The unclued lights, two of which accommodate two theme words, can be sorted into four trios of related words, each forming a reducing chain of 6, 5 and 4 letters. Across 11 Disentangle one French composer (7) 14 Department having some bargain dresses (5) 16 Annoying children – crazy right through (5) 19 Surfer returned
The unclued lights, four of two words, two individually or six pairs bear a common feature. One of the words does double duty, and another appears in two forms. Ignore three accents in the completed grid. Across 1 Criminal having cheese biscuit that’s not bad (4-7) 7 Found in cage in tribunal
The unclued lights (one of three words) are of a kind and can be verified in Brewer, whose spelling is used. Across 1 Small horn from moulding left indoors (8) 6 Love being in a home on the water (6) 11 Vauxhall model almost off course (5) 13 Cooked lamb, say, is
The unclued lights (one of two words) are of a recent kind. Across 10 Late bishop, terribly welcoming (10) 13 Farah off with English – that’s dull (8) 16 Confiscate trawler catching small fish (5) 17 Nick caught with grass in school (7) 18 Could be Turkish transport (7) 20 Poirot found by small transport
The unclued Across lights are of a kind, as are the related unclued Down lights. The yellow and red squares, when read in order row by row, confirm the theme. Across 1 Feel rip-off by stewards providing obligatory features on board (4,10) 11 Section of grammar review of Aeneid (three chapters) (9)
The unclued lights (three pairs and two individually and two of which are of two words) are now of a kind. Across 1 Spice rack item revealed by horse and page (3,4) 11 Plenty of space, we’re told, for nursing with a head cold (6) 12 Deserts featuring brown palms (7) 14 Nasty
The unclued lights (two of two words) comprise two celebrity pairs which are represented by a singleton, two pairs (one ‘In memoriam’) and a trio of lights . Across 1 Slices top of sausage in front of dogs (5) 4 Traffic police with amphetamine found by small wood, reportedly (5,4) 9 City’s main Mr Big
The unclued lights may be arranged to form a chain of words from three to eleven letters in length, each one being an anagram of its predecessor and one additional letter. One of these lights is hyphened. Elsewhere ignore an acute accent. Across 1 Radio show for impressionists no longer in the belfry (4,7) 11 Singer
The 12 six-letter unclued lights bear a common feature, different in each case, but ignore one hyphen. Across 1 Put up a hammock for son with Heather (5) 4 One lies drunk after attempt to restore equilibrium (9) 9 After seven days, say, shall journalist be wimpish? (4-6) 11 Muse was,
The unclued lights (one of two words, and the remainder when paired correctly) are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. Ignore two apostrophes. Across 7 Scottish seagull’s gullet (3) 13 Pull back leading troops president recalled (7) 15 Chocolate powder run over in taxi (5) 16 Overwhelmed, Laura was hampered a bit (5) 17 Reporters on
The eight six-letter unclued lights half-overlap each other and so yield a complete word chain beginning with any one of them. Across 1 Complex U-turn before end of lane. Wrong! (6) 7 That woman’s returning remains of make-over (6) 11 Boss has to grovel for LA brawn (4,6) 13 Old manuscript containing
The unclued lights are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer with the help of the red squares which must be read in order row by row. Ignore one apostrophe and an acute accent, elsewhere. Across 9 Terrible President out on a limb at heart, troubled (10) 14 Courier company raises its charges (3) 16 Make
The unclued lights (one hyphened and plural, and another in the past tense) are of a kind, all verifiable as such in Chambers, most of them on a specific page. Across 1 One son half-naked, at first, during old broadcast (12) 10 Bird losing head and part of foot (4) 12 Series of files
The unclued lights (one of two words) and four others clued without their thematic definition are of a kind. Across 1 Two little boys tapped their heads (6)7 Birettas seldom reveal this tuft (6)13 US challenge to foil and dismiss at the wicket (5)14 Material from The Spectator, London (5)17 Salary and gratuity, collected by
The unclued lights (six of two words and one of three words), one pair or individually, are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. Ignore one apostrophe. Across 1 Declare nothing will stop crime, causing disgust (8) 6 Attack, losing head in drinking bout (6) 11 Objects to intellects (5) 13 Young
The unclued lights, (four of two words), when arranged correctly, yield a famous TV quotation. One word does double duty; ignore an apostrophe too. Across 4 Oblige to provide lodgings? (11) 11 Spanish food of peas cooked with everybody inside (7) 14 Gave a present that’s not about to be old-fashioned (5) 19
The 12 thematic unclued lights form the second half of an alphabetical list, one solution finally and another first and last. Across 4 Kitty stewed apricots as single snack (6,5) 11 Saw English animals (7) 13 Around Tyneside Freddie New established new credentials (9) 21 Forty winks before beginning to exercise back of neck (4)
The thirteen thematic unclued lights form the first half of an alphabetical list. Ignore all accents. Across 10 Cut-throat chap’s birds (10) 13 Behavioural stimulus affected Earl 8 (8) 16 Girl in chains? (5) 17 Skilfully handled – after a stroke? (7) 18 White van going across Indian territory first (7) 20 Revised asking price
The unclued lights (one of two words), all verifiable in Brewer, precede a word which appears as an abbreviation four times in the lower right-hand quadrant of the completed grid. Solvers should highlight all four examples. Ignore two apostrophes. Across 1 All omelettes cooked with pesto and chives, first (8,3) 7 Furtwängler finally reveals this
This is Doc’s 700th crossword in the weekly series. The unrelated unclued lights (including one pair and two proper nouns) display this number. Across 4 Old nonsense played on the violin by earl by river (6-2-3) 11 White spirit which Travis Head initially put on part of dartboard (7) 12 A French girl returns
