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e@!1"!Clues concern architecture.[T "A@[T " @"Rhymed Crossword[T "R@"1""Clues are rhyming coupletsTTIZ&TT VT&Times New RomanVT&ArialNew Roman VT&ArialNew Roman VT&ArialNew Roman ZT ZT JZT ZT jZT ZT  ZT ZT  2\T MkT$kThkTH kTkTXkTdkTkTfT1]TpnT]T]T]TP]T0]TP]TP]TP NumberjA DatejA TitlejA SetterjA SizejA SymmetryjA DescriptionjA CodewordsjAT 2TWT&Times New RomanhxEGTTimes New RomankTkT2@e TxuxudT MO_TM`  XdkT2@e_TM`  dkT2@e_TM`  dkT2@e_TM`  dkT2@e_TM  dkT2@e_TM` okT2@e_TM`  dkT2@e_TM`" ddkT2@e_TM $oT3TPTgTt=/8=/8d#T=/8d&%[T ?[T @A Musical Crossword[T Y@1Clues concern music.[T @[T @A 'Scientific' Crossword[T @^@1Clues concern science.[T @[T @An Indian Crossword[T  g@1:Grid is in the shape of India; clues concern India.[T @[T @#A St. George's Day Crossword[T _@1>Grid is in the shape of England; clues concern England.[T @[T @A Cricket Crossword[T  e@1Clues concern cricket.[T @[T @A Latin Crossword[T b@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T @[T @[T  e@1Normal.[T  @[T @A Botanical Crossword[T h@1Clues concern botany.[T "@[T @[T _@ 1RGrid has black squares.[T $@[T  @ A Greek Crossword.[T #B@[T #@*#Wireless Crossword-Clue Competition[T #H@#1#Grid consists of six words defined by their position in the BBC Year-Book; solvers are to submit clues to three of them.[T $B@[T $@$Miscellaneous Crossword[T $c@$1$Normal.[T %C@[T %@%Wireless Crossword[T %`@%1B%Grid appears to have a radio in it; clues concern wireless.[T &C@[T &@&Writing competition.[T 'D@[T '@'Writing competition.[T (D@[T (!@*(Towns and Villages in Great Britain[T (b@(1#(Clues concern British towns.[T )E@[T )!@)(overseas)[T )`@ )1RA)Normal, for overseas solvers (no solution ever published).[T *E@[T *$@*Greek (from Herodotus) *Janus[T * e@*1=*Clues refer to Herodotus; lights are entered in Greek.[T +F@[T +(@+Doggerel[T +b@+1+Normal.[T ,F@[T ,+@,French Crossword ,Janus[T ,d@ ,1R$,Lights are entered in French.[T -G@[T -/@-Dickens[T -@j@-1-Clues refer to Dickens.[T .G@[T ./@.(overseas) Canada[T ._@.1O.Clues concern Canada, for overseas solvers (no solution ever published).[T /H@[T /2@/St. Valentine's Day[T /@]@/16/Grid is heart-shaped; clues concern Valentines.[T 0H@[T 06@0Virgilian 0Janus[T 0m@ 01R0Clues concern Virgil.[T 1I@[T 19@1Jewel-Lore1Doggerel[T 1b@111Clues concern jewels.[T 2I@[T 2=@2Faraday2Doggerel[T 2`@212Clues concern Faraday.[T 3J@[T 3@@ 3Greek 3Janus[T 3 e@31#3Lights are entered in Greek.[T 4J@[T 4D@4'Hard Lines'4Doggerel[T 4b@414Normal.[T 5K@[T 5G@5Spanish[T 5 j@51%5Lights are entered in Spanish.[T 6K@[T 6K@6All Fool's Day6Doggerel[T 6b@61!6Clues concern April Fools.[T 7L@[T 7N@ 7Latin[T 7f@71#7Lights are entered in Latin.[T 8L@[T 8R@8Budgetary8Doggerel[T 8b@81 8Clues concern the Budget.[T 9M@[T 9U@9St. George's Day 9Janus[T 9c@91>9Grid is in the shape of England; clues concern England.[T :M@[T :Y@:German Literary Maze[T :p@:1h:Grid is maze-like, with minimal checking; clues are incomplete quotations from German literature.[T ;N@[T ;\@;'Random Rhyme';Doggerel[T ;b@;1;All clues are rhymes.[T <N@[T <`@<Greek (Homer)[T < e@<1A<Several clues refer to Homer; lights are entered in Greek.[T =O@[T =c@='Knotty'=Doggerel[T =b@=1=Normal.[T >O@[T >g@>Miscellaneous >Janus[T >a@ >1R>Normal.[T ?P@[T ?j@?'Derby Day'?Doggerel[T ?b@?10?Clues concern racing and are in doggerel.[T @@P@[T @n@@Latin (Horace) @Janus[T @ e@@1A@Several clues concern Horace; lights are entered in Latin.[T AP@[T Aq@A'Royal'ADoggerel[T Ab@A1AClues concern royalty.[T BP@[T Bu@BItalian Literature[T Bi@B1=BGrid is Times-style; clues concern Italian literature.[T CQ@[T Cx@C'North America'CDoggerel[T Cf@C1MCGrid is in the shape of North America; clues refer to things American.[T D@Q@[T D|@ DGreek DJanus[T Df@D1#DLights are entered in Greek.[T EQ@[T E@E'St. Swithin's Day'EDoggerel[T EY@E1EClues concern rain.[T FQ@[T F@FThe Arts FJanus[T F@c@ F2RhFGrid is in four parts: clues to two of them concern literature, the others visual arts and music.[T GR@[T G@GMainly Scientific GJanus[T G`@ G1R/GClues mostly concern scientific matters.[T H@R@[T H@HThe Great War[T HX@ H4RTHGrid is in four parts: clues to them concern Army, Air Force, Civil and Navy.[T IR@[T I@ ILatin IJanus[T If@I1#ILights are entered in Latin.[T JR@[T J@J'A Quiet Holiday'JDoggerel[T J`@J1&JNarrative concerning a holiday.[T KS@[T K@K'Components'[T KX@K1BKLights are clued with reference to words contained in them.[T L@S@[T L@LThe Torn DiagramLDoggerel[T L`@L1?LOne corner of the diagram appears to have been torn off.[T MS@[T M@ MGreek MJanus[T M e@M1#MLights are entered in Greek.[T NS@[T N@N'Parliamentary'NDoggerel[T Nb@N1!NClues concern governments.[T OT@[T O@OMiscellaneous OJanus[T Ob@ O1RONormal.[T P@T@[T P@ PLatin PJanus[T P e@P1#PLights are entered in Latin.[T QT@[T Q@(Q'The Thruster' (13 dn.) [Pioneer]QDoggerel[T Q`@Q1)QNarrative poem concerning hunting.[T RT@[T R@ RGreek RJanus[T R e@R1#RLights are entered in Greek.[T SU@[T S@S'Trafalgar Day'SDoggerel[T S`@S1-SClues concern the Battle of Trafalgar.[T T@U@[T T@ TLatin TJanus[T T`@ T1R#TLights are entered in Latin.[T UU@[T U@U'Hallowe'en'UDoggerel[T Ub@U1 UClues concern Hallowe'en.[T VU@[T V@VGreek - Armistice Day VJanus[T Va@V16VClues concern war; lights are entered in Greek.[T WV@[T W@WMiscellaneous WJanus[T W e@W1WNormal.[T X@V@[T X@ XLatin XJanus[T X a@ X4R#XLights are entered in Latin.[T YV@[T Y@Y'Jingle'YDoggerel[T Yb@Y1YClues are in doggerel.[T ZV@[T Z@ ZGreek ZJanus[T Z `@ Z4R#ZLights are entered in Greek.[T [W@[T [@[A Wireless Crossword[T [V@[1[Clues concern wireless.[T \@W@[T \@\'Our Christmas Card'\Doggerel[T \`@\1Q\Clues concern Christmas; grid already contains 'A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU'.[T ]W@[T ]@]'Tempus Fugit']Doggerel[T ]`@]1]Clues concern time.[T ^W@[T ^@^'Plain'^Doggerel[T ^b@^1^Normal.[T _X@[T _@ _Latin _Janus[T _a@_1#_Lights are entered in Latin.[T `@X@[T `@`'Puzzlers'`Doggerel[T `c@`1,`Clues, in doggerel, concern puzzlers.[T aX@[T a@a'Lewis Carroll'aDoggerel[T a`@a1#aClues concern Lewis Carroll.[T bX@[T b@bMiscellaneous bJanus[T b@b@b1bNormal.[T cY@[T c@ cGreek cJanus[T ca@c1#cLights are entered in Greek.[T d@Y@[T d@d'Phonetic'dDoggerel[T d@`@d1[dClues are couplets: the first line refers to the light, the second to how it sounds.[T eY@[T e@e'Leap Year'eDoggerel[T e`@e1 eClues concern leap years.[T fY@[T f@f'Signs and Wonders'fDoggerel[T fb@f1'fClues concern signs and wonders.[T gZ@[T g@ gHorace gJanus[T gb@g1jgClues concern Horace; lights are entered in Latin. (Published with number 104(A), a normal puzzle.)[T h@Z@[T h@h'Irish Stew'hDoggerel[T hb@h1hClues concern Ireland.[T iZ@[T i@ iGoethe[T i`@i1#iClues are taken from Goethe.[T jZ@[T j@ jApriljDoggerel[T jb@j1jClues concern April.[T k[@[T k@k'Infants of the Spring'[T kb@k1kUnclued lights form 'THE FIELDS AND GARDENS WERE BESET WITH TULIPS, CROCUS, VIOLET; AND NOW, THOUGH LATE, THE MODEST ROSE DID MORE THAN HALF A BLUSH DISCLOSE'.[T l@[@[T l@lGreek Miscellaneous lJanus[T l`b@l1#lLights are entered in Greek.[T m[@[T m @m'Culinary'mDoggerel[T mb@m1mClues concern cooking.[T n[@[T n@nMathematical[T nW@n1nNumerical puzzle.[T o\@[T o@o'Da Capo'[T o e@o1oUnclued lights form 'THAT'S THE WISE THRUSH: HE SINGS EACH SONG TWICE OVER, LEST YOU SHOULD THINK HE NEVER COULD RECAPTURE THAT FIRST FINE CARELESS RAPTURE'.[T p@\@[T p@ pLatin pJanus[T p@b@p1#pLights are entered in Latin.[T q\@[T q@q'Jangle'qDoggerel[T qb@q1qClues are in doggerel.[T r\@[T r@r'Empire'rDoggerel[T rb@r1rClues concern empires; unclued lights are LAWRENCE, PITT, RALEIGH, COOK, HASTINGS, PENN, LIVINGSTONE, CLIVE, RHODES, DRAKE, ANSON.[T s]@[T s @s'Night'[T sb@s1sUnclued lights form 'NOW THE LIGHT O' THE WEST IS A-TURN'D TO GLOOM, AN' THE MEN BE AT HWOME VROM GROUND; AN' THE BELLS BE A-ZENDEN ALL DOWN THE COOMBE, FROM TOWER, THEIR MWOANSOME SOUND'.[T t@]@[T t$@ tGreek[T t@b@t1#tLights are entered in Greek.[T u]@[T u'@u'Potatory'uDoggerel[T ub@u1uClues concern drinking.[T v]@[T v+@v'Applied Mathematics'[T vb@v1vMany clues have a mathematical flavour; unclued lights form 'THE LOWEST COMMON MEASURE OF INTELLIGENCE MAY SERVE FOR DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS OF PARABOLIC CURVE. BUT FALLING OFF A LOG, HOWEVER EASY PI MAY BE, REQUIRES A POWER DEVELOPED TO THE N-PLUS-ONETH DE6 vGREE'.[T w^@[T w.@wMiscellaneous[T wa@ w4RwNormal.[T x@^@[T x2@x'Diagonal'[T xb@x4LxClues are in doggerel; diagonals spell MOLLYCODDLES and APRONSTRINGS.[T y^@[T y5@ yLatin yJanus[T yb@y1#yLights are entered in Latin.[T z^@[T z9@z'Old Wives' Tales' zAfrit[T z e@z1zClues concern Old Wives' tales; certain lights form 'BETTER IT IS TO RISE BETIME, AND TO MAKE HAY WHILE SUN DOTH SHINE, THAN TO BELIEVE IN TALES AND LIES, WHICH IDLE MONKS AND FRIARS DEVISE'.[T {_@[T {<@{'Cross-number' {Afrit[T {@^@{1{Numerical puzzle.[T |@_@[T |@@|'An Echo'|Doggerel[T | e@|1|Clues are couplets.[T }_@[T }C@ }Greek }Janus[T }b@}1#}Lights are entered in Greek.[T ~_@[T ~G@~'General'~Doggerel[T ~b@~1~Normal.[T `@[T J@Italian Literature[T j@1=Grid is Times-style; clues concern Italian literature.[T  `@[T N@'Very Mathematical' Afrit[T b@1dClues have a mathematical flavour; certain lights are anagrams of words given as cryptograms.[T @`@[T Q@'Jumble'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are in doggerel.[T ``@[T U@'Whirligig' Afrit[T  e@4\Clues are in doggerel; ENGLISH HISTORY and ECHOING GALLERY appear in a diamond shape.[T `@[T X@'Scott'Doggerel[T b@16Clues concern or are taken from works of Scott.[T `@[T \@Latin - Tacitus[T a@1:Clues concern Tacitus; lights are entered in Latin.[T `@[T _@'Pedagoguery' Afrit[T  e@1Clues concern schools; certain lights form 'THERE WE MET WITH FAMOUS MEN SET IN OFFICE O'ER US; AND THEY BEAT ON US WITH RODS FOR THE LOVE THEY BORE US'.[T `@[T c@'Missing in the Wilds'Doggerel[T b@1=Narrative extract from the diary of an African hunter.[T a@[T f@ 'Wren'Doggerel[T b@1Clues concern Wren.[T  a@[T j@ Greek Janus[T @b@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T @a@[T m@'Cross-number II' Afrit[T @^@1Numerical puzzle.[T `a@[T q@$'London and Lord Mayor's Day'Doggerel[T b@1Clues concern London.[T a@[T t@'B.B.C. Birthday'Doggerel[T b@1>Clues concern birthdays and the B.B.C. (ten years old).[T a@[T x@ Latin Janus[T @b@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T a@[T {@'Gradatim' Afrit[T b@1RLights are 'steps in a train of thought', each vaguely suggesting the next.[T a@[T @'Straightforward'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are in doggerel.[T b@[T @ Greek Janus[T  b@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T  b@[T @'Greeting'Doggerel[T `@1OThe completed grid spells THE LISTENER WISHES YOU ALL A HAPPY CHRISTMAS.[T @b@[T @'Cross-number III' Afrit[T @^@1Numerical puzzle.[T `b@[T @'Diagonal II' Afrit[T b@4;Diagonals spell JACK-A-LANTERN and WILL-O'-THE-WISP.[T b@[T @ Latin Janus[T b@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T b@[T @'Poets'Doggerel[T c@1ELights are names of poets, clued by extracts from their works.[T b@[T @'Mythematical' Afrit[T b@1Some lights are taken from the first verse of 'Jabberwocky'; others are clued by equations involving the numerical values of their letters.[T b@[T @'General'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are in doggerel.[T c@[T @'Epigrams'Doggerel[T b@1Clues concern epigrams.[T  c@[T @'A Valentine' Afrit[T b@1Certain lights form the acrostic JOCUND BE YOUR HOURS OF PLAY, ONLY ROSES STREW YOUR WAY; YOUTH IS FLEET AND WILL NOT STAY: CARPE DIEM WHILE YOU MAY; ERE THE SKY BE DULL AND GRAY, MAKE HAY![T @c@[T @ Greek Janus[T @b@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T `c@[T @'Cross-number IV' Afrit[T @^@1Numerical puzzle.[T c@[T @'March' Afrit[T b@1(Clues concern the month of March.[T c@[T @ Latin Janus[T b@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T c@[T @'General'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are in doggerel.[T c@[T @'Biblical' Afrit[T b@1 Clues refer to the Bible.[T d@[T @'Cross-number V' Afrit[T @^@1Numerical puzzle.[T  d@[T @ Greek Janus[T b@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T @d@[T @'Sixes and Sevens' Afrit[T b@4MLights are all 6- or 7-letter; clues are mainly incomplete quotations.[T `d@[T @'Slavery'Doggerel[T b@1Clues concern slavery.[T d@[T @ French[T b@1&Clues and lights are in French.[T d@[T @'Hit or Miss'Doggerel[T L@ 4RGrid is diamond-shaped.[T d@[T @ Latin Janus[T  b@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T d@[T @Ariosto[T `j@1DGrid is Times-style; clues concern the literature of Ariosto.[T e@[T @'Derby Day'Doggerel[T `@14Clues are in doggerel, and concern the Derby.[T  e@[T @'Cross-number VI' Afrit[T @^@1Numerical puzzle.[T @e@[T @Miscellaneous[T  e@1OCentral 7 x 7 square is isolated; bars within it form a face in profile.[T `e@[T @ Greek Janus[T  b@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T e@[T @'Shady Spaces'Doggerel[T b@1HClues concern summer; shaded squares spell 'SUMMER IS YCUMEN IN'.[T e@[T @GeneralDoggerel[T L@4&Grid is roughly diamond-shaped.[T e@[T @'Biblical II' Afrit[T b@1 Clues refer to the Bible.[T e@[T @ Latin Janus[T a@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T f@[T @'Diagonal III' Afrit[T b@49Diagonals spell QUEEN OF SHEBA and KING OF ISRAEL.[T  f@[T @'Double Thread'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are couplets.[T @f@[T @'Cross-number VII' Afrit[T @^@1Numerical puzzle.[T `f@[T @ Greek Janus[T c@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T f@[T @'Pot-pourri' Afrit[T b@1'Clues are incomplete quotations.[T f@[T @French Crossword[T b@1&Clues and lights are in French.[T f@[T @'Elizabethan'Doggerel[T b@1%Clues concern Queen Elizabeth.[T f@[T  @ Latin Janus[T `b@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T g@[T @'September' Afrit[T b@1,Clues concern the month of September.[T  g@[T @'Cross-number VIII' Afrit[T @^@1Numerical puzzle.