The unclued lights (including a pair, one word of which has to be read in reverse) are each somehow related to one other. Two grid entries are of two words and one (jocular) entry has four words and includes an apostrophe. Across 10 Where lines meet new lines (4) 12 Payment to landlord as the
The unclued lights (two of two words) are of a kind. Across 1 Awards for very large Cadillacs, say (6) 11 Dave, Keith and I reviewed viceroy’s territory (10) 14 Basque cap with pillowcase on end of cot (5) 15 During performance, steal a jumper (7) 18 Healthy food on the golf course (6) 22 Scottish
The unclued lights become phrases, verifiable in Brewer, when their first (or, in one case, last) undefined word is added. One normal solution (also thematic in a way) includes the red and yellow names. Ignore all accents. Across 1 Players or cast, cast out – literally (6) 7 Cyndi Lauper release with live backing in
The unclued lights form four trios each associated with one of four theme words which solvers must discover and which do not appear in the grid. The 27 unchecked letters of these unclued lights for the wholly irrelevant comment: SO, DOC, CHARM EVELYN, GIRL FROM BBC. Across 9 Political meeting providing currency on top of
The unclued lights (one of three words and two of two words), individually and one pair, can be verified in conjunction with the same headword in Brewer. Across 10 Where to find H or C readily available (2,3) 11 Rashford without minute deposit on the cornea (5) 13 Gold miners circling Lochnagar, say (5)
The unclued lights are of a kind and are listed in Chambers. Across 1 Dry duck takes in energy drink (8) 6 Least exciting exam takes a minute (6) 10 Place for improvement? (8,4) 11 Man of note could break galley up – regularly (5) 13 Snapshot taken last month around Ohio for US novelist
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
