Mr Magoo

2121: Take care

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The unclued lights, two of two words, are of a kind. Elsewhere, ignore an apostrophe.   Across 1 We hear eldest son refrains from claiming media for media (8) 6 Insectivore collected nectar (6) 11 Mostly, robbery's extremely unusual in the whole passage (10) 13 Came across investment vehicle with nothing in (5) 14 Books with titles always found in literature (8) 17 Breaks in Ireland take up time … seconds (7) 18 Greek restaurant upset one on the subject of sales tax (7) 19 Receive parts of broadcast, using these for TV? (9) 22 Some Rhondda inhabitant? (3) 24 Hankered after Albert Camus's life in goal (6) 26 Wanting boundaries, Lara out to reverse sweep (3) 30 Company and partners in contract, or initially those in association?

to 2118: Unreliable

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Eight unclued lights are EXPERTS (24), whom — according to the words of LORD SALISBURY (9) supplied by superfluous and missing letters in definitions — ‘you never should trust’.   First prize Mike Underwood, Auvillar, France Runners-up S.

Solution to 2110: resort

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Unclued lights are anagrams of seaside resorts in southern England: Paignton (1A), Seaford (32), Margate (33), Ramsgate (40), Salcombe (7), Ryde (15), Looe (21) and Worthing (22D).   First prize Don Thompson, Bolton Runners-up A.

2113: Recycling

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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 unclued entries are two-word phrases. The thematic person’s surname must replace one answer in the grid (leaving real words).   Across   1    Police officer is against re-folding this firm (6) 7    Fairly generical diminutive outside right (6) 12    Queen accepts conclusions of her heir and no mistake (5) 16    Place certainly including earth?

2103: Rime

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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, as extra words which must be removed before solving the clues.  The four lines of verse, read together, could form a succinct summary of the poem. Across 1 Company lacking new economic revenue (6) 7 To wit, two who?

2100: Mask | 7 March 2013

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Corrections of misprints in clues give PAPER OVER THE CRACKS, indicating the position of 12 in relation to the other unclued lights. First prize Kenneth M.

Christmas crossword winners

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The first prize of £100, three prizes of £25 and six further prizes of the Chambers Crossword Dictionary are awarded to the following. The first four prizewinners will, in addition, each receive a bottle of champagne.   First prize Seamus McNeill, Belfast   Runners-up Ms H. Piper, Chessington, Surrey; Sue Topham, Elston, Newark; Rhidian Llewellyn, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire   Additional runners-up Brian Dice, Beaconsfield, Bucks; T.M. Crowther, Winchester; Brian Midgley, Ettington, Warwickshire; A.C.R.

2095: Getting around

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The unclued lights (one of three words, one of two words and three doubly hyphened) might be named in a given order.   Across 11          A large one, with fruit syrup in place of fruit (9) 12          What might go with rugby league? (5) 14          Respect the creeps (4) 15          ‘Slipper’, and what it ’asn’t got?

2089: Backward and forward

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The unclued lights, (one of four words), can be arranged to form a quotation, verifiable in  ODQ. One unclued light does double duty. Across 1  Ape hasn’t played some game (8) 6 Lawyer admitted to most of source of power of Jews (6) 13 Vicious Israeli (lacking eyes, they say?

2086: Tufty | 15 November 2012

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The key word is LOPHOBRANCH (7), defining 1A and 29A, and divisible into words of which synonyms are 20 and 36; 8A and 18; and 29D and 41. First prize R.C. Ingram, Wymondham, Norfolk Runners-up Catherine Ellis, Durham; P.

2083: Groundless

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Unclued entries (all real words) are not thematic unless they are augmented, in each case by a letter appearing in an appropriate place in the grid.  The solutions at 6, 19, 29 and 40 are confirmed in the OED. Across 1 Marine plant-life treated as grass by duck (8) 8 Measure lack of aspiration shown by Lisa’s dad (4) 12 Thoughtful response I agonised over (10) 13 Difficulty acting to modified rhythm (6) 14 Wretched two of clubs, discard to South, the weakest constituent of pack?

Solution to 2080: players

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Unclued lights are PRAYERS.  Corrections of misprints (including one in the title) give REQUIESCAT and PATERNOSTER. First prize Patricia Gibbs, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire Runners-up R.