Crossword

In this anniversary year, unclued lights (one of two words) are of a kind. Ignore four accents. Across 1 Regularly curse wee coming back through opening in baby’s clothing (9)6 Foreigner married in Kent (5)11 Irritable, graze on a little yoghurt (8)13 Problem walking beside British Colonel (5)14 Land comedian at hospital with temperature (6)15 Ruined at start of quiz, leading pair lost (6)17 Among papers, one is not secure (4)19 More weird mutant reindeer leaving North Dakota (6)23 Staple books at work turned over (6)24 With tool I damaged can opening fruit (9)30 Working on poker, retired from racing?

The unclued lights (all but one either hyphened or of two words) share a distinctive feature. Across 1 Fun and games of conservative leader amongst those opposing him (6) 7 Cost out red herald’s tunic, once (6) 13 Less convincing Debussy composition …. (5, two words) 16 … and which gets first directed badly by this conductor (6, two words) 20 Belgrade’s football team swapped parts and took the lead (7) 21 Lowest form of bird life (6) 22 Rows between the wedding families!

The unclued lights are of a kind. Across 9 Go in with force, showing initiative (10) 14 Cast is enormous, but not good (3) 16 China’s new restrictive measures (6) 17 Girl showing leg in meadow (5) 18 Best buddies regularly skipped study (5) 20 Mites and ticks from a vehicle by Cretan mountain (7) 22 Best arrangement is to have a meal in home (7) 24 Craftsman is wearing plaid, though topless (7) 25 Keel that’s empty sunk with mine (5) 26 Old Thai coin given a soft touch, we hear (5)28 Won’t carve the bird? Come, come!

Unclued lights are defined by extra words in ten clues and are anagrams of ten of a kind. Elsewhere, ignore an apostrophe. Across 9 Medic with hate for compound medication (4)12 Leper snubbed lethargic Arab (5)13 Mark is very into Islay’s liquor (5)14 A software user acquiring flash technology (5)16 Rugged harrier names ruthless smuggler (10, hyphened)18 No longer do crack pastor banned (5)23 Heartless Maurice disrupted fructification (6)26 Tiny daughter breeding fat hen? (4) 29 Blade saboteur left about (5) 30 Drinks from chaps, maiden refused (4)32 Brilliant surgeon forbidding tenor to die (6)33 LBJ, possibly in stirring motorcade, giving nothing away (8)39 Novice red with idealism indeed!

The unclued lights (one of two words) display a common feature, different in each case.

19 across (two words) is commonly associated with an octet. Each member of the octet defines one further unclued light. Across 11 Masseur also kneaded old reptiles (11)12 Country’s northern frogs, newts etc with no acid measure (7)13 Tease one brunette, vacuous crone (6)16 Very great network’s backing Sturgeon (7)17 Personify old emperor and knight, judge admits (9)18 Stare at faceless spectre (4)21 Metal wires from Scot’s very regal people (7)25 German scientist and short German painter (6)26 Certain to take oral exam almost last (7)27 Memo about area with e.g.

Solvers should heed a warning when deducing ten symmetrically placed unclued lights (two of three words and one of two words). Across 1 Poet entertaining Round Table (5)4 Together, brutes briefly help the old order (9)11 Live international back on a roll (6)12 Sting seen in church right by jetty (7)15 Oddly enough, Chloe broke priest (5)16 Noisy dosser needs time out from extreme difficulty (6)22 Female tailing former PM, an old chicken (8, hyphened)23 Proposition in article again having leader demoted (7)27 Left exercises – one not showing signs of tuition (7, hyphened)29 Yet Helen dancing is a gas (8)32 You picked up excellent dope over in paradise (6)34 Unlimited cut, a bit of a shock for Edmund?

The unclued lights (one of two words and one hyphened) are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer.

Clockwise round the grid from 3 run three song titles (totalling 13 words) with 3D/16 (five words in all) giving a fourth. The lyrics of the first two songs were written by someone sharing a surname with the lyricist of the other two. This name (6) will appear in the completed grid and must be shaded. Corner letters could be A LIE. Ignore an apostrophe.

The unclued entries, all across, are unconnected words from Chambers. Each requires a letter added to render them thematic, and these letters, in order, give a hypothetical venue where they could all then meet. Across 8 Give a hand to a grand opera (4)11 Where Raleigh studied El Greco, and Ollie messed about (12, two words)16 Measure things expired audibly (4)17 Journey eternally? (5)18 Stupor in European Parliament – it shows social distancing? (6)22 Bird hiding head needs rear visor (8)24 Fools following rejected fish fingers? (6)25 Editor fixed electrical component (6)29 In a row, sent back nothing before breakfast? (8)33 Beetle who’s cheering?