[T @g@[T @'The Maze'Doggerel[T `d@1'NOW BURGEONS EVERY MAZE OF QUICK ABOUT THE FLOWERING SQUARES' reads around the border of the diagram until it turns in towards the centre.[T `g@[T @ Greek Janus[T  b@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T g@[T @'Gradatim II' Afrit[T b@1RLights are 'steps in a train of thought', each vaguely suggesting the next.[T g@[T  @'Cross-number IX' Afrit[T @^@1Numerical puzzle.[T g@[T #@'Honours'Doggerel[T b@1cClues mainly concern kings and queens; first four across lights are ACE, KING, QUEEN, KNAVE.[T g@[T '@ Latin 'Newspaper Pattern' Janus[T ^@ 4R8Grid is Times-style; lights are entered in Latin.[T h@[T *@'November' Janus[T b@1kNarrative poem concerning the month of November, with rhyming words omitted and also to be provided.[T  h@[T .@'Dreams'Doggerel[T b@19Clues are incomplete quotations concerning dreams.[T @h@[T 1@'Twenty-six' Afrit[T @^@1Words are regarded as numbers in base 26, with A = 1, B = 2, ..., Y = 25, Z = 0; clues mostly lead to phrases to be interpreted numerically, e.g. double DUTCH = IQNFP, a square MEAL = FSBKNRCN.[T `h@[T 5@'General'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are in doggerel.[T h@[T 8@ Greek Janus[T b@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T h@[T <@'Christmas Tree'Doggerel[T ^@1wGrid is in the shape of a Christmas Tree, with down lights reading from branch to branch until a bar is reached.[T h@[T ?@'Biblical III' Afrit[T b@1Clues concern the Bible.[T h@[T C@'Crossnumber X' Afrit[T @^@1Numerical puzzle.[T i@[T F@Latin - Virgil Janus[T  b@1IClues are taken from works of Virgil; lights are entered in Latin.[T  i@[T J@'Old Style'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are couplets.[T @i@[T M@'Aquarius' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern Aquarius.[T `i@[T Q@'Twenty-six Again' Afrit[T b@1Words are regarded as numbers in base 26, with A = 1, B = 2, ..., Y = 25, Z = 0; clues mostly lead to phrases to be interpreted numerically, e.g. square LEG = ERWWSM, BRICKS without STRAW = AXNKIV.[T i@[T T@'Superstitions'Doggerel[T b@1#Clues concern superstitions.[T i@[T X@ Greek Janus[T ]@ 1R8Grid is Times-style; lights are entered in Greek.[T i@[T [@'General'Doggerel[T b@1Normal.[T i@[T _@'Pisces' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern Pisces.[T j@[T b@'Birds'Doggerel[T c@1Clues concern birds.[T  j@[T f@ Latin Janus[T b@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T @j@[T i@'William Morris'Doggerel[T c@1$Clues concern William Morris.[T `j@[T m@'Aries' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern Aries.[T j@[T p@'Cross-number XI' Afrit[T @^@1Numerical puzzle.[T j@[T t@'Beasts'Doggerel[T b@1Clues concern beasts.[T j@[T w@%'The Vulgar Tongue' (Diagonal) Afrit[T b@1`Narrative poem concerning pronunciation; diagonals spell BILLINGSGATE and KING'S ENGLISH.[T j@[T {@'Taurus' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern Taurus.[T k@[T ~@'Flowers'Doggerel[T `h@1vClues concern flowers; four lights form 'PANSIES, LILIES, KINGCUPS, DAISIES, LET THEM LIVE UPON THEIR PRAISES'.[T  k@[T @Greek: New Testament[T  e@1DClues concern the New Testament; lights are entered in Greek.[T @k@[T @'A Tale of Terror'Doggerel[T `@1/Narrative concerning a traveller's tale.[T `k@[T @'Gemini' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern Gemini.[T k@[T @'Two by Two'[T b@1$Clues are to pairs of lights.[T k@[T @'Biblical IV' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern the Bible.[T k@[T @ Latin Janus[T b@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T k@[T @'General'Doggerel[T `@1Normal.[T l@[T @'Cancer' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern Cancer.[T  l@[T @'American Poets'Doggerel[T  e@1bClues are mainly lines from poems by American writers, with lights the corresponding poets.[T @l@[T @ Greek Janus[T  e@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T `l@[T @ 'Leo' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern Leo.[T l@[T @'Coleridge'Doggerel[T b@1Clues concern Coleridge.[T l@[T @'Gradatim III' Afrit[T a@1RLights are 'steps in a train of thought', each vaguely suggesting the next.[T l@[T @ Latin Janus[T b@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T l@[T @'Old Style'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are couplets.[T m@[T @'Fruits'Doggerel[T b@1Clues concern fruits.[T  m@[T @'Virgo' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern Virgo.[T @m@[T @'Once Removed'[T a@14Lights are synonyms of synonyms of the clues.[T `m@[T @ Greek Janus[T b@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T m@[T @'What's-a-Name'Doggerel[T c@1$Lights are mainly personages.[T m@[T @'Libra' Afrit[T `@ 1RClues concern Libra.[T m@[T @ Music[T c@1ZClues concern music; some lights refer to a musical extract printed above the grid.[T m@[T @ Latin Janus[T b@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T n@[T @'Twenty-six III' Afrit[T a@1Words are regarded as numbers in base 26, with A = 1, B = 2, ..., Y = 25, Z = 0; clues mostly lead to phrases to be interpreted numerically, e.g. IN times PAST = EWFTNT, demi-semi-QUAVER = DKSYAK.[T  n@[T @Child's PlayJohn H. Watson, M.D.[T  e@1%Clues concern Sherlock Holmes.[T @n@[T @'Scorpio' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern Scorpio.[T `n@[T @'Who Said?'Doggerel[T b@1;Clues are quotations, with the lights their authors.[T n@[T @ Greek Janus[T b@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T n@[T @'Sagittarius' Afrit[T a@1!Clues concern Sagittarius.[T n@[T @'Wedding Bells'Doggerel[T b@1=Clues, mainly incomplete quotations, concern weddings.[T n@[T @'Word-Perfect' Afrit[T  e@4\Clues are in doggerel; BLESSED DAMOZEL and BUDDING GENERAL appear in a diamond shape.[T o@[T @ Latin Janus[T `b@ 1R#Lights are entered in Latin.[T  o@[T @'Capricornus' Afrit[T a@1!Clues concern Capricornus.[T @o@[T @ 'Lamb'Doggerel[T b@1"Clues concern Charles Lamb.[T `o@[T @'Poets' Calendar'Doggerel[T b@1jClues are incomplete quotations presented in groups corresponding to the twelve months of the year.[T o@[T @'Word-Ladder' Afrit[T h@4:Lights are unclued rungs of a 6-letter word-ladder.[T o@[T @ Greek Janus[T b@ 4R#Lights are entered in Greek.[T o@[T @'General'Doggerel[T b@1Normal.[T o@[T @'Pluviose' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern rain; some lights form 'FIRST IT RAINED, AND THEN IT SNEW; THEN IT FRIZ, AND THEN IT THEW; AND THEN IT FRIZ AGAIN'.[T p@[T  @'Traffic Problems'Doggerel[T c@1Clues concern traffic.[T p@[T @ Latin Janus[T c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T  p@[T @MiscellaneousDoggerel[T b@1Normal.[T 0p@[T @'Ventose' Afrit[T a@1_Clues concern wind; some lights form 'WELCOME, BLACK NORTHEASTER, O'ER THE GERMAN FOAM!'[T @p@[T @'Biblical V' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern the Bible.[T Pp@[T @ Greek Janus[T b@2#Lights are entered in Greek.[T `p@[T @'Proverbs'Doggerel[T c@1Clues concern proverbs; some lights form 'JEWELS FIVE WORDS LONG THAT ON THE STRETCHED FOREFINGER OF ALL TIME SPARKLE FOR EVER'.[T pp@[T #@'Germinal' Afrit[T a@1hClues concern sowing; some lights form 'WHILE THE EARTH REMAINETH, SEEDTIME ... SHALL NOT CEASE'.[T p@[T &@Child's PlayJohn H. Watson, M.D.[T  e@1-Clues concern Sherlock Holmes stories.[T p@[T *@'A Cage'Doggerel[T b@1qBars in columns are to be inserted; many clues are incomplete quotations from writers who were imprisoned.[T p@[T  -@ 'Lent and Easter'  Afrit[T  a@ 1% Clues concern Lent and Easter.[T p@[T  1@ 'Floral'  Afrit[T  a@ 1 Clues concern flowers; some lights form 'THE LILY QUEEN, THE ROYAL ROSE, THE GILLIFLOWER, PRINCE OF THE WOOD, THE COURTIER TULIP, GAY IN CLOTHES, THE REGAL BUD'.[T p@[T  4@ 'Jubilee' Doggerel[T  b@ 1b Clues concern the Jubilee; some lights form 'YOU CANNOT CONTRIBUTE TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE'.[T p@[T  8@  Latin  Janus[T  c@ 1# Lights are entered in Latin.[T p@[T  ;@ 'Mrs. Hemans' Doggerel[T  b@ 1N Narrative concerning Mrs. Hemans, with some incomplete quotation clues.[T p@[T ?@'Poet and Pestle'Doggerel[T c@14Clues concern poets who had studied medicine.[T q@[T B@'Prairial' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern harvesting; some lights form 'TWO MEN WENT TO MAW, WENT TO MOW A MEADOW; TWO MEN ONE MAN AND HIS DOG WENT TO MOW A MEADOW'.[T q@[T F@'Whitsuntide' Afrit[T a@1!Clues concern Whitsuntide.[T  q@[T I@ Latin Janus[T  c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T 0q@[T M@'General'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are in doggerel.[T @q@[T P@'Messidor' Afrit[T a@1ALights are contained in three excerpts concerning harvest.[T Pq@[T T@'Old Age'Doggerel[T b@1PClues concern old age; some lights form 'LET ME GROW LOVELY GROWING OLD'.[T `q@[T W@'Biblical VI' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern the Bible.[T pq@[T [@ Latin Janus[T c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T q@[T ^@'Old Gems'Doggerel[T c@1Normal.[T q@[T b@'Fervidor' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern summer heat; 'SUN WHOSE RAYS ARE ALL ABLAZE WITH EVERLIVING GLORY WILL NOT DENY HIS MAJESTY: HE SCORNS TO TELL A STORY' may be read in the grid.[T q@[T e@'Friendship'Doggerel[T b@1 Clues concern friendship.[T q@[T i@'General'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are in doggerel.[T q@[T l@'Miscellaneous'Doggerel[T ^@2Normal.[T q@[T p@'Fructidor' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern fruit; some lights form 'FOR THE GAY FRUITS OF NATURE WHAT WISH CAN YOU FEEL WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FRUITS OF THE LOTTERY WHEEL?'[T q@[T s@'Once Removed II'[T c@19Some clues are synonyms of synonyms of the lights.[T q@[T w@'Twenty-six IV' Afrit[T a@1Words are regarded as numbers in base 26, with A = 1, B = 2, ..., Y = 25, Z = 0; clues mostly lead to phrases to be interpreted numerically, e.g. THE Times NEWSPAPER = KCZUMXYAQRPL, FOURTH of FIRTH = AOKEA.[T r@[T z@'General'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are in doggerel.[T r@[T  ~@ 'Vendmiaire'  Afrit[T  a@ 1 Clues concern wine; some lights form 'ON TURNPIKES OF WONDER WINE LEADS the MIND FORTH, STRAIGHT, SIDEWISE AND UPWARD, WEST, SOUTHWARD AND NORTH'.[T ! r@[T !@!'Miscellaneous'!Doggerel[T !b@!1!Normal.[T "0r@[T "@"'Music II'[T "a@"1I"Clues concern music; a quotation from the SCHICKSALSLIED is given.[T #@r@[T #@#'39AC' [Riches]#Doggerel[T #c@#1#Clues concern riches; some lights form 'WHAT NEED HAVE WE OF INDIAN WEALTH, OR COMMERCE WITH OUR NEIGHBOURS? OUR CONSTITUTION IS IN HEALTH, AND RICHES CROWN OUR LABOURS'.[T $Pr@[T $@$'Cryptogram' $Afrit[T $c@$1$Lights are entered encoded; other lights then form LISTENER READERS ARE WARNED AGAINST THREE MEN, KNOWN RESPECTIVELY AS JANUS, DOGGEREL AND AFRIT, WHO PERSISTENTLY THWART THE EDITOR'S GENEROUS INTENTIONS TOWARDS CROSSWORD SOLVERS.[T %`r@[T %@%'Brumaire' %Afrit[T %a@%1%Clues concern fog; some lights form 'WHEN THE TREBLE THICKNESS SPREAD SWALLOWS UP OUR NEXT AHEAD ... WHEN, HER PASSAGE UNDISCERNED, WE MUST TURN WHERE SHE HAS TURNED, HEAR THE CHANNEL FLEET AT SEA, LIBERA NOS, DOMINE!'[T &pr@[T &@&'Square the Circle'&Doggerel[T &b@&14&The centre of the gris has been 'whited out'.[T 'r@[T '@ 'Greek 'Janus[T '`c@'1#'Lights are entered in Greek.[T (r@[T (@('Mark Twain'(Doggerel[T (c@(25(Grid is Times-style; clues concern Mark Twain.[T )r@[T )@)'Frimaire' )Afrit[T )a@)1)Clues concern frost; some lights form 'KEEN AGAINST THE WALLS OF SAPPHIRE, THE GLEAMING TREEBOLLS, ICE-EMBOSSED, HOLD UP THEIR CHANDELIERS OF FROST'.[T *r@[T *@*'Miscellaneous'*Doggerel[T *a@*1*Normal.[T +r@[T +@+Latin. Virgil +Janus[T + e@+1#+Lights are entered in Latin.[T ,r@[T ,@,'From the Xmas Post-Bag',Doggerel[T ,b@,17,Narrative involving Christmas thank-you letters.[T -r@[T -@-'Nivose' -Afrit[T -a@-1-Clues concern snow; some lights form 'DECEMBER, HITHER WITH MUFFLED TREAD, AND GAZE ON THE YEAR FOR THE YEAR IS DEAD, AND OVER HIM CAST A WAN WHITE PALL. TAKE DOWN THE MATTOCK AND PLY THE SPADE, AND DEEP IN THE CLAY LET HIS CLAY BE LAID, AND SNOWFLAKES FA6-LL AT HIS FUNERAL'.[T .r@[T .@.'Another Year'.Doggerel[T .b@.1".Clues concern the New Year.[T /s@[T /@/'Surnames' /Afrit[T /a@/1i/Narrative in the form of doggerel, with all words used being surnames giving a phonetic rendition.[T 0s@[T 0@%0'Why, Sirs, the Name's a Word'0Doggerel[T 0c@010Most lights are eponyms.[T 1 s@[T 1@1'Secret Codes'1Louis C.S. Mansfield1Simple substitution cipher, which decoded reads INTRODUCING WORDS LIKE PYX INTO CRYPTS OCCASIONS ONLY SLIGHT DIFFICULTY. WOULD-BE CRYPTOGRAPHERS GENERALLY GUARD AGAINST SUCH OBVIOUS PITFALLS.[T 20s@[T 2@2'Words' Worth' 2Afrit[T 2a@21{2Clues are incomplete quotations from Wordsworth; each light is the product of the letter values in the missing word.[T 3@s@[T 3@3'General'3Doggerel[T 3b@313Normal.[T 4Ps@[T 4@4'Valentine's Day'4Doggerel[T 4b@41,4Narrative concerning Valentine's day.[T 5`s@[T 5@ 5Latin[T 5c@51#5Lights are entered in Latin.[T 6ps@[T 6@6'Miscellaneous'6Doggerel[T 6b@616Normal.[T 7s@[T 7@7'Second-hand' 7Afrit[T 7a@71K7Most clues are taken from the Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs.[T 8s@[T 8@8'Moore'8Doggerel[T 8b@8198Clues are incomplete quotations from Thomas Moore.[T 9s@[T 9@ 9Greek 9Castor[T 9 e@91#9Lights are entered in Greek.[T :s@[T :@:'Pickwick':Doggerel[T : e@:1%:Clues concern Pickwick Papers.[T ;s@[T ;@;'1st April';Doggerel[T ;a@;1;Clues concern fools.[T <s@[T <@ <Latin <Pollux[T <`@<1#<Lights are entered in Latin.[T =s@[T =@='Cryptogram II' =Afrit[T =c@=1=A simple substitution cipher is used for certain words in clues; these lights are encoded on entry. The unclued lights form a report on an investigation.[T >s@[T >@>'Old Gems'>Doggerel[T >b@>1'>Clues are incomplete quotations.[T ?t@[T ?@ ?'Bees' ?Afrit[T ?a@?1?Clues concern bees.[T @t@[T @@@'General'@Doggerel[T @c@@1@Normal.