Crossword

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) 17    Pulling evenly, stripped part of a bone (5) 20    Vintage model – it crashed (3-4) 21    Daub top layers of special paint on gatehouse (7) 24    Threaten to drive around small state (7) 25    Learn about description of organ (5) 26    Passions and fashions!

One artist’s ten-word comment on a critic runs round three sides of the perimeter; who spoke of whom fills the top line. Other unclued lights name two works by each: two of three words each, one pair, and one pair totalling four words. Across 10    Insignificant type dropped in a river? That’s enough! (8) 12    Tough not to sound disgusted (3) 13    Secret agent holds the floor (5) 14    Creature has cuckoo sickness (6) 15    Thin, I am ordered a vitamin (7) 17    Fallen angel’s joy cut short on Earth (5) 19    A little bit of thanks to the Moon (4) 20    Old simpleton’s new beginning (4) 23    Witness takes in launch of missile: duck!

One of the unclued entries is responsible for a quotation that makes up the others (two of three words, one of two words). Across 1    Precious metals Cook nearly left (1,6) 6    Netball players in mid-court for three quarters? (7) 12    Another one bites the dust, recipe being trapped wind (7) 14    Biting an animal’s brought about this? (5) 15    Married in mostly passionless times (5) 16    Caught this lassie forming a dance party? (6) 17    Top cops needing person to stop suspect (6) 19    Identifiers for Ben and James (minor characters) (9) 21    New ____ could be synthesised by men or women?

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 creature in the presidential car! (5) 15    Cold – it’s good wearing a hat!

Eight unclued lights are of a kind. Their unchecked and mutually checked letters can be rearranged to spell ‘LIKE IMPIOUS MYTHIC LOCH NESS MONSTER’. Ignore an acute accent and two hyphens.

This is Pabulum’s last regular puzzle, though he will continue to appear from time to time. Two pairs of unclued lights give examples of the theme word. Remaining unclued lights each contain a thematic element: a relevant name (6) will appear in the completed grid and must be shaded.

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 .

Unclued lights make up a group, its members and location (two pairs, one doubly hyphened). Ignore one accent Across 1    Red Route heartless?

The unclued lights can be joined to form six pairs.         Across    6    No intro to US showbiz approach? (7) 11    Left earlier than usual in mere sport (4) 12    Whiteness of marital bed, only partly (6) 14    Again announce gusto outside bar (9) 17    Translated phrase, Latin, gets round (7) 18    Something stuck in organ?

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.

The unclued lights (including one of three words, one of two words, two hyphened and one pair) have nothing in common.

Two of the unclued entries combine to form a name (three words) responsible for the other unclued entries (one of three words, two of two words, and two of which combine to form a two-word name). Across 11    Custom I outlaw, hiding books for islander (7) 12    They must cool down the crowd (4) 14    Cast spell over snake in Paradise Lost?

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, for Caesar, love (5) 12    Cunard cruise finally turned to French river (7) 14    Vocalist shortly to be a scorcher (5) 15    Just a bit of a fight!

22 said ‘29 11’ (five words, ignore an apostrophe), suggesting the placing of theother unclued lights.

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.

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 Daily Record ignoring first workers’ home (6) 18    Biden, injured, is laid up (2,3) 21    Australia’s Finch from bazaar, going regularly (5) 22    What those in agreement are of the same view (3,4) 27    Coarse fellow admits nothing’s right. Beware!

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.

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    Bone breaking seal’s coat of antimony (7) 19    Lady chess champion bitten by snakes (7) 22    Edrich perhaps pens a note for Strauss?

Unclued lights have something in common, nine of two words, five pairs, and one singleton.