The ten unclued lights (one of two words and hyphened) consist of two themes which can be resolved into five playful pairs. Elsewhere, ignore one accent.

Unclued lights are ten words taken from a poem quoted in ODQ. The poet’s name (two words) will appear diagonally in the completed grid and must be shaded.

31 3 worked for the 43 of 21. The 43 of 34 got him for 24 35 and sent him to 28 (two words). He finally gave in to 15 (two words). Ignore three accents and one apostrophe. Across 1 Fish barrel, a deep sound from it (8, two words) 6 Gambling cartel admits Poles (6, two words) 12 Headlight simpler to repair with man involved (10, two words) 13 Captivated European by force almost (5) 14 Forward in match? (7) 16 Pretentious nobody can butt (7) 20 Little bird beginning to eat at once (4) 22 Letters: one from this valley comes first (7) 23 Spring festival sacred for listeners (4) 26 I’d back player of old instrument?

The unclued lights (two of two words) are of a kind. Across 12 To make sense of Sun puzzle, many go on and on (10)14 17 regularly discloses gun? (3)15 One fated, cruelly, to have no ear? (8, hyphened)17 A medic’s morning tipple? (5, two words)19 We’re told Roman king suffers ruin (6)22 Rallying cry evoking terrible noises (6)24 One in a suit amongst the artillery (5)26 One nominated for a benefice is here mid-week (9)27 Chemical compounds – a kilo lad’s carried away (9)29 Novelist whom Douglas Kidman embraces (5)31 Eloquent and well-off, without a female in the lead (6)34 Bouts of drinking on German water’s enjoyed by shoppers?

An 11-word quotation (in ODQ) reads clockwise around the perimeter from square 1. Other unclued lights are names of a kind. A final thematic name (5) associated with the source of the quotation must be highlighted in the completed grid.

The unclued lights can be associated with an undisclosed quality. All associations can be found in Brewer and/or Chambers. Alphabetical order takes precedence for the solution at 36D. Across 9 Having broken rule outside, detective begins to feel guilty (10)14 Stiff paper, way-out neckwear? (3)18 Cox for Hereford, perhaps? (5)20 Choose in calamitous situation whence improvement may be in sight (7)22 Heading from highland country, look over Shakespearean setting (7)25 Being drawn to appear in Swindon Town (5, two words)28 Top of oak stake tipped prime succulent (7)33 A hammer?

The unclued lights from 1 Down to 44 are of a kind with 4 overrunning a barline into 22. Ignore their four accents. The highlighted squares, read in order row by row reveal the theme and are a translation of the puzzle’s title. Across 1 Most splendid former capital with bombed site (8)5 Upmarket magazine with marginal comment at end of entry (6)12 First half of the rabble is groovy! (6)13 Hudson and Kitty go fishing here? (8, two words)17 Like laciest pants? (7)18 Battle with girl and friends across the channel (7)20 Woollen cloth cut before getting put away in E13 borough (8)25 Sound of contempt from stupid fellow in Tampa.

Unclued lights are anagrams of Shakespearean characters. These lights are defined by surplus words in eight clues. Across 1 Recreational areas exhibit special advantages (13, two words) 9 Athletic blue bound by IOU? As if!

Eighteen clues contain deficient wordplay, the missing elements of which, when highlighted, confirm the theme. Across 1 Party with a previously haughty man (6) 6 Waste disposal initially declined (7) 11 Small braces (4) 12 Dog has a drink outside well (5, 4) 13 Boozer hugging a member’s tree (5, 3) 14 Old coins from the Parisian musical (6) 15 Bloody fool’s excellent!

Ten of the eleven unclued lights are of a kind and consist of singleton of two words, three pairs and a trio. The eleventh unclued is thematic when paired with an anagram of the five highlighted red letters. Elsewhere, ignore an apostrophe and an accent. Across 4 Talked of mark on potato magazine (9)11 Little girl, outside in the morning, is wandering (5)14 Fabric — some linen? — on inventory (5)15 One clad in extra silk (5)16 Service of diplomat in Serbia (6)21 Difficult situation having coarse flax by joint (8)22 Descent, using a rope, perhaps, taking time (7)24 Still one that’s in the Skoda range (4)25 Beastly noise a problem for calligrapher?