letters
The unclued lights are LETTERS in alphabetical order which, when rearranged, give the names of eight CAPITAL cities. First prize Lucy…
2349: Novel
Clockwise round the grid from 3 run the names (7,4,5,6,8,8,5,6) of four characters in a novel followed by the initials…
to 2346: the name of the game
The unclued entries are all names for pontoon; extra words in 27, 31, 33, 34 and 36 needed the letters…
2348: It’s a trap
Clues are given according to alphabetical order of their answers. Each of thirty-two clues comprises a definition part and a…
to 2345: Counterclaim
The puzzle’s NUMERICAL DESIGNATION (3 41) is preceded by 7A and followed by 7D 12 33 37 to form the…
2347: Capital letters
Each of the eight unclued lights is a series of letters in alphabetical order which can be formed into eight…
to 2344: I’m away
The unclued lights can be preceded by or followed by the unclued word DOCTOR, which explains why I (Doc) am…