[T A t@[T A@ AGreek APollux[T Ab@A1#ALights are entered in Greek.[T B0t@[T B@B'Nasal Manoeuvres' BAfrit[T Ba@B1BClues concern noses.[T C@t@[T C@C'Horsy'CDoggerel[T Ca@C1CClues concern horses.[T DPt@[T D@D'Biblical VII' DAfrit[T Da@D1DClues concern the Bible.[T E`t@[T E@ ELatin ECastor[T Ec@E1#ELights are entered in Latin.[T Fpt@[T F@F'Miscellaneous'FDoggerel[T Fb@F1FNormal.[T Gt@[T G@G'Optical Allusions' GAfrit[T Ga@G1GClues concern eyes.[T Ht@[T H @H'Cacographical'HDoggerel[T Hb@H1QHClues are incomplete quotations; they and all lights involve misspellings.[T It@[T I @ IGreek ICastor[T Ic@I1#ILights are entered in Greek.[T Jt@[T J@J'All Square' JAfrit[T J^@J1FJNumerical puzzle involving solutions of a - b = b - c = x.[T Kt@[T K@K'Miscellaneous'KDoggerel[T K`@K1KNormal.[T Lt@[T L@L'Hair-splits' LAfrit[T La@L1LClues concern hair.[T Mt@[T M@ M'Pets'MDoggerel[T Mb@M1MClues concern pets.[T Nt@[T N@ NLatin NPollux[T Nb@N1#NLights are entered in Latin.[T Ou@[T O"@O'Twenty-six V' OAfrit[T Oa@O1OWords are regarded as numbers in base 26, with A = 1, B = 2, ..., Y = 25, Z = 0; clues mostly lead to phrases to be interpreted numerically, e.g. half-WITTED = KQWJBO, TIME and AGAIN = BAJVS.[T Pu@[T P&@P'General'PDoggerel[T Pb@P1PNormal.[T Q u@[T Q)@Q'Gradatim IV' QAfrit[T Qa@Q1RQLights are 'steps in a train of thought', each vaguely suggesting the next.[T R0u@[T R-@ RGreek RPollux[T R c@R1#RLights are entered in Greek.[T S@u@[T S0@S'Utopia'SDoggerel[T Sb@S1%SClues concern various utopias.[T TPu@[T T4@T'Diagonal V' TAfrit[T Tb@T47TDiagonals spell SOVIET RUSSIA and FASCIST ITALY.[T U`u@[T U7@U'Miscellaneous'UDoggerel[T U`@U1UNormal.[T Vpu@[T V;@V'Ecclestiastical' VAfrit[T Va@V1,VClues concern ecclesiastical matters.[T Wu@[T W>@ WLatin WCastor[T Wc@W1#WLights are entered in Latin.[T Xu@[T XB@X'Pseudonyms'XDoggerel[T Xb@X1 XClues concern pseudonyms.[T Yu@[T YE@Y'Bishop's Move' YAfrit[T Ya@Y1YLights are entered diagonally, ending at the edge of the grid.Some lights form 'FROM EAST AND SOUTH THE HOLY CLAN OF BISHOPS GATHERED TO A MAN; TO SYNOD CALLED PAN-ANGLICAN IN FLOCKING CROWDS THEY CAME'.[T Zu@[T ZI@Z'General'ZDoggerel[T Zb@Z1ZClues are in doggerel.[T [u@[T [L@ [Greek [Castor[T [c@[1#[Lights are entered in Greek.[T \u@[T \P@\'W.S. Gilbert'\Doggerel[T \c@\1.\Clues concern writings of W.S. Gilbert.[T ]u@[T ]S@"]'The Knight and the Castle' ]Afrit[T ]a@]1]Certain knight's paths spell 'PRINCE, PRIDE MUST HAVE A FALL. WHAT IS THE WORTH OF ALL YOUR STATE'S SUPREME URBANITIES? BAD AT THE BEST'S THE GAM. WELL MIGHT THE SAGE EXCLAIM:- 'O VANITY OF VANITIES!''][T ^u@[T ^W@^'Miscellaneous'^Doggerel[T ^b@^1^Normal.[T _v@[T _Z@ _Latin _Pollux[T _e@_1#_Lights are entered in Latin.[T `v@[T `^@`'The Daughter Tongue' `Afrit[T `a@`1?`Narrative in the form of a poem concerning Americanisms.[T a v@[T aa@a'Christmas Bells'aDoggerel[T ac@a1aClues concern Christmas.[T b0v@[T be@b'Cross-number XIII' bAfrit[T b@]@b4QbNumerical puzzle concerning triangles with integral sides and area 13,860.[T c@v@[T ch@c'A Puzzle for 12th Day'cDoggerel[T cb@c1+cClues all involve the number twelve.[T dPv@[T dl@ dGreek dPollux[T db@d1#dLights are entered in Greek.[T e`v@[T eo@e'Plum-stones' eAfrit[T ea@e1:eClues concern one or more of 'tinker, tailor, ...'.[T fpv@[T fs@f'Miscellaneous'fDoggerel[T fb@f1fNormal.[T gv@[T gv@g'Cross-number XIV' gAfrit[T g@]@g4KgNumerical puzzle concerning triangles with integral sides and areas.[T hv@[T hz@ hLatin hCastor[T hc@h1#hLights are entered in Latin.[T iv@[T i}@i'Comic Poets'iDoggerel[T ic@i1!iClues concern comic poets.[T jv@[T j@j'Tinker' jAfrit[T ja@j1jClues concern tinkers.[T kv@[T k@k'General'kDoggerel[T kb@k1kClues are in doggerel.[T lv@[T l@lGreek Crossword lCastor[T lc@l1#lLights are entered in Greek.[T mv@[T m@m'To Any Reader' mAfrit[T m e@m4/mClues are literary, and are in doggerel.[T nv@[T n@n'Tailor' nAfrit[T na@n1nClues concern tailors.[T ow@[T o@o'Swinburne'oDoggerel[T ob@o1oClues concern Swinburne.[T pw@[T p@p'Miscellaneous'pDoggerel[T pb@p1pNormal.[T q w@[T q@ qLatin qPollux[T q e@q1#qLights are entered in Latin.[T r0w@[T r@r'Soldier' rAfrit[T ra@r1rClues concern soldiers.[T s@w@[T s@s'An Old Story'sDoggerel[T sb@s15sNarrative concerning the mutiny on the Bounty.[T tPw@[T t@t'Cryptogram III' tAfrit[T ta@t1tDown lights are entered using a substitution cipher; unclued lights form MARSHAL FACTS FROM GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRIVATE INFORMATION FOR MAJOR SUCCESS.[T u`w@[T u@ uGreek uPollux[T u e@u1#uLights are entered in Greek.[T vpw@[T v@v'Sailor' vAfrit[T va@v1vClues concern sailors.[T ww@[T w@w'Clowns'wDoggerel[T wa@w1wClues concern clowns.[T xw@[T x@x'Printer's Devilry' xAfrit[T xa@x1[xClues are PD (in some cases the omitted letters form not one word but two or three).[T yw@[T y@ yLatin yCastor[T yc@y1#yLights are entered in Latin.[T zw@[T z@z'Old Gems'zDoggerel[T zb@z1)zClues concern literary references.[T {w@[T {@#{Analysis of Unknown Solution {Proton[T {a@{1{Clues concern chemistry.[T |w@[T |@|'Rich Man' |Afrit[T |a@|1|Clues concern rich men.[T }w@[T }@}'Re-Hash'}Doggerel[T }`@}18}Clues are taken from earlier puzzles by Doggerel.[T ~w@[T ~@ ~Greek ~Castor[T ~c@~1#~Lights are entered in Greek.[T x@[T @'Dress'Doggerel[T a@1Clues concern dress.[T x@[T @'New Century' Afrit[T a@2Clues are in doggerel.[T  x@[T @'Ben Jonson'Doggerel[T b@1 Clues concern Ben Jonson.[T 0x@[T @ Latin Pollux[T  e@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T @x@[T @'Holiday Task' Afrit[T a@1)Narrative in the form of a letter.[T Px@[T @'Similes'Doggerel[T b@1Clues involve similes.[T `x@[T @'Biblical VIII' Afrit[T a@1Clues concern the Bible.[T px@[T @ Greek Pollux[T  e@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T x@[T @'Musical Composition' Proton[T a@1Clues concern music.[T x@[T @'What For?' Afrit[T a@1fClues are of the form '? for ___', e.g. 'M for ___' leads to SIZE, 'Z for ___' leads to EFFECT.[T x@[T @'Children's Hour'Doggerel[T b@14Clues concern fairy tales and nursery rhymes.[T x@[T @*Analysis of Unknown Solution. No. 2 Proton[T a@1Clues concern chemistry.[T x@[T @ Latin Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T x@[T @'Playfair' Afrit[T  e@1d12 lights are entered Playfair-coded, with the code-square entered in the centre of the grid.Whiskerando[T x@[T @Literary competition.[T x@[T @'Cross-number XV' Afrit[T b@1]Numerical puzzle, printed with an error which made it insoluble; corrected as no. 405.[T y@[T @ Greek Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T y@[T @'General'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are in doggerel.[T  y@[T  @Literary competition.[T 0y@[T  @'Gradatim V' Afrit[T a@1RLights are 'steps in a train of thought', each vaguely suggesting the next.[T @y@[T @'Devilled Latin' Pollux[T  e@16Clues are PD, and they and lights are in Latin.[T Py@[T @'Cross-number XV' Afrit[T b@13Numerical puzzle; corrected form of no. 399.[T `y@[T @Dickens and ChristmasLiterary competition.[T py@[T @'Time, Weather and News'Doggerel[T b@1+Clues concern time, weather or news.[T y@[T @'Twenty-six VI' Afrit[T a@1Words are regarded as numbers in base 26, with A = 1, B = 2, ..., Y = 25, Z = 0; clues mostly lead to phrases to be interpreted numerically, e.g. SAVED from WRECK = DPHXG, WOODEN WALLs = TXCHJFNAZL.[T y@[T "@ Greek Pollux[T  e@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T y@[T %@'Anagram Tangram' Proton[T a@1/Lights are anagrams of answers to clues.[T y@[T )@SalijokLiterary competition.[T y@[T ,@'Brevities'Doggerel[T b@1@Some lights contain SIGNS or SYMBOLS, e.g. SUR+, REPRIM&.[T y@[T 0@ Latin Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T y@[T 3@'Diagonal VI' Afrit[T b@4PClues are in doggerel; diagonals spell HAPPY-GO-LUCKY and DEVIL-MAY-CARE.[T y@[T 7@ SamothLiterary competition.[T z@[T :@'General'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are in doggerel.[T z@[T >@ Greek Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T  z@[T A@Current Topics Proton[T a@1Clues concern radio.[T 0z@[T E@'Afrit' Afrit[T a@1&Grid forms a portrait of Afrit.[T @z@[T H@Literary competition.[T Pz@[T L@'Miscellaneous'Doggerel[T b@1Normal.[T `z@[T O@Latin. Horace Pollux[T  e@1BLights are entered in Latin; clues concern works of Horace.[T pz@[T S@'Diagonal VII' Afrit[T b@47Diagonals spell HATCHET-FACED and LANTERN-JAWED.[T z@[T V@Literary competition.[T z@[T Z@Music II Proton[T a@1Clues concern music.[T z@[T ]@Greek. Sophocles Pollux[T a@1ELights are entered in Greek; clues concern works of Sophocles.[T z@[T a@'On 8As' [Puns]Doggerel[T b@1!Narrative concerning puns.[T z@[T d@Literary competition.[T z@[T h@'Conventional' Afrit[T f@4Grid has black squares.[T z@[T l@'Latin' Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T z@[T o@)Analysis of Unknown Solution No. 3 Proton[T a@1Clues concern chemistry.[T {@[T s@'Miscellaneous'Doggerel[T b@1Normal.[T {@[T v@Literary competition.[T  {@[T z@'Amends' Afrit[T  e@4Normal.[T 0{@[T }@'Greek' Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T @{@[T @'Chapter Headings' Proton[T a@12Most clues are incomplete chapter headings.[T P{@[T @'Re-Hash II'Doggerel[T b@18Clues are taken from earlier puzzles by Doggerel.[T `{@[T @Names - IScorpio[T a@1FLights are proper names, mostly clued by incomplete quotations.[T p{@[T @ Latin Pollux[T  e@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T {@[T @Anagram Tangram II Proton[T a@1/Lights are anagrams of answers to clues.[T {@[T @'General'Doggerel[T b@1Clues are in doggerel.[T {@[T @Names IIScorpio[T a@1FLights are proper names, mostly clued by incomplete quotations.[T {@[T @ Greek Pollux[T c@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T {@[T @Music III Proton[T a@1Clues concern music.[T {@[T @'Miscellaneous'Doggerel[T b@1Normal.[T {@[T @'Bridge'Scorpio[T a@1Clues concern bridge.[T {@[T @ Art I Proton[T a@1Clues concern art.[T |@[T @Latin Crossword Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T |@[T @'Head or Tail'Doggerel[T [@1FEach answer is made up of two words, one of which is the light.[T  |@[T @'Geography' Nomad[T a@1Clues concern geography.[T 0|@[T @'Football'Scorpio[T a@1Clues concern football.[T @|@[T @Greek - Euripides Castor[T c@1ELights are entered in Greek; clues concern works of Euripides.[T P|@[T @'Suggestions'Doggerel[T b@1BMany clues include definitions of homophones of the lights.[T `|@[T @'Phraseological' Afrit[T h@2"Several lights are phrases.[T p|@[T @'What For?' Proton[T a@1iClues are of the form '? for ___', e.g. 'I for ___' leads to NOVELLO, 'X for ___' leads to EASTER.[T |@[T @Latin. Virgil Pollux[T  e@1BLights are entered in Latin; clues concern works of Virgil.[T |@[T @Cross-number Abdul[T b@1vNumerical puzzle; clues are of the form (a,b,c) where a + c = 2b and a + b, a + c, b + c are all squares.[T |@[T @'Christmas Thoughts'Doggerel[T b@1Clues concern Christmas.[T |@[T @Football IIScorpio[T a@1mClues concern football; some lights form 'SHOOTS AGAINST THE DUSKY POLE FACING TOWARD THE OTHER GOAL'.[T |@[T @Alphabet Proton[T a@1a26 lights begin with different letters; the others, clued by quotations, all begin with S.[T |@[T @Graeco-Roman Pollux[T  e@19Across lights are entered in Latin, down in Greek.[T |@[T @'Burns'Doggerel[T b@1$Clues concern works of Burns.[T |@[T @'Parson's Pleasure' Afrit[T  l@1&Clues concern clerical matters.[T }@[T @Question and AnswerScorpio[T a@1jLights are homophones of questions, to which the clues are answers; clues also contain definitions.[T }@[T @ Latin Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T  }@[T @)Analysis of Unknown Solution No. 4 Proton[T a@ 1RClues concern chemistry.[T 0}@[T @'A Literary Crossword'Doggerel[T d@29Grid is Times-style; clues concern literary works.[T @}@[T @'Absent Friends' Afrit[T  e@1Lights are words omitted from a poem, including 38 surnames; the remainder is presented with gaps closed and different line spacing.[T P}@[T @ Greek Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T `}@[T @Kaleidoscopic Tiber[T  e@1Normal.[T p}@[T @Football - IIIScorpio[T ^@ 2RECertain squares are occupied by two teams of football players.[T }@[T @Chapter Headings II Proton[T a@12Most clues are incomplete chapter headings.[T }@[T @'Miscellaneous'Doggerel[T b@1Normal.[T }@[T @ Latin Pollux[T c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T }@[T  @'Two minus One' Afrit[T  e@1Each clue leads to three words, of which the third is contained in the juxtaposition of the first two; the light is the remainder.[T }@[T  @Bridge IIScorpio[T a@1gClues concern bridge; unclued lights form 'HIS VERY SERVICEABLE SUIT OF BLACK WAS COURTLY ONCE'.[T }@[T @Music - IV Proton[T a@1Clues concern music.[T }@[T @ Greek Pollux[T c@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T }@[T @'General'Doggerel[T b@1Normal.[T ~@[T @'Printer's Devilry' - II Afrit[T a@1Clues are PD.[T ~@[T @'L.S.D.'Scorpio[T a@1Clues concern money.[T  ~@[T "@ Latin Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T 0~@[T %@'Astronomy' Proton[T h@1Clues concern astronomy.[T @~@[T )@'Miscellaneous'Doggerel[T b@1Normal.[T P~@[T ,@'Acrostic' Afrit[T b@4gInitial letters of lights spell THE CROSSWORD SETTER (across) and THE DOG HAS HIS POINTS (down).[T `~@[T 0@'Cricket'Scorpio[T a@1wClues concern cricket; unclued lights form 'THAT CROWDED HOUR OF GLORIOUS LIVES - TEN OF THEM, ALL FROM DRIVES!'[T p~@[T 3@ Greek Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T ~@[T 7@'Cryptonym' Proton[T a@ 1R10 lights are encoded using the middle two rows of the grid, containing the codeword followed by the rest of the alphabet in order; each letter becomes that above or below it.Hudibras[T ~@[T :@'Re-Hash III'Doggerel[T `@18Clues are taken from earlier puzzles by Doggerel.[T ~@[T >@'Cross-number XVI' Afrit[T  e@1JNumerical puzzle concerning triangles with integral sides and area.