Around the perimeter clockwise from square 1 goes a quotation in ODQ minus its last word. This last word suggests the remaining unclued lights, a final example of which (6) must be highlighted in the completed grid. Across 11 Jam is an Asian food (6) 12 US record nut with some bread (6) 15 I’m
Nine unclued lights have been seen on STAGE (35): THE RIVALS (4A), ELECTRA (27), THE BIRDS (29), ALL MY SONS (39), LYSISTRATA (1D), BECKET (3), NO MAN’S LAND (19), ORESTES (26) and ST JOAN (30) (‘Saint Joan’ in short form). RHINO (33) (‘Rhinoceros’ in short form) is to be shaded. First prize Mydrim Jones, London
7D (two words), performed by 40A (two words), suggests the other unclued lights, which are all similarly amended forms of words of a kind. A final ‘7D’, itself a thematically appropriate word, must be highlighted in the final grid. Across 1 Actor, you said, departed with a hook (8) 8 Young bird from e.g. Spain
34/28/19 (five words) is a quotation verifiable in the ODQ from 23 (two words) which suggests how to complete the perimeter (six words). Across 10 Dissolute old peer’s lament (7) 12 Satisfied noise, leading around kings (4) 13 Queen hugs almost dehydrated girl (8) 14 Veep cycling in stubble field (6) 15 Chilled time with
Unclued lights, including one of two words (all in Chambers) display nine items of a kind in the grid, appropriately positioned in relation to each other. All nine must be highlighted. Across 1 Bear dire deed to resolve neurosis (7) 7 Indian city cleric lacking force (7) 13 Running into water ebbing for ages (5)
The unclued lights (including one of three words, one of two words, two hyphened and one pair) have nothing in common. Across 11 Get sober people welcoming sober person home (6) 12 Litotes newspaper plugs seem so funny (7) 15 Poser’s strain (6) 18 Distributed case for delicate key (5) 19 Engineers, mature but not
Six unclued lights (one of two words) are of a kind. The remaining three must be filled to display what connects the original six (13, two words). Across 12 Old Rodin bust covered? (6)13 Goal to mingle with rich ruler (8)14 Horns from my province (5)16 Reply from setter breaking lance (6)19 E.g. Macron’s cheek,
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
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
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)
Paired unclued lights are an author and his eponymous characters. Crossing letters in 7D suggest the name in the title; solvers must correct this, entering the character’s real name by changing the contents of four cells, always making real words. Across 1 A mob alas with disorder of gut (8) 11 I head
Unclued lights (one of three words and one of two words, singly or paired) form three groups. Group 1 is three words of a kind; group 2 is two names and a title; group 3 is a name and part of a title. The word that links them must be highlighted in the grid. Across 8
Unclued lights are all of a kind. The most recent addition to the group must be highlighted in the completed grid. Across 8 Black swan leads gull (4) 11 Jack holds irrational animal (5) 13 Politician hosts old leader – he has a shock (7) 14 Little US weakling (5) 17 Extremely agile, running for
The proverb reads ‘A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on’ (19/7/29/1D/8/10) by C.H. Spurgeon. The unclued lights at 13, 38 and 39 are BOOTS. First prize Janet Burke, Peterborough Runners-up Geoff Lee, London N1, Alan Connor, Kew, Twickenham
Three unclued lights are a musician (two words) and a quotation of his (four words), which suggests the other six unclued lights, all anagrams of words of a kind (one of two words). Across 8 Delaying intro, ace ruler (4) 11 Posh earl pokes you abroad in part of eye (6) 12 Bill eating corn
Two unclued lights are a title (three words) and its creator (two words). Remaining unclued lights are four names and eight titles (either singly or paired, including two each of two, three and four words and one of five words), each name being associated with two of the titles. The theme word connecting them all
The unclued lights are three sets of three words of a kind, all linked by a theme word represented by one clued answer which must be highlighted. Across 1 Where pupils are receiving gentle hugs (8) 8 Finished structure erected in triumph (4) 11 Goal to renovate new hotel figures in Levantine
Around the perimeter, beginning at square 1, is a line of poetry (seven words, in ODQ) followed by the title of the poem (six words; one abbreviated word in the original title must be written out in full). Remaining unclued lights are of a kind, suggested by the quotation. Across 11 Drug ring spread
11 Across (two words) suggests the other unclued lights, which are all one-word anagrams of words of a kind (one of two words). Across 1 More mawkish sot that is hugged by sister (8) 8 They may be catching insects (4) 12 Indian manager’s hesitation, in trouble (5) 14 Like a diplomat dancing one-step (7,
The unclued lights, including one of two words, are of a kind, all confirmed in Chambers. A further example (4) must be deleted from the final grid, leaving blank squares. New words thus created are real words. Across 1 Get dry people keeping dry home (6) 11 Getting makeover helps, i.e., for freckle (7)
