The unclued lights are the given names of pop stars. The pairs are 7D/20, 12/11, 25/24, 26/1D and 33/8. First prize Karen Bloom, Allington, Maidstone, Kent Runners-up Bernard Golding, Earsdon, Whitley Bay; D.P. Shenkin, London WC1
22 said ‘29 11’ (five words, ignore an apostrophe), suggesting the placing of theother unclued lights. Across 1 Once rush from county, as ire subsides (5) 4 Essential component of maximum break for players (3,6) 10 Open to sympathy as a barrel breaks cabinet (10) 12 Two ancients drinking a gallon in the shade (3,4)
Unclued lights (including one pair giving a name, and one of three words from a quotation) form three groups; the word that links them all must be highlighted in the grid. Across 1 Make bourgeois rogue grin, yet to embrace female (8) 8 Small cover for head or neck (4) 11 A
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
Twelve unclued lights may be grouped into three quartets and their unchecked letters spell out ask engineering-academy.gov.uk; each quartet comprises two natural pairs. All unclued entries are normal words, one is in Merriam–Webster and one is thematically linked to its quartet via a Broadway musical. Across 1 Maybe PC speed unit cut after unexpectedly taking
The unclued entries (three of two words, two of three words, one of one word) each complete a phrase starting with the same first word. Across 11 Move left to right in washing plants (9) 12 Bird of prey? (5) 14 Mischief-maker’s restrained in hearing (4) 15 Worry Camilla on a regular basis (3) 18
Unclued lights have something in common, nine of two words, five pairs, and one singleton. Across 10 Always hard to keep a maid (4) 13 Only covering one’s losing bid (6) 15 Put down women’s medieval instrument (5) 16 Follow the game secretly from chimney (5) 21 Indian wasting minutes in queue (4) 22
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 entries (two of one word, two of two words, two of three words) combine to form a quotation. Elsewhere, ignore two accents. Across 1 Promotions to fix in commercial vehicles (12) 10 Eager pupil’s plea for online phenomenon (4) 12 Cockney dish rose, having turned end (3,1,4,2) 14 Remark further problem
Unclued lights (including one hyphened) are of a kind. The theme word must be highlighted in the grid. Across 1 Require clothing true eccentric altered (8) 8 Axes reportedly in bags (4) 11 Anything mischievous gets uncovered (5) 13 Sadly hugging Romeo, starts to offer love and pines (7) 14 Roman scholar in V&A takes
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 37 and 38 evoke 16D 22A/26, once 19 26, the 19 being 6 at the 41 5, 41 26 and 41 13. Across 1 Language school opened by Republican state (8) 11 Repeatedly check bones in historical operation (10) 14 Sweet red Dutch headwear (8) 16 US city king boxes to
Unclued lights, including one of two words, are anagrams of words of a kind. Solvers must highlight two pairs of clued answers which are anagrams of two further examples. Across 1 Recited end of epic with ghosts (8) 8 Special forces protecting large trees (4) 11 Oddly, Ivor ain’t a Welshman (4)
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
Eight unclued lights are of a kind. Their unchecked and mutually checked letters can be rearranged to spell TOY OF A PARISH DEACON. Across 1 Tramp with extremely dirty pet (5) 10 Believe cad misguided and open to being misled (10) 12 UK dramatist wreathing US city in bunting (7) 14 Flagged cab at last
Unclued lights name an authoress (two lights), her hero (two lights), his group (one light, two words), and its members (mostly human). Across 4 Stimulant gets lad near to collapse at home (9) 10 FBI agents after government department: time to clean up files (10) 14 In mill channel pressure rose suddenly (5) 15 Labourer
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
Each Across unclued light is associated in the same way with a Down one (one of two words). Across 1 In small conurbations, transport deficiencies (10) 7 Walk from Piraeus to Athens (4) 15 Huge resistance from masculine self-importance? I wonder (6) 18 PM’s residence about to receive first of rock stars
29 29-36’s 14 13 31 25 1D 2 24, in which 1 Down and 24 are each non-words that concatenate two real terms. Unchecked, unclued letters spell out SEXY DUTCH X-MAG. Across 1 Fling marauder off base, across main road (7,6) 9 Husband going inside can slim (4) 11 Distinguished mayor’s robing
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