[T ~@[T A@ Latin Poets at Brundisium Pollux[T c@1wNarrative put together from quotations from Lucretius, Catullus, Virgil and Horace; lights are entered in Latin.[T ~@[T E@ H.C.F.Scorpio[T b@1Clues in each direction are given in alphabetical order of their lights; clues are also given to words which can be formed from the letters common to two lights of the same length.[T ~@[T H@'Bret Harte'Doggerel[T a@1)Clues concern works of Bret Harte.[T ~@[T L@Art - II Proton[T a@ 1RClues concern art.[T ~@[T O@Twisted CluesScorpio[T b@1\Clues have been anagrammatised word by word, one word sometimes becoming two or more.[T @[T S@ Greek Pollux[T  e@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T @[T V@'Extra Helpful' Afrit[T b@4Normal.[T  @[T Z@'Miscellaneous'Doggerel[T b@1Normal.[T 0@[T ]@ Golf Proton[T a@1Clues concern golf.[T @@[T a@ Latin Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T P@[T d@Dead LettersScorpio[T a@1VEach light loses a letter on entry; omitted letters exhaust the alphabet twice.[T `@[T h@)Analysis of Unknown Solution No. 5 Proton[T a@1Clues concern chemistry.[T p@[T k@'Biblical IX' Afrit[T a@1>Solutions are words in the A.V. or R.V. text or margin.[T @[T o@GeometryScorpio[T b@1Clues concern geometry.[T @[T r@MiscellaneousDoggerel[T b@1Normal.[T @[T v@'El-em-en-tary'Jabberwock[T @]@1aEach letter E in the lights is replaced by L, M or N (as given by the intersecting light).[T @[T y@Anglo-French Proton[T b@ 4R4Across lights are in English, down in French.[T @[T }@ Greek Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Greek.[T @[T @Names IIIScorpio[T b@1Most of the unchecked letters are arranged in twelve classes; the letters within each can be arranged to form a name, which is clued.[T @[T @'Acrostic II' Afrit[T b@4PInitial letters of lights spell PROPER GOOSE GOBBLES GOEBBELS PROPAGANDA.[T @[T @'Gambits'Josephus[T b@1YMany clues involve quotations, taken from the opening sentences of literary works.[T @[T @Music V Proton[T a@1Clues concern music.[T @[T @GeneralDoggerel[T b@1Clues are couplets.[T @[T @H.C.F. IIScorpio[T a@1Clues in each direction are given in alphabetical order of their lights; clues are also given to words which can be formed from the letters common to two lights of the same length.[T @[T @ Latin Pollux[T  e@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T  @[T @Alphabet II Proton[T a@1K26 lights begin with different letters; the others all begin with A.[T (@[T @Cross Number Abdul[T b@1YNumerical puzzle concerning solutions to x y = pz for p prime and < 100.[T 0@[T @ Sirius[T d@4Grid is Times-style.[T 8@[T @'Old Gems'Doggerel[T b@1Normal.[T @@[T @General Sirius[T @`@1Normal.[T H@[T @Blue PencilScorpio[T b@ 4R?Each clue has omitted letters which appear in the light.[T P@[T  @  Sirius[T  @d@ 2 Grid is Times-style.[T X@[T  @  Greek  Pollux[T   e@ 1, Lights are entered in Greek capitals.[T `@[T  @ General  Sirius[T  ^@ 1 Normal.[T h@[T  @ Architecture  Proton[T  `@  1R" Clues concern architecture.[T p@[T  @  Sirius[T  @c@ 2 Grid is Times-style.[T x@[T @ 'Inns'Doggerel[T a@1Clues concern inns.[T @[T @ Sirius[T @`@1Normal.[T @[T @'Word-Ladder II' Afrit[T h@4XLights are rungs of a 6-letter word-ladder; some, and the other rungs, are clued.[T @[T @ Sirius[T c@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @Aviation Proton[T a@1Clues concern aviation.[T @[T @ Sirius[T c@1Normal.[T @[T @'Thomas Hardy'Doggerel[T b@1-Clues refer to novels of Thomas Hardy.[T @[T @ Sirius[T d@4Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @'Slang and the Like'Jabberwock[T a@1Clues concern slang.[T @[T @ Sirius[T @`@1Normal.[T Ȁ@[T @Cross-number Algy[T @]@4@Numerical puzzle with lights forming Pythagorean triples.[T Ѐ@[T @A Little Bit of Nonsense Sirius[T d@2&Narrative; grid is Times-style.[T ؀@[T @'Catullus'Doggerel[T c@1'Clues concern poems of Catullus.[T @[T @ Sirius[T @`@1Normal.[T @[T @'Re-Hash IV'Doggerel[T b@18Clues are taken from earlier puzzles by Doggerel.[T @[T @ Sirius[T d@4Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @Mishmash Tracer[T  e@ 1RNormal.[T @[T @ Sirius[T ^@1Normal.[T @[T  @ Checking Up Scorpio[T  b@ 1( Normal with no unchecked letters.[T !@[T !@!A Nursery Flavour !Sirius[T !@d@ !1R;!Grid is Times-style; clues relate to nursery rhymes.[T "@[T "@"'Double Acrostic' "Afrit[T "b@"4|"Initial and final letters of across lights spell 'GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND' and ENGLAND, HOME AND BEAUTY respectively.[T # @[T # @#Colourful #Sirius[T #a@#1B#All across lights are words or phrases prefaced by colours.[T $(@[T $ @ $Chess $Proton[T $`@$1y$Central 8 x 8 square is shaded as a chess-board, with 16 pieces acting as blocked squares; clues are all thematic.[T %0@[T %@ %Sirius[T %d@%2%Grid is Times-style.[T &8@[T &@&Latin Word-Ladder &Pollux[T &h@&4^&Lights are rungs of a 6-letter Latin word-ladder; some, and the other rungs, are clued.[T '@@[T '@ 'Sirius[T '@`@'1'Normal.[T (H@[T (@('Means Test'(Jabberwock[T (a@(1p(Clues ending in question-marks are misdefinitions of the lights, e.g. 'Remove from bed?' leads to DEBUNK.[T )P@[T )@ )Sirius[T )@d@)2)Grid is Times-style.[T *X@[T *!@*Anglo-French 2 *Proton[T *b@ *4R4*Across lights are in English, down in French.[T +`@[T +%@ +Sirius[T +@d@+2+Grid is Times-style.[T ,h@[T ,(@,Mishmash ,Tracer[T , e@ ,1R-,Normal; main diagonals are also clued.[T -p@[T -,@ -Sirius[T -a@-1-Normal.[T .x@[T ./@.'Spitfire and Hurricane'.Jabberwock[T . e@.1,.Most clues concern dragons and winds.[T /@[T /3@ /Sirius[T /@`@/1/Normal.[T 0@[T 06@0'Printer's Devilry III' 0Afrit[T 0b@040Clues are PD.[T 1@[T 1:@ 1Greek 1Pollux[T 1 e@11,1Lights are entered in Greek capitals.[T 2@[T 2=@ 2Sirius[T 2d@222Grid is Times-style.[T 3@[T 3A@ 3Sirius[T 3@`@313Normal.[T 4@[T 4D@4'General'4Doggerel[T 4b@414Normal.[T 5@[T 5H@ 5Sirius[T 5d@525Grid is Times-style.[T 6@[T 6K@6Triple Entente 1 6Proton[T 6b@6146NW-SE diagonals are all words, and are clued.[T 7@[T 7O@ 7Sirius[T 7@`@717Normal.[T 8ȁ@[T 8R@8Jabberwock[T 8f@818Normal.[T 9Ё@[T 9V@ 9Sirius[T 9@d@929Grid is Times-style.[T :؁@[T :Y@:Rhymeless:Scorpio[T :b@ :4RD:Clues are couplets from which the last word has been removed.[T ;@[T ;]@ ;Sirius[T ;@`@;1;Normal.[T <@[T <`@<Brevities II<Doggerel[T <b@<1=<Some lights contain SIGNS or SYMBOLS, e.g. TER-, NON+.[T =@[T =d@ =Sirius[T =d@=4=Grid is Times-style.[T >@[T >g@>A Rainy Theme >Joxon[T >c@>1'>Several lights are CATs or DOGs.[T ?@[T ?k@ ?Sirius[T ?a@?1?Normal.[T @@[T @n@@Alphabet III @Proton[T @b@@1L@26 lights begin with different letters; the others begin with vowels.[T A@[T Ar@ ASirius[T Ac@A2AGrid is Times-style.[T B@[T Bu@ BLatin BPollux[T Bc@B1#BLights are entered in Latin.[T C @[T Cy@CGeographical CSirius[T C_@C1&CSeveral lights are place-names.[T D(@[T D|@ DToday DJoxon[T Da@D1DClues concern May Day.[T E0@[T E@ ESirius[T E@d@E2EGrid is Times-style.[T F8@[T F@FEngineering? FTracer[T F e@ F1R&FSome clues concern engineering.[T G@@[T G@GServices GSirius[T G`@G1GNormal.[T HH@[T H@HQuestion and Answer - IIHScorpio[T Ha@H1jHLights are homophones of questions, to which the clues are answers; clues also contain definitions.[T IP@[T I@ ISirius[T I@d@I2IGrid is Times-style.[T JX@[T J@ JPisces JProton[T Ja@J1(JSeveral lights are names of fish.[T K`@[T K@ KJune KJoxon[T Ka@K1'KClues concern the month of June.[T Lh@[T L@LRhymeless IILScorpio[T Lb@ L4RDLClues are couplets from which the last word has been removed.[T Mp@[T M@ MSirius[T M`@M1MNormal.[T Nx@[T N@ NLatin NCastor[T N e@N1#NLights are entered in Latin.[T O@[T O@OA Burning Question OJoxon[T Oa@O1"OSeveral clues concern FIRE.[T P@[T P@*PAnalysis of Unknown Solution, No. 6 PProton[T Pa@ P1RPClues concern chemistry.[T Q@[T Q@QGeneralQDoggerel[T Qb@Q1QNormal.[T R@[T R@ RPlain RJoxon[T Ra@R1,RSeveral lights are anagrams of PLAIN.[T S@[T S@SGeneral SSirius[T S e@ S4RSGrid is Times-style.[T T@[T T@TQuestion and Answer IIITScorpio[T Tb@T1dTLights are omitted from lines of verse, which form rhyming couplets of questions and answers.[T U@[T U@UClericlews UProton[T Uh@U16USeveral lights are omitted from five clerihews.[T V@[T V@VDvork Centenary VKick[T V e@V1VClues concern Dvork.[T W@[T W@WCreators and CreaturesWJabberwock[T We@W4[W18 6-letter unclued lights are the names of authors and characters from their works.[T XȂ@[T X@XGeneral XSirius[T X@`@X1XNormal.[T YЂ@[T Y@YNursery RhymesYDoggerel[T Yc@Y1$YClues concern nursery rhymes.[T Z؂@[T Z@ZA Bit Fishy ZJoxon[T Za@Z1(ZSeveral lights are names of fish.[T [@[T [@[General [Sirius[T [e@ [1R[Grid is Times-style.[T \@[T \@\Triple Entente II \Proton[T \b@\14\NW-SE diagonals are all words, and are clued.[T ]@[T ]@]Transquotations]Scorpio[T ]b@ ]4R|]Each clue is a quotation, in which one word (the light) has been replaced by a word from one of the other quotations.[T ^@[T ^@^Menagerie^Jabberwock[T ^ e@^1l^26 unclued lights are 'names' of animals in real life, art etc.; their initials exhaust the alphabet.[T _@[T _@_A Little Rugger _Sirius[T _c@_2_Grid is Times-style.[T `@[T `@`A Literary Crossword`Doggerel[T `d@`2`Grid is Times-style.[T a@[T a@ aGreek aPollux[T a e@a1,aLights are entered in Greek capitals.[T b@[T b@&bRare (and, I Hope, Refreshing!) bJoxon[T ba@b1bNormal.[T c @[T c@cGeneral cSirius[T c@`@c1cNormal.[T d(@[T d@dAlphabet IV dProton[T da@d1Ld26 lights begin with different letters; the others begin with vowels.[T e0@[T e@eMishmash eTracer[T e@`@e1eNormal.[T f8@[T f@fOne Hundred Years Ago fLingo[T f@`@f1]fSeveral clues are incomplete quotations from works written or first published in 1841.[T g@@[T g@gGeneral gSirius[T g@`@g1gNormal.[T hH@[T h@hTheme I hProton[T ha@h1]hEach across light contains 3 consecutive letters in alphabetical order, e.g. CALMNESS.[T iP@[T i@iLisped in NumbersiScorpio[T ib@ i4RiNarrative in verse.[T jX@[T j@jMathematical jAlgy[T ja@j1!jClues concern mathematics.[T k`@[T k@kGeneral kSirius[T kc@k2kGrid is Times-style.[T lh@[T l@lFreedomlDoggerel[T lc@l1lClues concern freedom; unclued lights form 'WE MUST BE FREE OR DIE, WHO SPEAK THE TONGUE THAT SHAKESPEARE SPAKE; THE FAITH AND MORALS HOLD WHICH MILTON HELD'.[T mp@[T m @mAeronautical mKick[T m e@m1 mClues concern aeroplanes.[T nx@[T n@nTheme II nProton[T nb@n1knAcross lights are pairs of words which can be spoonerised; clues define both halves in each version.[T o@[T o@oGeneral oSirius[T o@d@o2oGrid is Times-style.[T p@[T p@pA Bit Fishy (2) pJoxon[T pa@p1pClues concern fish.[T q@[T q@qWhite Knight's MoveqJabberwock[T qa@q1=qQuotation clues lead to words which define the lights.[T r@[T r@ rLatin rCastor[T rb@r1#rLights are entered in Latin.[T s@[T s!@sGeneral sSirius[T sd@s2sGrid is Times-style.[T t@[T t$@ tSpring tJoxon[T ta@t1tClues concern spring.[T u@[T u(@u221B RevisiteduPeter Quince[T ua@u19uItalicised clues refer to Sherlock Holmes stories.[T v@[T v+@vThe JourneyvSystemat[T vS@ v2R-vNumerical puzzle concerning a journey.[T w@[T w/@wFood for ThoughtwDoggerel[T wb@w1wClues concern food.[T xȃ@[T x2@xGeneral xSirius[T x@]@x1xNormal.[T yЃ@[T y6@ySmoking Concert yProton[T ya@y1yClues concern smoking.[T z؃@[T z9@zPuzzled PuzzlerszScorpio[T zb@ z4R.zSeveral lights are anagrams of setters.[T {@[T {=@{Two to One Bar One {Joxon[T {a@{1{Normal.[T |@[T |@@|General |Sirius[T |d@|2|Grid is Times-style.[T }@[T }D@}Gambits II}Josephus[T }`@}1Y}Many clues involve quotations, taken from the opening sentences of literary works.[T ~@[T ~G@~Dickens ~Dexter[T ~]@ ~4R2~Grid is Times-style; clues concern Dickens.[T @[T K@Music VI Proton[T a@1Clues concern music.[T @[T N@General Sirius[T @^@1Normal.[T @[T R@Differences Tracer[T a@1Each clue defines two words; the light is an anagram of the difference between them. Unclued lights form 'COME, SIR, ARISE, AWAY! I'LL TEACH YOU DIFFERENCES'.[T @[T U@ Summer Joxon[T a@1Clues concern summer.[T  @[T Y@Loose CouplingsScorpio[T b@ 4RNormal.[T (@[T \@ 'Of Cabbages - and Kings'Jabberwock[T c@1<Clues quote the song of the Walrus and the Carpenter.[T 0@[T `@General Sirius[T e@ 2RGrid is Times-style.[T 8@[T c@Lettergram I Proton[T a@1Across lights may run from the end of one row to the beginning of the next; ignoring bars, they read as an excerpt from a business letter.[T @@[T g@ProverbialJabberwock[T `@ 1R$Many clues refer to proverbs.[T H@[T j@ Latin Pollux[T c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T P@[T n@General Sirius[T @]@1Normal.[T X@[T q@The OfficeSystemat[T S@ 2R-Numerical puzzle concerning an office.[T `@[T u@Gilbert and Sullivan Joxon[T a@15Clues refer to Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.[T h@[T x@Logogriph Tracer[T `h@1`Central row contains DUELIST and CHAMFRON; all other lights are made up of these letters.[T p@[T |@General Sirius[T @`@1Normal.[T x@[T @TennysonDoggerel[T c@2OGrid is Times-style; clues refer to works of Tennyson (died 06/10/1892).[T @[T @Soulless Jim[T `@1/All except four lights lose ST on entry.[T @[T @ JigsawJabberwock[T \@2jSeven clued 7-letter lights each divide into a 3- and a 4-letter word; these are entered elsewhere.[T @[T @Theme III Proton[T a@17Each across light contains 3 consecutive vowels.[T @[T @General Sirius[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @NumericalKryptos[T `@1Each clue gives the positions of the letters of the light in alphabetical order, e.g. 5-1-9-2-12-3-8-11-6-10-4-7 leads to CARAVANSERAI.[T @[T @Anagrammatical Tracer[T c@ 4R:Each light is an anagram of the answer to the clue.[T @[T @Dead Letters IScorpio[T b@ 4R_Each answer loses its initial letter on entry; the omissions exhaust the alphabet twice.[T @[T @General Sirius[T @]@1Normal.[T @[T @Greek Word-Ladder Pollux[T h@48Lights are rungs of a 6-letter Greek word-ladder.[T Ȅ@[T @The Little FarmSystemat[T U@ 2R*Numerical puzzle concerning a farm.[T Є@[T @The Unnecessary Letter Algy[T b@10Most lights lose at least one Z on entry.[T ؄@[T @Inexcusable IgnorancePeter Quince[T [@1AAll clues and lights are taken from the A.V. of the Bible.