In loving memory of 20 41 Considine (10/10/27–24/7/18), the doyenne of crossword compilers. The unclued lights and those clued without thematic definition are of a kind. Ignore two accents. All are confirmed in Chambers. Across 4 Poor twerp forced to know his lines thus? (11, hyphened) 11 Travelling bohemians leave me out (7) 13
The unclued lights (two of two words, and the rest paired) are of a kind. Across 1 Book with smears around comments on jackets (6) 7 Fashions in stationers (6) 11 Made supple, brewing old-time ale (10) 14 US novelist left out, downstairs (5) 15 Wife and marine attacked telegraph fitter (7) 17 One
One of the clued lights below reveals the theme which Brewer confirms. One of the unclued lights is not paired as the others are. Two successively numbered unclued lights form one of the theme words. Across 1 Become angry when deportees sadly lose pot (6, two words) 7 Veto in favour of offer (6)
The unclued lights are of a kind. Ignore all accents and diacritical marks throughout the puzzle. The fifth letter of each of the nine unclued lights reveal A BASS FUEL. Across 5 Garden flowers heard of by the congregations (6) 9 It’s sure to happen when Close is dropped from cable television broadcast (10)
The unclued lights (two of two words) can be all be preceded by the same word which solvers have to highlight appropriately in the completed grid. All are confirmed in Brewer apart from one, which is not listed in Chambers either (surprisingly). Across 1 Spanish mansion with some basic fruit (7) 6 What IoW
The unclued lights (one individually and five pairs) are of a kind. Across 1 German leader put stuff back into soup (8) 5 More lascivious-sounding marketeer (6) 9 Powerless to operate, having drunk UK brown ale (10) 14 Ceilidh lacks odd members of antiquity (3) 16 Tries half the fish at 42 with starchy
The unclued lights, three of two words and four pairs are of a kind. Elsewhere, ignore two accents. Across 11 Arable plant making money, including capital – a grand (10, hyphened) 14 The occasion, we’re told, for tears (5) 15 Express excitement about the sun at start of evening (7) 17 Sound producer’s good
The unclued lights, (two of two words), individually or as a pair, are of a kind and can be resolved into three separate trios. Ignore all accents and apostrophes throughout the puzzle. The highlighted squares, read in order row by row, reveal the sources of the trios. Across 7/8 The whole capital of Hainaut
Each of the eight unclued lights is a series of letters in alphabetical order which can be formed into eight theme words. Elsewhere, ignore two accents. Across 1 Book from Goon, having siesta disturbed (12) 10 Second-in-command’s deviant practice (4) 12 Gave permission and reportedly went under, getting ignored (10) 14/40 French pal, tense,
A word suggested by the title can either precede or follow each of the unclued lights to form phrases listed in Brewer. Across 10 5’s musical art on car plate (12) 11 Chosen the front bits of 40 (5) 13 Artwork showing most of red face cover turned over (7) 14 Crushes forms and
The unclued lights (one of two words) are of a kind. Across 1 Confines at convenience stores (5) 4 Prison visitor, not in Rolls Royce, sadly places eggs for fertilization (9) 11 Over half the train to Dover isn’t broad-gauge (6) 14 Range of school note (5) 15 I left seafood dish for
The unclued lights (one of two words) are of a kind. Elsewhere, ignore three accents. Across 1 Unethical point of an Aesop fable (6) 11 Improve, making Oriel, accommodated by a fellow (10) 13 3 in Casablanca in the wet season (5) 14 This psychotherapist poor Leonard can’t take on (5) 15 Oration about province
The unclued lights (one of two words — ignore its accent) are of a kind. Across 1 I’m the proctor, circulating and turning away from the heat (12) 10 Stone, almost black, with one diamond inside (4) 12 Moonlight escape around river turning into a brief liaison (10) 14 Leader of Indians accepting thanks
The unclued lights (one of two words and one hyphened) when preceded by a five–letter word are phrases listed in Brewer. Solvers have to locate and highlight this five-letter word which appears as an inverted L in the completed grid. Across 1 Enter the world with thick hair concealing head (5) 4 Abandons damaged
The unclued lights, when paired, are of a kind, the first word in each pair being thematic. Two of the unclued lights, one of which is plural, do double duty. One pair has a literary reference, too. Across 5 Cross as a sign (6) 10 I left millionaire mixing petroleum distillate (10, two
The unclued lights are of a kind. Elsewhere, ignore one apostrophe. Across 2 Means to call poor chaperone about decline in wind backing (13, two words) 11 Department providing gold and beryllium (4) 14 Favouring women in front (4) 15 Standstill at Aussie thicket (10, hyphened) 18 Interprets text, having no time for steps (5) 19 Feel
Clues are presented in alphabetical order of their solutions. The solutions have then to be fitted into the grid, jigsaw-fashion. A Striving for scope backing number one (8) A Tense lover short of money (6) B Child’s first book and game (10) C Mark in vehicle beside French joiner (5) C Made money around outhouse
The unclued Across lights become thematic when a suffix is appended. The individual unclued Down lights (one a proper noun) also become thematic when a different suffix is appended; 1 Down consists of three further words which individually become thematic in the same way as the unclued Down ones do. The unchecked letters of all
The subtraction reveals the link between the unclued lights which saw light then. Three unclued lights consist of two words, and others form four pairs. In addition, a personal announcement is revealed clue by clue, for starters. Across 1 Jaunty seat astern with hot bearing (13, two hyphens) 9 Unitarian’s cross, interrupted by vulgar
The unclued four-letter words can be paired in a particular way to form the remaining unclued lights, one of two words. Elsewhere, ignore two accents. Across 1 Border force on bank guarding river (8) 5 View of a hill removed from a magazine (6) 10 Take steps against token performance (10) 12 As a
