The solutions to numbered lights are the words missing from the story. The unclued lights are the names of twenty-two Scottish lochs. However, forty-four names of lochs appear in the story, all of which are hidden or appear in jumbled form in the story. Solvers are not required to list the ‘discarded’ lochs. I
‘15A/35/1D’ is part of a quotation from 20 in ODQ and could refer to the remaining unclued lights (including a pair). Elsewhere, ignore an accent. Across 1 Discharge of alien not a long time imprisoned (5) 4 Most bell-like silken quavers pervading songbird (9) 10 Have sansei stirring sauces (10) 11 Meeting HM
Each of seven definitions contains one misprinted letter. Corrections of misprints spell an alternative title for the puzzle, defining the unclued lights. Across 1 Anticipating trick by director in compilation, sons squeal (14, hyphened) 9 Right covering round gnat (4) 11 Mad lord, never a traveller across country (10) 12
The unclued lights (two of three and one of two words), when preceded by the same word which solvers must include along with their completed grid, can be verified in Brewer. Across 9 Small cafe spoken of in ski-lift (4, hyphened) 11 Computer functions ’til a server crashes (10) 16
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 which must be removed from clues before they can be solved, and five are thematic items. One of the thematic items and one of the
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 will find, in the definitions of these words, a word that describes each of the unclued lights. This word, concealed in the grid, must be
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 definition.) Across 3 Global popularity of a lecturer in Keele, say (12) 13 Covered pathways badly made inside, unfortunately (8) 18
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 type of sheath (10) 13 Image of a German holding digging stick (5) 14 Centres with smogs district medical officer visits (8) 16 Staff in
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 must complete each representation by shading the whole light appropriately. Ignore two apostrophes. Across 1 Correct direction by board with head for commercial quality
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 all accents. Across 8 Tax break (4) 12 Clamour of duchy near to collapse (9, three words) 14 Name-board of excellent eatery cut back
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. Across 1 Glitches involving a thousand aircraft (6) 10 Relationship of rhino and fox with earache, gent treated (14, three words) 13 Mysteries of anonymous
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 40. One unclued light is the name of the 40, and one is the name of the holder of the 16A. One of these lights
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 the two remaining unclued lights. Across 1 Suspect fine spray having corrosion (8) 9 Assessment of arrangement of a tune and a viol (10)
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, each begin with a word suggested by the first two words of the quotation. Ignore two accents and one apostrophe. Across 1
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 word to each row. The first two lines of the poem appear in fourteen clues, whose answers do not touch the quotation in the grid,
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 from BR or ER, apparently (11, hyphened) 11 Doctor’s verdict, a dosing is in order (9) 12 Deal with work in church (4) 17 Composer
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 an accent. Across 7 Shaman’s inexpert (3) 11 Mary Jane hugs arriving amazon? (6) 13 Withdraw from dramatist, being cause of misery (7) 15
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 of them in relation to the others. One unclued light is hyphened; elsewhere, ignore an accent. Across 1 Neat section, last of four in
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 puzzle. These are then to be entered in the grid, always as pairs of consecutive lights. LOVER’S KNOT CLUES a) A thin bride b)
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 Botanical description half recorded by child (6) 12 Big browser nibbled wood sorrel for pudding (7) 14 Welshman that is backing Nauru (5) 15