[T @[T @General Sirius[T e@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @Lays of the Laureate Lingo[T a@1LClues are incomplete quotations from poems written by Poets Laureate.[T @[T @Miscellaneous Joxon[T a@1Normal.[T @[T @Theme IV Proton[T a@ 2R;Final letters of across lights exhaust the alphabet.[T @[T @General Sirius[T d@4Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @ ZooRedling[T b@1"Most clues concern animals.[T @[T @A Mixed Bag Nimrod[T @]@1Normal.[T @[T @AnalogonymsTesremos[T f@1[Across lights are formed by analogy, e.g. SARUM = SALISBURY, so ALARUM = ALALISBURY.[T  @[T @General Sirius[T @`@1Normal.[T (@[T @AbbrevanagramPotomac[T ^@14Lights are acronymic anagrams of the answers.[T 0@[T @Artists Jim[T _@1Clues concern artists.[T 8@[T @ Sums Tracer[T f@1Each clue defines two or more words, a composite anagram of which is the light; unclued lights form 'SUCH SUM OR SUMS AS ARE EXPRESSED IN THE CONDITION'.[T @@[T @General Sirius[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T H@[T @Remus RebusBlackrock[T a@11Clues are taken from works of Uncle Remus.[T P@[T @A Pretty Kettle of Fish Joxon[T a@1 Lights are names of fish.[T X@[T @ Towns Babs[T h@1jClues framed as questions have towns as answers, e.g. 'How did the concert go?' leads to SINGAPORE.[T `@[T @Puzzled PuzzlersScorpio[T b@ 4R?8 perimeter words together form an anagram of 8 setters.[T h@[T @General Sirius[T c@2Grid is Times-style.[T p@[T @Word Sums I Proton[T b@1Clues are equations made up of words, with each letter representing the same digit throughout the clue; lights are the corresponding numbers.[T x@[T @ChessboardTesremos[T P@1gGrid is a chessboard; there are no pawns. Each piece has two lights entered on two double moves.[T @[T @A Few Quotations Sirius[T d@4AGrid is Times-style; some clues are incomplete quotations.[T @[T @Swan-SongDoggerel[T b@1)Clues are paired to form couplets.[T @[T @Unbelievable Tale Tracer[T h@ 2R`Narrative involving EDWIN DROOD; diagonals spell DO NOT BELIEVE IT and LIST A BRIEF TALE.[T @[T @0Ten Characters in Search of their Authors Babs[T  e@1-10 characters and authors are unclued.[T @[T @Cryptogram Cocos[T `@14All clues are encoded by adding COCOSCOCOS...[T @[T @General Sirius[T @]@1Normal.[T @[T @10A 11 [Mad Mathesis] Tracer[T  e@1wDiagonals spell IMPONDERABLES and ASTARTE/OSIRIS; unclued lights form 'SEE MYSTERY TO MATHEMATICS FLY! IN VAIN!'[T @[T  @Alphabet 5 Proton[T a@1L26 lights begin with different letters; the others begin with vowels.[T @[T @Latin: Poets in Tunisia Pollux[T  e@1{Narrative as Latin dialogue between Vergil, Horace, Propertius and Ovid, each quoting from one of the others' works.[T ȅ@[T @General Sirius[T ^@1Normal.[T Ѕ@[T @Crossnumber: 121 Base Abdul[T b@1NNumerical puzzle concerning 24 triangles with integral sides and areas.[T ؅@[T @Franco-British MedleyPangloss[T ^@1.Clues are in English, lights in French.[T @[T @Topped and Tailed Babs[T b@113 clues are italicised; their lights are anagrams of the answers with first and last letters removed, these exhausting the alphabet.[T @[T  @Exempli GratiaPeter Quince[T `@1;Many lights are figures of speech clued by examples.[T @[T $@General Sirius[T @d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T '@Diagonal Cocos[T b@ 1R%Lights are entered diagonally.[T @[T +@Anagram Tangram III Proton[T a@1/Lights are anagrams of answers to clues.[T @[T .@Getting Poets DownScorpio[T `@1UAcross clues are incomplete quotations from poetry; down lights are the poets.[T @[T 2@Clothes RationJabberwock[T @^@1Clues concern clothes.[T @[T 5@General Sirius[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T  @[T 9@Wheels within Wheels Tracer[T c@1nAcross lights are synonyms of LIVE or DIE; unclued lights form 'THOUGH TO ITSELF IT ONLY LIVE AND DIE'.[T (@[T <@Untied Anagrams Babs[T b@1Each italicised clue leads to a word ending in -TY; this suffix is to be removed and an anagram of the remainder entered.[T 0@[T @@Largely NominalJabberwock[T b@1RQuotation clues lead to proper nouns appearing somewhere in the work cited.[T 8@[T C@General Sirius[T @]@1Normal.[T @@[T G@"The 2 5 [Compleat Listener] Proton[T a@12Narrative concerning the COMPLEAT LISTENER.[T H@[T J@Fifth Calumny Jim[T `@1{17 clues are anagrams of coded versions of the lights, the encoding being by adding a different letter in each case.[T P@[T N@OverlappingScorpio[T b@1<Grid is blank; lights within a row or column overlap.[T X@[T Q@General Sirius[T c@4Grid is Times-style.[T `@[T U@DoubletsTesremos[T h@4Each clue is used twice.[T h@[T X@Olla Podrida Joxon[T a@1Normal.[T p@[T \@ Latin Castor[T b@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T x@[T _@Nuts to Crack Tracer[T  e@1FAcross clues are of the form GEWD (= WINGED), leading to ALATE.[T @[T c@General Sirius[T e@ 2RGrid is Times-style.[T @[T f@Measure for MeasurePotomac[T @^@1oAcross lights are all measures, clued by the sums of their component letters, treated as Roman numerals.[T @[T j@Knight's Move Cocos[T b@1FAcross lights are normal; down lights travel by knight's moves.[T @[T m@Anglo-French Proton[T b@ 4R4Across lights are in English, down in French.[T @[T q@General Sirius[T @c@1Unclued lights form 'BRING ME MY BOW OF BURNING GOLD, ... ARROWS OF DESIRE, ... SPEAR, ... CHARIOT OF FIRE ... MENTAL FIGHT ... SWORD'[T @[T t@AnagramaniaPangloss[T ^@1/Lights are anagrams of answers to clues.[T @[T x@Signed Lines Lingo[T a@1|Clues are incomplete quotations; lights are the words or parts thereof omitted, forming anagrams of the poets' names.[T @[T {@Dead Letters IIScorpio[T b@ 4R_Each answer loses its initial letter on entry; the omissions exhaust the alphabet twice.[T @[T @General Sirius[T e@2Grid is Times-style.[T Ȇ@[T @Jig-ShawPotomac[T a@1Clues in each direction are arranged in order of length of light; initial letters of lights spell 'IN GOOD KING CHARLES'S GOLDEN DAYS' - G.B.S.[T І@[T @Olla Podrida II Joxon[T a@1Normal.[T ؆@[T @Venture atte Bowe Dugot[T f@4;Grid is Times-style; clues and lights are in French.[T @[T @ Hexads Tracer[T h@4mAll lights are 6-letter; 16 have two identical halves (e.g. MOTMOT), and clues refer only to one half.[T @[T @General Jim[T b@1Normal.[T @[T @Knight's Move II Cocos[T b@1FAcross lights are normal; down lights travel by knight's moves.[T @[T @Puzzled PuzzlersScorpio[T b@ 4RgUnclued lights form 'THOU HAST FRIGHTED THE WORD OUT OF HIS RIGHT SENSE SO FORCIBLE IS THY WIT'.[T @[T @Square-sided Triangles Abdul[T b@1|Numerical puzzle concerning pairs of triangles with integral sides and areas, two of whose sides are perfect squares.[T @[T @General Sirius[T d@4Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @A Pretty Kettle of Fish Joxon[T @^@1Clues concern angling.[T @[T @Pig in a Poke Babs[T ^@1OAcross lights are entered in the manner of FORTINBRAS becoming BRAFORTS.[T  @[T @Nouns for Towns Tracer[T  e@ 1Rx18 clues lead to nouns, the first half of which are to be changed to form towns, e.g. TUBEROSE leads to MONTROSE.[T (@[T @Kipling Sirius[T c@2'Clues refer to works of Kipling.[T 0@[T @Lovers' ABCTesremos[T  e@1Across lights are 23 adjectives, beginning with different letters of the alphabet, used in a passage from Don Quixote to describe what a lover should be.[T 8@[T @Lettergram II Proton[T a@1Across lights may run from the end of one row to the beginning of the next; ignoring bars, they read as an excerpt from a legal document.[T @@[T @Common Factor Rex[T `@1Clues are linked in couplets; the first three or more letters of the first answer of each pair appear at the beginning of the second, and are omitted in one or other position when entered.[T H@[T @Midsummer Night's ThemeBlackrock[T a@1Clues refer to fairies.[T P@[T @General Sirius[T c@1Normal.[T X@[T @Colourless Babs[T `@1SAnswers are words or phrases whose first part is a colour, removed on entry.[T `@[T @Elemental Tracer[T  l@1Lights may each be split into two or more words; clues define these in order. Unclued lights form 'FIRST UNDO THIS TANGLED THREAD, AND WIND IT TO A CLUE'.[T h@[T @ G.B.S.Jabberwock[T  l@1$Clues refer to Shavian plays.[T p@[T @General Sirius[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T x@[T @ Greek Castor[T b@1LLights are entered in Greek capitals; there are no unchecked letters.[T @[T @Extensive and PeculiarPeter Quince[T ^@1*Clues refer to the Pickwick Papers.[T @[T @Word Sums 2 Proton[T b@1Clues are equations made up of words, with each letter representing the same digit throughout the clue; lights are the corresponding numbers.[T @[T @Knight's Move III Cocos[T b@1FAcross lights are normal; down lights travel by knight's moves.[T @[T @General Sirius[T a@1Normal.[T @[T @ CodeScorpio[T a@1{24 clues lead to answers of the form ___IS___, e.g. PISTOL, AISLE; these give the code used for the remaining clues.[T @[T @Meet Dr. RomellePangloss[T ^@1%Narrative concerning a murder.[T @[T @Spellbound Marcus[T  e@1NClues are one-word definitions of (approximate) homonyms of the lights.[T @[T @General Sirius[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @ Gilbert and Sullivan (II) Joxon[T a@15Clues refer to Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.[T ȇ@[T @Unbelievable Tale II Tracer[T k@ 2RiNarrative involving ANTONY and CLEOPATRA; diagonals spell 'A POOR RELATION' and 'FORGIVE ME THAT'.[T Ї@[T @AzoonymsTesremos[T e@26Across answers lose animals to form the lights.[T ؇@[T @General Sirius[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @)Analysis of Unknown Solution No. 7 Proton[T b@ 1RClues concern chemistry.[T @[T @@'I Lisp'd in Numbers'Scorpio[T b@ 4RSClues are the products of the numerical values of the letters in the lights.[T @[T @Knight's Move IV Cocos[T b@1FAcross lights are normal; down lights travel by knight's moves.[T @[T @Hara-Kiri Rex[T @`@1[Each clue defines two words; the first is removed from the second to form the light.[T @[T @General Sirius[T b@1Normal.[T @[T @@Literary Curiosity Babs[T c@1Narrative poem.[T @[T  @Aircraft RecognitionScorpio[T e@1Most clues are incomplete quotations, concerning names of aircraft; unclued lights form 'LET BRISKER YOUTHS THEIR ACTIVE NERVES PREPARE, FIT THEIR LIGHT SILKEN WINGS AND SKIM THE BUXOM AIR'.[T @[T  @Tied in Knots Nimrod[T @]@1iA spiral reads 'AT CHRISTMAS I NO MORE DESIRE A ROSE THAN WISH A SNOW IN MAY'S NEW-FANGLED MIRTH'.[T  @[T  @General Sirius[T c@ 4RGrid is Times-style.[T (@[T @@Jig-Shaw - IIPotomac[T e@1Clues in each direction are arranged in order of length of light; initial letters of lights spell CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION - STRAND.[T 0@[T @TrilemmaNicholas[T  e@13Each clue defines two anagrams of the light.[T 8@[T @Asymbolic Cocos[T b@ 4R`Each answer begins with a different chemical element, which is removed to form the light.[T @@[T @General Sirius[T a@1Normal.[T H@[T @@Semi-Pseudonyms Lingo[T h@1?Most lights are pseudonyms and real surnames of authors.[T P@[T  @ Olla Podrida (III)  Joxon[T  a@ 1 Normal.[T X@[T  @ Chop and Change  Jim[T  a@ 1T All clues have been divided in two, with the second half appearing elsewhere.[T `@[T  @ General  Sirius[T  c@ 2 Grid is Times-style.[T h@[T  @@ Algebra  Dixie[T  @T@ 1 Numerical puzzle.[T p@[T  @! Animal, Vegetable, Mineral Tesremos[T  h@ 4 Lights are grouped in threes, one being animal, one vegetable and one mineral. Clues are to homophones of the three run together, e.g. 'I Susan, a lover of ale, regret liquor burning' leads to "I, beery Sue, ruw booze afire" which gives IBERIS, URUBU, SAP6  PHIRE.[T x@[T @Mishmash Tracer[T  e@ 1RETop left      !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~-hand corner of grid is almost a 7-letter word square.[T @[T !@The Knights Move Cocos[T  e@1?Down lights are normal; others travel by knight's moves.[T @[T @#@General Sirius[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T %@Cryptonym 2 Proton[T a@1Perimeter lights are encoded using the middle two rows of the grid, containing the codeword followed by the rest of the alphabet in order; each letter becomes that above or below it.Palmerston[T @[T &@This and That Marcus[T c@115 clues lead to pairs of lights, one entered across and one down so that they intersect, in locations to be discovered.[T @[T (@Dead Letters IIIScorpio[T b@ 4R_Each answer loses its initial letter on entry; the omissions exhaust the alphabet twice.[T @[T @*@General Sirius[T `@1Normal.[T @[T ,@Plus-WordsPotomac[T `@1Each answer must have a letter inserted to form the light (another word); the missing letter appears in the clue in the required position, e.g. 'Mix up a rich mate' leads to RHEMATIC which becomes RHEUMATIC.[T @[T -@Victory AcrosticTesremos[T b@2^Initial letters of lights spell 'WITH FREEDOM'S LION-BANNER BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES'.[T @[T /@"The Anagrammatist's Library Lingo[T  e@1^Clues are anagrams of titles and authors; lights are significant words from the titles.[T Ȉ@[T @1@Prime-itive Abdul[T b@1ENumerical puzzle concerning arithmetic progressions of primes.[T Ј@[T 3@General Sirius[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T ؈@[T 4@In Your GardenPangloss[T @^@1#Narrative concerning plants.[T @[T 6@%16-42 17-39 [A Motley Mixture] Tracer[T  e@ 2R;Lights appear as letter-mixtures in order in a poem.[T @[T @8@Questionnaire Proton[T a@1*Clues are in the form of questions.[T @[T :@General Sirius[T c@1Normal.[T @[T ;@Stichomuthia Marcus[T `@1Lights may each be split into two or more words; each is clued by a line originally containing these words, in which they have been replaced by a synonym of the light.[T @[T =@Poetic NumbersScorpio[T c@1Each clue (often a fragment of verse) contains a number which is represented by x and which gives the position of the light.[T @[T  @?@ The Prisoner's Warning Tesremos[T   e@ 4H Central 5 x 5 square of grid reads ENEMY MINES UNDER NORTH ORIEL.[T !@[T !A@!General !Sirius[T !@d@!1!Grid is Times-style.