Crossword
2113: Recycling
Twenty 9-letter items form a circular chain in which each item recycles eight of its letters into the next one. Eight of the items are unclued entries, seven are words… Read more
2112: Refer
Each of sixteen clues comprises a definition part and a hidden consecutive jumble of the answer including one extra letter; the extras spell two words. Solvers who refer to Chambers… Read more
2111: Father figures
When paired, the unclued lights (one hyphened) are of a kind. Ignore two accents. (The solution at 15D is not listed in Chambers and that at 36D only at its… Read more
2110: Resort
Unclued lights could be resorted to form eight of a kind. Across 6 Here and there scratch top NCO round stomach (6) 11 Half note maidenly shape within a… Read more
2109: Not Quite 50 Shades
Unclued lights (including three of two words and one of three words) are four people connected by the 11A and four partial representations of their works (minus definite articles); solvers… Read more
2108: Capital fellows
The unclued lights are of a kind, verifiable in an entry in Brewer. Solvers are required to highlight an eight-letter headword from this entry in the completed grid. Elsewhere, ignore… Read more
2107: Problem X
18 (two words) will know that where ‘Q’ = ‘the number of’: Q1D x ([Q5A x Q37/35] – Q11/42) x Q22 = Q the 19. Elsewhere, ignore four accents. … Read more
2106: 30/3
30 3 is a definition of one unclued light (which 34 follows) and also a cryptic indication of 16A. 34 is marked by the holder of the 16A with a… Read more
2105: Idle
A trio of unclued lights (four words, one with an apostrophe) gave rise to another trio found in four further unclued lights (eight words in total), all of which featured… Read more
2104: Shock treatment
Five unclued lights make up a six-word quotation (verifiable in ODQ) by an author whose name must be highlighted in the grid. Remaining unclued lights, all real words in Chambers,… Read more
2103: Rime
Unclued entries are words or phrases whose meanings are not connected, but they are determined by the appearance in the grid of the last two lines of a poem, one… Read more
2102: Full circle
Four pairs of unclued lights (5,5) represent their solutions and together equal the remaining trio of unclued lights. Across 5 Student of mental disorders or ufos? (8) 10 Relative… Read more
2101: Hewn vaguely
Unclued across lights combine with down ones to form anagrams of four works (one of four words, one of three and two of two) from the same nd. Elsewhere, ignore… Read more
2100: Mask
Each of eighteen clues contains one misprinted letter in the definition part. Corrections of misprints spell a four-word phrase which alludes to the unclued lights, indicating the position of one… Read more
2099: Lover’s Knot
The unclued lights are presented in the form of the Lover’s Knots below. Each ‘Knot’ can be unravelled into two words which are connected only for the purposes of this… Read more
2098: Song IX
Four unclued lights might justly sing ‘4D/18/13’ (five words in total). A relevant pair of clued lights must be shaded. Across 10 European secretes strange smeary enzyme (10) 11 … Read more
2097: Spaced
In each of 14 clues, the cryptic indication omits reference to one letter of the answer. These letters must be highlighted, to reveal the name of someone who has had… Read more
2096: New World Symphony
The unclued lights (two of two words and the remainder when paired) are of a specific kind. Across 1 Kind, like 7A (11, hyphened) 7 Well-spaced to start with… Read more
2095: Getting around
The unclued lights (one of three words, one of two words and three doubly hyphened) might be named in a given order. Across 11 A large one, with fruit… Read more
2094: A little down
Definitions in ten clues are a letter down; missing letters, in clue order, spell out the creator of one unclued light (three words) which defines the other seven (including one… Read more
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