2093: Leading lights | 17 January 2013
The unclued LIGHTS are LEADERS, verifiable under the entry for RULERS in Brewer. First prize Sandra Speak, Dursley, Glos Runners-up P. and R. Dacre, York; Norma Jacobs, Linton, Wetherby
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Thursday
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 (3) 13 Mate with old cattle causing fuss (7) 15 Singer losing nothing in outskirts of Mellieha – here! (5) 17 Money expended swapping model
Friday
2093: Leading lights
The unclued lights (all verified in Brewer 18th and 19th editions) are of a kind. Elsewhere, ignore three accents. Across 1 Overcome old film broadcast (8) 6 Tawdry item – small company holds a pile (6) 12 Ivy, out east, is after fish which have four faces (10) 13 Farewells losing one of two
2091: plain and simple
The unclued Down lights are PLAIN Janes and the unclued Across lights are SIMPLE Simons. First prize Di Arbuthnot, Hungerford, Berkshire Runners-up Nigel Woolliscroft, Newcastle-under-Lyme; Barry Butler, Birmingham
Thursday
2088: Pathe seat | 29 November 2012
The unclued lights (including the pair at 3/34) are all buried in Père Lachaise (when translated may give ‘PA THE SEAT’) cemetery in Paris. First prize Heather Kingham, Barnay, France Runners-up Roderick Rhodes, Goldsborough, N. Yorks; Olivia Ramage, Horfield, Bristol
2091: Plain and simple
The unclued Down lights are of a kind, as are the unclued Across ones. Across 1 Accent reflecting everything at the start of this month (7) 6 Harp, maybe — as a liqueur (7) 11 Iranian city providing a graduate with honorary title (6) 12 In building, this edge puts out joiner (7) 14
Thursday
2088: Pathe seat
9 is now the home of the remaining unclued lights, individually or as a pair. Ignore all accents both in the grid and the clues. Brewer confirms the theme. Across 1 Control diarist meant to arrange (12) 10 Manager’s department. Not half (4) 12 York’s situation around hospital, costing you nothing (10, three words) 14
2085: buffer zones
The unclued lights are railway stations in London (1, 20 and 37), Birmingham (2/36 and 11), Bristol (6A/7), Manchester (16/38 and 19) and Edinburgh (30). First prize Jenny Atkinson, Chorleywood, Herts Runners-up I.F. Bush, Ealing; Mark Humble, London SW3
Thursday
2082: 1 to 2082 | 18 October 2012
The unclued lights are the eight principal compilers who have set puzzles for this series from puzzle 1 to 2082 (hence the title). First prize Cathy Staveley, London SW15 Runners-up P.M. Powell, Topsham, Exeter; Richard Poole, Llandanwg, Gwynedd
2085: Buffer zones
The unclued lights, (one of two words), individually or as three pairs, are of a kind. Collins Dictionary confirms the spelling at 29A. Across 2 Poet seriously starting to think in French (7) 10 see 42A (3) 12 Wood work in exam (5) 14 Medley from little boy and little girl (7) 15 Tenor changing
Thursday
2082: 1 to 2082
The unclued lights (one of two words, one of which is an abbreviation) are of kind and between them go back to number 1. Elsewhere, ignore an accent. Across 3 Simple meal obtained from shady dung pit (12, two words) 10 To hear’s what is involved here (7) 11 Former student adapting
2079: prepared for rain
Each unclued light has no MAC on, but 30D (Macramé) does. First prize Stephen Gore, Seer Green, Bucks Runners-up John Cruickshank, Aberdeen; R.J. Green, Llangynidr, Crickhowell
Thursday
Solution to 2076: Carte blanche
First prize Cheryl Bacon, Hitchin, Herts Runners-up Dr Simon Shaw, Goosnargh, Lancashire; Michael Smith, Aldershot, Hampshire
2079: Prepared for rain
One clued light is suitably dressed having taken notice of the title. By extension, all the unclued lights would be, if they took the same precaution (and would then be confirmed in Chambers). Ignore two accents. Across 7 US battle giving quiet backing to spring festival (6) 12 Dava Sobel’s novel is
Saturday
2076: Carte blanche
The crossword is of the usual barred pattern and is symmetrical whichever side is uppermost. The Across clues are presented in order and precede the Down clues. Three solutions are hyphened, and one is of three words. Solvers are required to insert the bars; clue-numbers are not required. — Former Foreign office abroad revealed in
2073: Yonkers bonkers | 18 August 2012
The unclued lights (including the pair at 36/9) are islands on the ORKNEYS (an anagram of ‘Yonkers’). Solvers had to highlight the three letters HOY of the solution at 39D (Ahoy), which is ‘a call’, hence the wording in the preamble. First prize M. Williamson, Chelmsford, Essex Runners-up Mrs Pamela Bealby, Stockton-on-Tees; Robert Hinton,
Saturday
2073: Yonkers bonkers
The unclued lights (one of two words), individually or as a pair, are of a kind. Solvers are called upon to highlight another unclued light which forms three quarters of a clued solution. Across 11 Scribbled notes recalling fine state (7) 12 Continue with drama with small jackets (6) 14 Starkey’s pair of spectacles? (5)
2070: nothing special
Each unclued light (or the pair at 3/19D) is a heraldic ORDINARY, as shown in Brewer 17th edition, page 662. First prize Mrs D. Crichton, Golant, Fowey, Cornwall Runners-up R.B. Briercliffe, Isle of Man; Hugh Schofield, Paris
Saturday
Crossword 2067 solution
The across unclued lights are MORRIS marques and the down unclued lights are AUSTIN ones. The title is an anagram of AUSTIN and MORRIS. (Bullnose at 26 Down was a Morris marque, hence the wording in the clue — ‘misplaced’ as a Down solution instead of Across.) First prize Chris Butler, Borough Green, Kent Runners-up
Crossword 2070: Nothing special
The unclued lights (three of two words), individually or ‘19D’, are of a kind, represented in Brewer. Ignore all accents. Across 1 Buy a shirt? It’d be wrong for such appearance (12, two words) 10 Not supporting one with sex appeal, on reflection (4) 14 Material salesman (3) 15 Reserve