[T "@[T "B@"Theme V "Proton[T "c@"1F"Grid is Times-style; across lights are all anagrams of authors.[T # @[T #D@#Arquairium#Jabberwock[T # a@#41#Many lights are names of living creatures.[T $(@[T $@F@$First Names$Redling[T $^@$1M$Clues lead to literary surnames; lights are corresponding first names.[T %0@[T %H@%Return of Peace%Scorpio[T %b@ %4R(%Narrative celebrating end of war.[T &8@[T &I@&General &Sirius[T &@d@&2&Grid is Times-style.[T '@@[T 'K@'Last Words'Potomac[T 'c@'1+'Many lights are last words of poems.[T (H@[T (@M@!(Gilbert and Sullivan (III) (Joxon[T (a@(15(Clues refer to Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.[T )P@[T )O@)Once Removed )Tracer[T ) e@)1)Central row and column read 'TOO FAR REMOVED' and 'SO NEAR RELATED'; most clues are one-word synonyms of synonyms of the lights (using different meanings).[T *X@[T *P@*General *Sirius[T *@`@*1*Normal.[T +`@[T +R@++15 Down and 20 Across [Babs' Ballad] +Babs[T + e@+1B+Some lights are omitted from a verse about Babs' pseudonym.[T ,h@[T ,@T@,Aphytonyms,Tesremos[T , e@,2F,Each across light loses something of vegetable nature on entry.[T -p@[T -V@-Verbarium I -Proton[T -c@-1-Down lights, all 4-letter, are mainly entered jumbled; anagrams of the rows are given. The grid spells a passage of verse beginning SING A SONG OF CROSSWORDS, SOLVERS OFT REGALED.[T .x@[T .W@.General .Sirius[T .e@.4.Grid is Times-style.[T /@[T /Y@ /Latin /Pollux[T / e@/1k/Lights are entered in Latin; some form 'TE, GERMANIA, MAGNI TRISTE CAPUT PEDIBUS SUPPOSUISSE IRATI'.[T 0@[T 0@[@0A Letter 0Retlaw[T 0 e@01&0Narrative in epistolatory form.[T 1@[T 1]@1Knight's Move V 1Cocos[T 1c@11F1Across lights are normal; down lights travel by knight's moves.[T 2@[T 2^@2Partial Eclipse 2Babs[T 2[@21A2All lights lose the consecutive letters ECL in some order.[T 3@[T 3`@3General 3Sirius[T 3b@313Normal.[T 4@[T 4@b@4Elemental II 4Tracer[T 4k@44T4Lights may each be split into two or more words; clues define these in order.[T 5@[T 5d@5'For the Subtile Man' 5Tyke[T 5R@52>5Lights are polynomials in x, with one term per square.[T 6@[T 6e@6Square Deal 6B.O.D.[T 6`h@616Central 5 x 5 square (almost isolated) is a Playfair codesquare; most lights are en clair with coded clues, while a few are coded and have en clair clues.6Countryside[T 7@[T 7g@7General 7Sirius[T 7d@ 74R7Grid is Times-style.[T 8ȉ@[T 8@i@ 8Winter 8Joxon[T 8a@81N8Clues refer to winter (many being quotations); some lights are jumbled.[T 9Љ@[T 9k@9Spellbound II 9Marcus[T 9c@91N9Clues are one-word definitions of (approximate) homonyms of the lights.[T :؉@[T :l@:Jig-Shaw III:Potomac[T :@^@:1:Clues in each direction are arranged in order of length of light; initial letters of lights spell LINA SZCZEPANOWSKA and EUGENE MARCHBANKS.[T ;@[T ;n@;Double Acrostic I;Tesremos[T ;c@;4;Initial and final letters of across lights spell 'THUS IN THE STILLY NIGHT' and 'BY THE NINE GODS HE SWORE' respectively.[T <@[T <@p@<General <Sirius[T <d@<2<Grid is Times-style.[T =@[T =r@ =Anagrammatist's Anthology =Lingo[T =h@=1^=Clues are anagrams of titles and authors; lights are significant words from the titles.[T >@[T >s@>Pandore as Bocks >Proton[T >a@>1>Across clues lead to words which, followed by AS and the light, form homophones of phrases, e.g. DULY leads to SEIZER, TIGHT leads to OATES.[T ?@[T ?u@?Hue and Cry ?Marcus[T ?@`@?1B?Grid is blank; bars when inserted form HI THE THIEF FLIETH.[T @@[T @@w@@General @Sirius[T @@c@@1@Normal.[T A@[T Ay@ALiteral MathematicsAScorpio[T A`h@A1@AEach letter is entered as its numerical residue modulo 5.[T B@[T Bz@BKnight's Move VI BCocos[T Bc@B1B26 lights, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, are entered along knight's moves from isolated areas.[T C @[T C|@C8 41 [The Mill] CBabs[T Cf@C13CNarrative; bar pattern resembles a windmill.[T D(@[T D@~@DGeneral DSirius[T D@d@D2DGrid is Times-style.[T E0@[T E@EWord-Ladder ETracer[T Ea@ E4R6ELights are unclued rungs of three word-ladders.[T F8@[T F@FPurely Nominal FJoxon[T Fa@F10FLights are names, mainly from literature.[T G@@[T G@GDouble-BarrelledGTesremos[T Ge@G1GGGrid has equal left and right halves apart from linking top row.[T HH@[T H@@HGeneral HSirius[T He@H2HGrid is Times-style.[T IP@[T I@ISpring Balance IB.O.D.[T Ib@I1INarrative in the form of a poem about spring; the first two lines, to be traced in the grid, are 'DELIGHT IT IS IN YOUTH AND MAY TO SEE THE SUN ARISE'.[T JX@[T J@JAlgebra II JDixie[T Jg@ J4RJNumerical puzzle.[T K`@[T K@KBlessed PlotKNicholas[T Kh@K13KClues, mainly quotations, concern gardening.[T Lh@[T L@@LCode IILScorpio[T Lb@ L2RlL12 lights have the form ___OR___, giving the code; these have normal clues, while others are encoded.[T Mp@[T M@MGeneral MSirius[T M\@M1MNormal.[T Nx@[T N@NPlus-Words IINPotomac[T Nb@N1NEach answer must have a letter inserted to form the light (another word); the missing letter appears in the clue in the required position, e.g. 'Tug inferior horse' leads to TIT which becomes TITI.[T O@[T O@OTheme VI OProton[T Ob@O1rOAcross clues are titles of poems; lights, all words, are initial letters of consecutive lines of the poems.[T P@[T P@@PIndex of First Lines PLingo[T Ph@P1UPLights are first words of poems or songs; clues are remainders of first lines.[T Q@[T Q@QGeneral QSirius[T Qd@Q4QGrid is Times-style.[T R@[T R@ REating RJoxon[T Ra@R1JRClues, mainly quotations, refer to eating; some lights are jumbled.[T S@[T S@SFour FoursSW. McNaught[T SF@S1|SNumerical puzzle, with uniqueness of solution due only to the fact that all lights may be expressed using four fours.[T T@[T T@@TA Corner in HistoryTRicardo[T Tb@T1kT1 Across is CABAL; 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Down are CLIFFORD, ASHLEY, BUCKINGHAM, ARLINGTON and LAUDERDALE.[T U@[T U@UGeneral USirius[T Ud@U2UGrid is Times-style.[T V@[T V@V2-22 [The Honeycomb] VTracer[T VV@ V2RtVGrid is hexagonal; lights are entered in three directions, jumbled apart from 'THAN HONEY AND THE HONEYCOMB'.[T W@[T W@W'Armchair' WAfrit[T Wh@W4WGrid is blank.[T XȊ@[T X@@XWithershins XCocos[T Xb@ X2RuXAcross lights, all 4-letter, form a word-ladder with consecutive rungs contiguous; no clues are given to them.[T YЊ@[T Y@YDouble Acrostic IIYTesremos[T Yb@Y2mYInitial and final letters of across lights spell BARCHESTER TOWERS and FRAMLEY PARSONAGE respectively.[T Z؊@[T Z@ZGeneral ZSirius[T Zc@Z4ZGrid is Times-style.[T [@[T [@[One Remove [Quod[T [c@[1q[Each light has a single misprint, this being just before or just after the correct letter in the alphabet.[T \@[T \@@\I Lisp'd in Numbers II\Scorpio[T \h@ \4RS\Clues are the products of the numerical values of the letters in the lights.[T ]@[T ]@]Trilemma - 2]Nicholas[T ] e@]1=]Each clue hints at the light and two anagrams thereof.[T ^@[T ^@ ^Proem ^Altair[T ^e@^4^Grid is Times-style.[T _@[T _@_Appointment with Fear_Pangloss[T _`@_1,_Narrative concerning a haunted house.[T `@[T `@@&`The X37-bibbing 37 [Gore, Ogre] `Tracer[T `h@ `2R``Narrative (with X denoting anagram); diagonals spell 'PRONOUNCED THE STORY ONE LONG LIE'.[T a@[T a@aArmchair II aAfrit[T ah@a4aGrid is blank.[T b@[T b@ bAutumn bJoxon[T ba@b1JbClues, mainly quotations, refer to autumn; some lights are jumbled.[T c @[T c@cLucky Dip cAltair[T c@d@c2cGrid is Times-style.[T d(@[T d@@dWord Sums 3 dProton[T da@d1dClues are equations made up of words, with each letter representing the same digit throughout the clue; lights are the corresponding numbers.[T e0@[T e@eMotley Mixture II eTracer[T e e@ e2ReLights appear as letter-mixtures in order in a tale; diagonals, less corner letters, spell GALLIMAUFRY and NO MAD MIXING.[T f8@[T f@fEx LibrisfJabberwock[T fa@f1fMost across clues are alternative titles to books or works; most down clues are authors' initials leading to titles forming complete sentences; in each case, lights are significant words from the (main) titles.[T g@@[T g@gCave Canem gAltair[T gd@ g4RgGrid is Times-style.[T hH@[T h@@hTwo Sees hAfrit[T he@ h2RhLights are entered diagonally, as traced by two bishops. Each clue leads as a whole to two answers, one for each bishop.[T iP@[T i@iLabyrinth iMarcus[T i@`@i1iClues are to rows and columns of words and abbreviations; in the completed grid may be traced 'MAY THE BABYLONISH CURSE STRAIGHT CONFOUND MY STAMMERING VERSE IF I CAN A PASSAGE SEE IN THIS WORD-PERPLEXITY, OR A FIT EXPRESSION FIND, OR A LANGUAGE TO MY MIN6 iD'.[T jX@[T j@jTheme VII jProton[T jh@j4qjIn each direction the two diagonals on either side of the main one spell out the alphabet in QWERTY order.[T k`@[T k@kBran Pie kAltair[T ke@ k2RkGrid is Times-style.[T lh@[T l@@lRomanticlJabberwock[T l e@l1QlUnclued lights form 7 triplets of 'the time, the place and the loved one'.[T mp@[T m@mWord Squares mTracer[T mP@ m4RmGrid comprises 4 word-squares; the diagonals spell CROSSWORD PUZZLES. Clues give numerical sums of the words of the squares.[T nx@[T n@nAnonymsnTesremos[T n e@n29nEach across light loses a Christian name on entry.[T o@[T o@oDouble AnagramsoMaragan[T ob@ o4RsoEach clue has two parts: one is an anagram of a synonym of a light, the other a synonym of an anagram of it.[T p@[T p@@pA Bibful pAltair[T p d@p1pGrid is Times-style.[T q@[T q@qMathematicalqW. McNaught[T qH@q1qNumerical puzzle.[T r@[T r@rDrinking rJoxon[T ra@r18rClues refer to drinking; some lights are jumbled.[T s@[T s@)sAnalysis of Unknown Solution No. 8 sProton[T sa@s1]sUnclued lights are chemists, suggested very loosely by the first verse of Jabberwocky.[T t@[T t@tWord-Ladder II tTracer[T tP@ t4R1tLights are unclued rungs in a word-ladder.[T u@[T u@uCompromise uQuod[T uc@u1uEach clue leads to two words, differing in two places; the light differs from each in just one place, e.g. CONTEND, CONSENT lead to CONTENT.[T v@[T v@@vCabbage, but no Kings vAltair[T ve@v2vGrid is Times-style.[T w@[T w@wEl-em-en-tary IIwJabberwock[T w`@w1NwThe letters L, M and N are replaced by other letters to form new words.[T xȋ@[T x@xWellerisms xHermes[T xb@x1*xClues are from the Pickwick Papers.[T yЋ@[T y@yTouchstone yAfrit[T yb@y4yUnchecked letters across and down may be arranged to form 'THE COUNTERCHECK COURTEOUS' and 'THE RE-PROOF CIRCUMSTANTIAL' respectively.[T z؋@[T z@@zOne for All zAltair[T zd@ z4RzGrid is Times-style.[T {@[T {@{Tobacco {Joxon[T {a@{17{Clues refer to smoking; some lights are jumbled.[T |@[T |@|Triplets |Babs[T |b@|1x|Each clued light loses its ending on entry; the endings, each serving three words, are entered as unclued lights.[T }@[T }@}Motley Mixture III }Tracer[T }d@ }2R;}Lights appear as letter-mixtures in order in a tale.[T ~@[T ~@@~Double Acrostic III~Tesremos[T ~b@~4~Initial and final letters of across lights spell ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA and CANNOT A LADY TRAP ONE? respectively (the second being an anagram of the first).[T @[T @A Mixed Grill Altair[T e@ 2RGrid is Times-style.[T @[T @ Greek Pollux[T b@1LLights are entered in Greek capitals; there are no unchecked letters.[T @[T @BracketsJabberwock[T  `@ 4RIEach light is one word inside another; clues are similarly shaped.[T @[T @@Word Sums - 4 Proton[T b@1Clues are equations made up of words, with each letter representing the same digit throughout the clue; lights are the corresponding numbers.[T  @[T @For an Idle Hour Altair[T e@2Grid is Times-style.[T (@[T @Ornithological Wol[T b@1\Clues refer to birds; 24 lights are birds, described in random order in the preamble.[T 0@[T @Centenary Lingo[T b@1>All clues and lights are from JANE EYRE by CURRER BELL.[T 8@[T @@Framed in Verse Tiber[T  e@1XThe four sides of the grid are opening lines of poems; the poets are also lights.[T @@[T @Whatnot Altair[T @d@2Grid is Times-style.[T H@[T @The Elusive Square Tyke[T [@1mNumerical puzzle concerning solutions to a + b = 3ab 1 (which are terms of the Fibonacci series).[T P@[T @Honeycomb II Tracer[T V@ 2RnGrid is hexagonal; lights are entered in three directions, jumbled apart from those entered vertically.[T X@[T @@The New Order Okapi[T P@ 4RThe letters in each row and column are given in alphabetical order; the words of the grid may be reordered as ''BEAUTY IS TRUTH, TRUTH BEAUTY,' - THAT IS ALL YE KNOW ON EARTH, AND ALL YE NEED TO KNOW'.[T `@[T @Olla Podrida Joxon[T a@1+Some lights are anagrams of answers.[T h@[T @King without Cabbage Altair[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T p@[T @Poet's Paradise Marcus[T b@1Narrative ode; in the completed grid may be traced 'SOULS OF POETS DEAD AND GONE, WHAT ELYSIUM HAVE YE KNOWN, HAPPY FIELD OR MOSSY CAVERH, CHOICER THAN THE MERMAID TAVERN? HAVE YE TIPPLED DRINK MORE FINE THAN MINE HOST'S CANARY WINE?'[T x@[T @@Diamond Afrit[T  e@4Diamond words (reading from centre of top row to centre of bottom row via centres of edge columns) are WITCHES' SABBATH and WEEKEND DEBAUCH.[T @[T @Limericks Babs[T b@1Clues are successive lines of limericks; a spiral reads CONVOLUTIONS SUBORBICULAR REAGGRAVATE EURHYTHMIC CLEAR-EYED DEVOTEES SIFTING GENIAL LOGIC CRAMMED DOGGEREL.[T @[T @Pot Luck Altair[T e@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @Re-pairing Quod[T b@ 4RuAll lights are 4- or 6-letter; half of each is entered correctly, the other half elsewhere to make a new word.[T @[T @ @PortmantelpieceJabberwock[T a@1K16 lights are portmanteau words, e.g. ABIGAILMENT (Housemaid's knee)[T @[T  @Word-Squares II Tracer[T @^@ 4RGrid comprises 9 word-squares; the top, central and bottom rows form three 11-letter words. Clues give numerical sums of the words of the squares.[T @[T  @Block LettersMaragan[T Y@ 4RGrid is in four just-connected quarters; clues are LL, with the same letter removed throughout each quarter and placed in the central blocked square - these spell ROTA.[T @[T @Pot-pourri Altair[T `d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @@Expansive Dixie[T d@4INumerical puzzle involving squares and cubes; grid is Times-style.[T @[T @MotoringNicholas[T h@2Clues refer to motoring.[T Ȍ@[T @Double-Barrelled IITesremos[T f@1GGrid has equal left and right halves apart from linking top row.[T Ќ@[T @A Drop o' Scotch Altair[T e@4Grid is Times-style.[T ،@[T @@These and Those Marcus[T  e@1O12 pairs of words meet in S on the main diagonal, e.g. SIXES and SEVENS.[T @[T @Free Association Babs[T  e@1_23 words form an unclued spiral, each suggesting the next, e.g. CHINA, TEA, TIME, PIECE.[T @[T @Trust Daphne! Tracer[T e@111 positioning lights are clued; a spiral in the completed grid reads 'FLOWER IN THE CRANNIED WALL, I PLUCK YOU OUT OF THE CRANNIES, I HOLD YOU HERE, ROOT AND ALL, IN MY HAND, LITTLE FLOWER - BUT IF I COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE, ROOT AND ALL, AND ALL I61N ALL, I SHOULD KNOW WHAT GOD AND MAN IS'.[T @[T @Holiday Task Altair[T  d@1Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @@Cross CheckMaragan[T b@ 4RzEach answer loses a letter to form the light; many clues contain one or more italicised words, defining the lights.[T @[T !@Circles Trand[T T@1PNumerical puzzle concerning points with integral co-ordinates on circles.[T @[T "@First Names - IIRedling[T ^@1MClues lead to literary surnames; lights are corresponding first names.[T @[T $@Acrostic Quod[T b@1Initial letters of clues spell THE INITIAL LETTERS OF ANSWERS IN THIS ORDER WILL FORM A VERSE; the result is 'AS A WHITE CANDLE IN A HOLY PLACE, SO IS THE BEAUTY OF AN AGED FACE'.[T @[T @&@The Play's the Thing Altair[T c@2Grid is Times-style.[T  @[T (@Verbarium Proton[T b@1Down lights, all 4-letter, are mainly entered jumbled; anagrams of the rows are given. The grid spells a passage of verse beginning WILL A BOER RAISE A YAWN? DOES A LAPP NEED A PEAK?[T (@[T )@Selective Robyn[T f@1The letters B, C, E, F, G, H, J and K stand for numbers, used in the clues, e.g. 'One of C' (= 12) leads to SAGITTARIUS.[T 0@[T +@Diagonal ExamplesScorpio[T  e@ 2RXDiagonals spell PANGRAMMATIST and ANAGRAMMATIST; certain lights provide examples.[T 8@[T @-@Parlez-Vous? Altair[T @d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @@[T /@Double Check Neon[T f@ 4RVEach clue defines the light and leads to two anagrams or pseudo-anagrams of it.[T H@[T 0@Examination Results Gadfly[T @`@1\Numerical puzzle concerning numbers of students passing or failing four examinations.[T P@[T 2@Framed in Verse Tiber[T  e@1kThe four sides of the grid spell last lines of poems concerning death; the poets are unclued lights.[T X@[T @4@Missing Notes Altair[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T `@[T 6@Double Demon Div[T  l@1Clues are double DLM; main diagonals and central column and row spell APRIL FOOL! THIS IS A WRONG SOLUTION - THERE'S ANOTHER ONE SO START OFF AGAIN in one grid and THIS POISSON D'AVRIL YIELDS TWO ALTERNATE RESOLUTIONS - THIS IS SOLVED OK in the other.[T h@[T 7@ Morse Proton[T b@ 4R(Lights are entered in Morse code.[T p@[T 9@The Little DevilGolbasto[T "@1FNumerical puzzle concerning the Pellian equation x = 6y + 1.[T x@[T @;@ShakespeareGlaucus[T `h@1HLights (many in two or more pieces) are Shakespearean characters.[T @[T =@ Medley Altair[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T >@Doubles Babs[T b@ 2REach clue is used twice.[T @[T @@Centenary II Lingo[T b@1TClues are quotations from DOMBEY AND SON by CHARLES DICKENS (completed 1848).[T @[T @B@Puns Asinorum Afrit[T a@2RMany clues have a geometrical flavour and almost all involve dreadful puns.[T @[T D@Hotch-Potch Altair[T @d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T E@Portrait Babs[T p@15Narrative biography; bar pattern gives a face.[T @[T G@Word-Ladder - III Tracer[T T@ 2R4Lights are unclued rungs of two word-ladders.[T @[T @I@Knight's Move VII Cocos[T b@1FAcross lights are normal; down lights travel by knight's moves.[T @[T K@What a Lark! Altair[T e@ 2RGrid is Times-style.[T ȍ@[T L@AlphabeticStephanus[T  e@ 4RRead across, grid forms a continuous phrase, descriptive of the puzzle, of 26 words beginning with the different letters of the alphabet in turn; each column has a clue defining the words and abbreviations to be entered.[T Ѝ@[T N@CubicalsMcNaught[T H@1NNumerical puzzle with certain lights being the difference of two cubes.[T ؍@[T @P@What Says? Proton[T @`@1eEach across light is clued 'phonetically', e.g. 'S says 1A' leads to OPHELIA (Essays of Elia).[T @[T R@ Latin Castor[T h@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T @[T S@Have a Go Altair[T e@ 2RGrid is Times-style.[T @[T U@Quaternary Occid[T f@1@Clues are anagrams of synonyms of anagrams of the lights.[T @[T @W@22's Alternative [Eric]Scorpio[T h@ 4RLights are unclued rungs of a ladder in which each word leads to the next by the change, addition or loss of a letter and reordering.[T @[T Y@Ornithological II Wol[T `@1Clues concern birds.[T @[T Z@Holiday Task Altair[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T \@Abecedary Marcus[T b@1CThe letters of each light are entered in alphabetical order.[T @[T @^@No Trumps Solo[T Y@1eNumerical puzzle, clued by 'card values', e.g. SPADES = 64, so AS = 65, 2S = 66, ..., KS = 77.[T  @[T `@A Character from Dickens Hermes[T b@1(All lights concern CAP'EN CUTTLE.[T (@[T a@Honeycomb III Tracer[T V@ 2RnGrid is hexagonal; lights are entered in three directions, jumbled apart from those entered vertically.[T 0@[T c@Miscellany Altair[T @d@2Grid is Times-style.[T 8@[T @e@Word Sums - 5 Proton[T a@1Clues are equations made up of words, with each letter representing the same digit throughout the clue; lights are the corresponding numbers.[T @@[T g@Overflow Babs[T b@124 clues lead to answers of which the first part (a word) is the light, and the second (another word) is a similar light elsewhere.[T H@[T h@Double Anagrams - IIMaragan[T b@ 4RsEach clue has two parts: one is an anagram of a synonym of a light, the other a synonym of an anagram of it.[T P@[T j@ Mosaic Altair[T e@2Grid is Times-style.[T X@[T @l@Ellipses Trand[T D@ 1RQNumerical puzzle concerning points with integral co-ordinates on ellipses.[T `@[T n@English History Lingo[T h@1'Clues relate to English history.[T h@[T o@Knight's Move - VIII Cocos[T  e@126 lights, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, are entered along knight's moves from isolated areas.[T p@[T q@Pastiche Altair[T c@4Grid is Times-style.[T x@[T @s@Figures of Speech Babs[T b@1?7 lights are figures of speech exemplified in the clues.[T @[T u@ThreesomesStephanus[T _@1=Clues define the light and its first and second parts.[T @[T v@Reconstituted PoetsScorpio[T f@1[Clues are quotations; the lights are anagrams (of one or more words) of the authors.[T @[T x@Just the Difference Div[T o@1Two-word clues define two words, of which the second is to be subtracted from the first to leave the light. Reading the grid diagonally gives a seasonal quotation from Dickens.[T @[T @z@Happy New Year Altair[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T |@Motley Mixture - IV Tracer[T e@ 2R@Lights appear as letter-mixtures in order in two 'poems'.[T @[T }@State Monopolies Tiber[T  e@120 lights are popular names of American states, clued by anagrams; remaining clues have the same number of letters as their lights.[T @[T @Neological Proton[T a@1Each of the 26 across lights may be augmented by interpolating one letter (A in the first, B in the second etc.) between the second and third letters; these longer words are defined in italics after the clues.[T @[T @@Mixture as before Altair[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @SalmagundiFalambuco[T b@4Z7 lights are mixtures of answers, and are clued in brackets after the normal clues.[T Ȏ@[T @Synogram A.E.S.[T  c@4Each clue contains one or more words whose letters are to be rearranged and another word (defined) removed to form the light.[T Ў@[T @Mephisto - Pellian Jim[T @T@1oNumerical puzzle concerning solutions of x 1 = 2y, x 1 = 5y, x - 1 = 3y and x + 2 = 3y.[T ؎@[T @@Higgledy Altair[T d@4Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @Little Pigley Farm, 1935Surveyor[T A@1*Numerical puzzle concerning a farm.[T @[T @Square Deal Bod[T `h@1hSome lights and half the clues are Playfair-coded, the codesquare forming the centre of the grid.Facetiously[T @[T @ Greek Pollux[T e@1LLights are entered in Greek capitals; there are no unchecked letters.[T @[T @@Semi-Cipher Wol[T b@1EAcross lights are entered encoded using a substitution cipher.[T @[T @Piggledy Altair[T  d@ 4RGrid is Times-style.[T @[T @Polysyllabic Div[T b@1Alternate rows and columns are 12-letter words, with each row being the same as the corresponding column; clues define component parts thereof in random order.[T @[T @BRTHRS (OE) Babs[T b@1FNarrative concerning two brothers; only consonants are entered.[T @[T @@Squares and Cubes Trand[T Y@1>Numerical puzzle concerning solutions of x + y = z.[T  @[T @Try Your Luck Altair[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T (@[T @Word Squares III Tracer[T @^@ 4RGrid comprises 9 word-squares; the central row and column form two 11-letter words. Clues give numerical sums of the words of the squares.[T 0@[T @Morse 2 Proton[T  e@ 4RCLights are entered in Morse code, each occupying 13 squares.[T 8@[T @@Transposer Bod[T b@1Across lights are all 12-letter, entered according to the alphabetical order of the letters in MOTHERS-IN-LAW (1 Across, unclued).[T @@[T @Jubilate Altair[T c@2Grid is Times-style.[T H@[T @''The Thousand and one (K)nights' Cocos[T  e@1Names of knights are entered along knight's moves; other lights are entered across. Letter sums of lights are also given; each square is used exactly twice.[T P@[T @Waverley Mixture Lingo[T  e@19Clues and lights refer to Scott's Waverley novels.[T X@[T @@HelicalStephanus[T f@126 lights spiral outwards from the centre, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet; there are 27 positioning lights.[T `@[T @Word Squares Septem[T b@ 4RGrid comprises 9 word-squares, each of whose NE-SW diagonals comprises a single letter. Anagrams are given of the 10 letters on and above the main NW-SE diagonal of each square.[T h@[T @'____ my dear Watson' Altair[T e@ 2RGrid is Times-style.[T p@[T @Honeycomb IV Tracer[T V@ 2RnGrid is hexagonal; lights are entered in three directions, jumbled apart from those entered vertically.[T x@[T @@Personagram A.E.S.[T d@4]Grid is Times-style; lights, all names of personalities, are entered letter by letter.[T @[T @Dog Days Babs[T b@1PNarrative in (distinctly doggy) Latin, comprising two witness statements.[T @[T @Holiday Fare Altair[T d@ 2RGrid is Times-style.[T @[T @Hyperbolic Tyke[T @^@1VNumerical puzzle concerning solutions of x - ay = 16 - a = b for a < 21.[T @[T @@Double DemonFalambuco[T b@1There are two identical 12 x 6 grids; clues for corresponding lights are run together (some lights being meaningless jumbles).[T @[T @Three-Dimensional Tiber[T P@ 4RGrid is a 4 x 4 x 4 cube with lights in all three directions; edge lights are clued first, with remaining clues in random order.[T @[T @Holiday Task Altair[T e@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @Disenvowelled Zander[T b@1hOnly the vowels of each answer are entered; A, E, I, O, U and Y each appear 24 times in the grid.[T @[T @@Circular Div[T @W@ 3RYGrid is circular with radial lights all 5-letter; all circles also comprise words.[T @[T @Another Mixed Bag Nimrod[T @]@1Normal.[T ȏ@[T @Word Ladder IV Tracer[T T@ 2R4Lights are unclued rungs of two word-ladders.[T Џ@[T @Mixed Company Altair[T  d@2Grid is Times-style.[T ؏@[T @@All ChangeTimoneto[T  e@1All across lights are entered encoded, the code for each light being such that A would become the final letter of the previous answer.[T @[T @Chess Moves Pipeg[T @^@1fAcross lights are normal; the remainder are entered along knight's, bishop's or castle's moves.[T @[T @Roman Style Babs[T h@1RAnswers are entered in Roman numerals, e.g. WEASEL leads to XXIIIVIXIXVXII.[T @[T @Why of Course! Altair[T c@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @@Higher PowersW. McNaught[T 9@1jNumerical puzzle concerning primes raised to prime powers modulo primes (all primes being 2-digit).[T @[T @Knight's Move - IX Cocos[T c@126 lights, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, are entered along knight's moves from isolated areas.[T @[T @Theme VII Proton[T a@ 1RJAcross lights (3 of which are unclued) are characters from Dickens.[T @[T @For a Wet Day Altair[T c@2Grid is Times-style.[T  @[T @@Acrosticross Aries[T c@1lThe central 6 x 5 rectangle, almost isolated from the remainder of the grid, forms a double acrostic.[T @[T @Word Squares IV Tracer[T Y@ 4RGrid comprises 4 word-squares; the central two rows form 10-letter words. Clues give numerical sums of the words of the squares.[T @[T @Alphabetical Jigsaw Tyke[T @^@1All lights have their letters in alphabetical order. Clues are grouped by light length; 2- and 3-letter lights are unclued, as is BILLOWY.[T @[T @Literary Pets Hermes[T b@1;Lights are animals in literature or pets of authors.[T @[T @@One Good Wish Altair[T b@2Grid is Times-style.[T  @[T @Eye-Rhymes Babs[T `@1Each clue, apart from two superfluous words, leads to an answer whose first part is the light; one of the words confirms the light, while the other is an eye-rhyme of the answer, ending with the letters which must be removed to form the light.[T $@[T @MisprintsStephanus[T b@ 4RmEach light is entered misprinted, and its clue has a similar misprint; there are no unchecked letters.[T (@[T  @ Trisected Triangles  Trand[T  D@  4RM Numerical puzzle concerning various triangles with one side trisected.[T ,@[T  @@ All My Eye  Altair[T  e@ 4 Grid is Times-style.[T 0@[T  @ Peculiar Proverbs  Wol[T   b@ 4c Each set of four symmetrically-placed lights has one clue defining all four in random order.[T 4@[T  @ Poetic Circles  Pipeg[T  d@  40R Grid is circular; 4 quotations run circumferentially; clues to radial lights define words from which shorter words are removed.[T 8@[T  @ Jumble Pie Falambuco[T  b@ 2 Normal.[T <@[T @@Pretty Poll Altair[T c@2>Grid is Times-style; some lights refer to the election.[T @@[T @Disenvowelled II Zander[T b@4hOnly the vowels of each answer are entered; A, E, I, O, U and Y each appear 24 times in the grid.[T D@[T @Ten-Mile Radius Tiber[T  e@11 Across is BUCKFASTLEIGH; remaining across lights (all 13-letter) are anagrams of pairs of towns about ten miles apart, clued by the county in which they lie.[T H@[T @MarigoldAesthete[T e@ 4RGrid is circular; two circles contain 'IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS, WITH A HEY, AND A HO, AND A HEY NONINO' and 'WE THE GLOBE CAN COMPASS SOON'.[T L@[T @@ Latin Castor[T c@1#Lights are entered in Latin.[T P@[T @Cum grano Altair[T d@ 4RGrid is Times-style.[T T@[T @Motley Mixture V Tracer[T e@ 2RMLights appear as letter-mixtures in order in a paragraph and a 'poem'.[T X@[T @Circular II Div[T @W@ 3RGrid is circular; radial lights are all 5-letter, entered jumbled; circumference reads 'NEVER ASCRIBE TO AN OPPONENT MOTIVES MEANER THAN YOUR OWN' by BARRIE (fourth circle).[T \@[T @@Space Saver Babs[T @T@1Each answer is entered in half as many squares as the word has letters, e.g. POMPOM leads to P O M, KNICK-KNACK leads to K N I/A C K.[T `@[T @Free and Easy Altair[T d@ 2RGrid is Times-style.[T d@[T @Queen's MovesOctavian[T E@1]Numerical puzzle in base 8; lights are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally.[T h@[T @Trunk-Call Aries[T h@17-letter lights are clued by 'telephone numbers', using the keyword GLADSTONE, with numbers referring to positions in the keyword, e.g. PLI3657 becomes PLIATSO which leads to APOSTIL.[T l@[T @@Squares and Triangles Numps[T Q@ 1R{Numerical puzzle, with grid a triangle plus a square; clues involve the first six solutions of m(m + 1) = N = n.[T p@[T @'Small Latin...' Altair[T  d@4Grid is Times-style.[T t@[T @-Seven Poems in Search of their Authors Babs[T  l@1-7 poems and their authors are unclued.[T x@[T @'Double or Quit' Pipeg[T @`@19 clues lead to pairs of 4-letter words, of which the second is the Playfair-coded version of the first; the codesquare appears in the grid.Transfixed[T |@[T @@PersonaliaAesthete[T c@49Lights are 2- or 3-word anagrams of personalities.[T @[T @Honeycomb V Tracer[T V@ 2RnGrid is hexagonal; lights are entered in three directions, jumbled apart from those entered vertically.[T @[T  @ By and Large  Altair[T  c@  4R Grid is Times-style.[T !@[T !@!Alphabetic II!Stephanus[T ! e@!1o!26 unclued lights, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, are KINDS OF BOATS and SHIPs.[T "@[T "@@"Circular III "Div[T "@W@ "3R"Grid is circular; radial lights are all 5-letter, entered jumbled; circumference reads 'THE FIRST IS THE TASTE WHICH IS MEAGRE AND HOLLOW BUT CRISP' by LEWIS CARROLL (third circle).[T #@[T #@#Schizologia #Tyke[T #`d@#2#Grid is Times-style. 3 lights are normal; each of the remainder is split in two. One part is entered to form the beginning or end of the appropriate light; the other is entered elsewhere.[T $@[T $ @$Holiday Fare $Altair[T $d@$4$Grid is Times-style.[T %@[T % @%Centenary III %Lingo[T % e@%1m%Clues are quotations from DAVID COPPERFIELD by CHARLES DICKENS (first published in book form in 1850).[T &@[T &@ @&Twos and Threes&Falambuco[T & e@ &4R+&Lights are clued in rows or columns.[T '@[T '@'Equation Square 'Fez[T '9@ '4R'Grid is a 5 x 5 word-square; clues are to sums of letter-values and are given in terms of the symmetric functions of the roots of the cubic equation x + x + 7 = 0.[T (@[T (@(Old Boys' Match (Zander[T (X@ (2Rr(Down clues are DLM; across lights (unclued) form two opposing football teams, all Old Testament characters.[T )@[T )@)And all that )Altair[T )c@)26)Grid is Times-style; some lights refer to 1066.[T *@[T *@*The Dream *Babs[T *@`@*1^*All lights lose the consecutive letters APS in some order, and are omitted from a poem.[T +@[T +@+Word-Squares V +Tracer[T +h@ +4R+Grid comprises 9 word-squares, each of whose main NE-SW diagonals contains just the letter E repeated; clues give numerical sums of the words of the squares. The first words of the 4-letter word squares are BATE, HATE, PATE and TATE; those of the 5-letter6/+ ones are BASTE, HASTE, PASTE and TASTE.[T ,@[T ,@,Plain Sailing ,Altair[T ,d@,4,Grid is Times-style.[T -@[T -@"@-Acrosticross II -Aries[T -c@-1l-The central 6 x 5 rectangle, almost isolated from the remainder of the grid, forms a double acrostic.[T .@[T .$@.Deflationary Spiral .Wray[T .O@.1.Grid is a spiral, each word being an anagram of the previous one with one letter removed; 8 positioning lights are clued.[T /@[T /%@/Last Lines /Pipeg[T /c@/1/Several clues are last lines of stanzas or poems; the lights are the authors. If authors are given, lights are words in the corresponding first lines.[T 0Đ@[T 0'@0Endless Chain 0Babs[T 0b@02r025 clues lead to words whose first parts are entered where stated, the remainders as first parts elsewhere.[T 1Ȑ@[T 1@)@1Autumn Fancies 1Altair[T 1e@121Grid is Times-style.[T 2̐@[T 2+@2Motley Mixture VI 2Tracer[T 2e@ 22RC2Lights appear as letter-mixtures in order in two paragraphs.[T 3А@[T 3,@3Discard Square 3Fez[T 3b@31316 answers lose a letter on entry, the lights still being words; the omitted letters form a 4 x 4 word-square with main diagonal also a word.[T 4Ԑ@[T 4.@4A Square Deal 4Tyke[T 4R@42?4Numerical puzzle concerning solutions of x + 2y = z.[T 5ؐ@[T 5@0@5Ring in the New 5Altair[T 5c@52>5Grid is Times-style; some lights refer to the New Year.[T 6ܐ@[T 62@6Compendious6Stephanus[T 6_@616Narrative, with various lights containing certain symbols, entered appropriately, e.g. PLUSFOURS leads to +4S, JEWS' HARP leads to JEW#.[T 7@[T 73@7Zoological Cyphers 7Vectis[T 7]@ 72R7Grid is Times-style; clues are encoded by replacing A by Z, B by Y etc.; lights are all animals, birds, fish, insects or reptiles.[T 8@[T 85@8Three Dimensional II 8Tiber[T 8N@ 82R8Grid is a 3 x 4 x 5 cuboid with lights in all three directions; edge lights are clued first, with remaining clues in random order.[T 9@[T 9@7@9Mixed Grill 9Altair[T 9c@929Grid is Times-style.[T :@[T :9@:Proverbial Triglot :Hardi[T :R@ :1Rj:Across lights and unchecked letters can be arranged to form proverbs in English, French and German.[T ;@[T ;:@;Wheels Within;Trochos[T ;@W@ ;3R;Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells 'BUT CUSTOM MAKES BLIND AND OBDURATE THE LOFTIEST HEARTS' by PERCY SHELLEY (third circle).[T <@[T <<@<Olympic Games <Zander[T <X@ <2R}<Down clues are DLM; across lights (unclued) form two opposing football teams, all characters from classical mythology.[T =@[T =@>@=Ambages =Altair[T =@d@=2=Grid is Times-style.[T >@[T >@@>Schizologia II >Tyke[T >`c@>2>Grid is Times-style. 3 lights are normal; each of the remainder is split in two. One part is entered to form the beginning or end of the appropriate light; the other is entered elsewhere.[T ?@[T ?A@?Cyclic - Hexagons ?Jim[T ?X@ ?6Rl?Grid is hexagonal, made up of equilateral triangles; lights are all 6-letter, entered around numbers.[T @@[T @C@@SSTRS(IE) @Babs[T @Y@@1G@Narrative concerning three sisters; only consonants are entered.[T A@[T A@E@APoetic Circles - II APipeg[T Ab@A1AGrid is circular; 4 quotations run circumferentially; clues to radial lights define words from which shorter words are removed.[T B @[T BG@BPatchwork BAltair[T Bd@B2BGrid is Times-style.[T C@[T CH@CAbout It and About CBart[T Cf@C1C26 lights spiral outwards from the centre, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet; there are 26 positioning lights.[T D@[T DJ@DTriangular Jigsaw DWray[T DC@ D3RDGrid comprises 13 equilateral triangles; in each is entered a 6-letter word, with pairs of letters on adjacent sides equal.[T E@[T E@L@EWord Ladder V ETracer[T ET@ E2R4ELights are unclued rungs of two word-ladders.[T F@[T FN@F'The Net Spread' FAltair[T Fe@F2FGrid is Times-style.[T G @[T GO@GDome of Discovery GJee[T G@@ G4RDGNumerical puzzle concerning solutions to x + y + z = 99.[T H$@[T HQ@"HA Djintec Puzzle translated HVectis[T H^@ H2RyHGrid is Times-style; clues define the lights or antonyms thereof; lights are entered either forwards or backwards.[T I(@[T I@S@INeo-Classical ITwost[T Ia@I14IAcross lights are all names of Derby winners.[T J,@[T JU@JB. Trothed and Marie TalJJabberwock[T Jb@J1SJ15 pairs of answers, when given affixes, sound like couples as in the title.[T K0@[T KV@KFor June Days KAltair[T Kd@K4KGrid is Times-style.[T L4@[T LX@LSpiral Chequers LFez[T Lb@L1fLThere are 17 positioning lights; remaining lights are entered in a spiral in alternate squares.[T M8@[T M@Z@MSymbolical MBabs[T Mb@M1MNarrative, with various lights containing certain symbols, entered appropriately, e.g. COLONNADE leads to :NADE, CARETAKER leads to ^AKER.[T N<@[T N\@NShakespeare UnboundNTrochos[T NX@N1NClues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; lights, mainly jumbled, are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Alternate rows spell 'ALL ... GIVE TO DUST THAT IS A LITTLE GILT MORE LAUD THAN GILT O'ERDUSTED'.[T O@@[T O]@O'22 58' [Sea Areas] OTiber[T O l@O1$OUnclued lights are SEA AREAS.[T PD@[T P_@PStatecraft PBart[T Pf@P1=PAcross lights are jumbles of pairs of American states.[T QH@[T Q@a@QHoneycomb VI QTracer[T QV@ Q2RnQGrid is hexagonal; lights are entered in three directions, jumbled apart from those entered vertically.[T RL@[T Rc@REquations RTrand[T RH@ R2RURNumerical puzzle concerning solutions to such equations as a + b = c + d.[T SP@[T Sd@SDo It By Numbers SPipeg[T Sb@S1SOnly the letters A, B, ..., I of the answers form the lights, entered as their numerical equivalents, e.g. AGREEABLY leads to 175512.[T TT@[T Tf@TProverbial Tetraglot THardi[T TY@ T2R{TAcross lights and unchecked letters can be arranged to form the same proverb in English, French, German and Spanish.[T UX@[T U@h@UCook's Tour UZander[T U e@U1sU19 items of food or drink are clued in italics by the names of the regions in which they are normally found.[T V\@[T Vj@VOn the Roundabouts VBod[T Vb@V1VClues are in pairs; the first part of one answer is transferred to the start of the other to form two new words, e.g. ELOPE, ENVIRONS lead to ENVELOPE, IRONS.[T W`@[T Wk@WMainly Musical WWray[T Wb@ W3RWGrid is triangular with 6-letter lights entered in triangles, with pairs of letters on adjacent sides equal; 12 lights are composers.[T Xd@[T Xm@XFourges XFez[T X`@ X4RXA keyword, followed by the rest of the alphabet in order, is placed in columns numbered from 1 to 9; each letter in the lights is entered as the number of its column.XFrugality[T Yh@[T Y@o@YNorthern Lights YLog[T Y^@Y1YNarrative concerning a sea-voyage; all letters N, S, E, W and groups NE, SE, NW, SW are entered as arrows suitably oriented, with North at the top for across lights and at the right for down.[T Zl@[T Zq@ZAlphabetical Jigsaw II ZTyke[T Z@^@Z1ZAll lights have their letters in reverse alphabetical order. Clues are grouped by light length; 2- and 3-letter lights are unclued.[T [p@[T [r@[Arabic Style [Babs[T [`@[1[Lights are omitted from 6 limericks, and are entered numerically, with one digit per square, e.g. APPAREL leads to 11616118512.[T \t@[T \t@\Nos Moutons \Altair[T \e@ \2R\Grid is Times-style.[T ]x@[T ]@v@]One or Two]Stephanus[T ]Y@]1/]Each square contains one or two letters.[T ^|@[T ^x@^Word-Squares VI ^Tracer[T ^h@ ^4R^Grid comprises 9 word-squares each of whose NE-SW diagonals contains just one letter repeated; these in order (except for the main diagonal) spell ENIGMA. Clues give numerical sums of the words of the squares.[T _@[T _y@_Salt on their Tails_Octavian[T _(@_1_Numerical puzzle.[T `@[T `{@`Imp of Mischief `Pipeg[T `b@`1c`Some clues are PD; some are quotations in which the light has been replaced by another word.[T a@[T a@}@aAnt-Hill aTopher[T ah@a1$a38 answers lose ANT on entry.[T b@[T b@bQuotagrams bZander[T bb@b2kbAsterisked clues are anagrams of quotations; lights are significant words from the correct versions.[T c@[T c@cThe Quadrangle cVectis[T c@^@c1cOdd-numbered lights are entered in any direction in alternate squares; even-numbered lights are entered diagonally and 'rebound' at the edges of the grid.[T d@[T d@dNoah's Ark dAd[T d^@d1dGrid is circular, with radial lights entered inwards and running from the innermost circle back to the outermost where necessary. Clues are PD, leading to names of animals and birds together with PARKS.[T e@[T e@@!eThe Following Have Arrived eBabs[T e@P@ e4ReLights (all 9-letter) are names of fictitious race-horses; sire and dam are given, and letter-mixtures occur in racing tips.[T f@[T f@fMotley Mixture VII fTracer[T fe@ f2RCfLights appear as letter-mixtures in order in two paragraphs.[T g@[T g@gHexa-Pentagonal gCroton[T gP@ g2RgGrid comprises two overlapping hexagonal lattices such that each hexagon is divided into 4 pentagons, and contains a 4-letter word read clockwise; four 8-letter words are formed along the edges.[T h@[T h@hKN = Pepper hTwost[T hh@h1ih16 unclued lights are synonyms of words sounding like one, two or three letters (as in the title).[T i@[T i@@iAnno Domini iAltair[T id@i4iGrid is Times-style.[T j@[T j@jPoetic Circles III jPipeg[T jb@j1jGrid is circular; 4 quotations run circumferentially; clues to radial lights define words from which shorter words are removed.[T k@[T k@kClosed Circuits kWray[T kU@ k4RkLights are 5-letter, entered clockwise around numbers so that first and last letters (which are the same) occupy the same cell; clues are in random order within rows.[T l@[T l@lSpiral Chequers II lFez[T lb@l1flThere are 17 positioning lights; remaining lights are entered in a spiral in alternate squares.[T m@[T m@@mUneven ScalesmW. McNaught[T m9@m1NmNumerical puzzle with solutions to clues correct in base 9 and base 11.[T n@[T n@nOrdinarynStrathmacore[T n@d@ n2RnGrid is Times-style.[T o@[T o@oAbout It and About II oBart[T of@o1o26 lights spiral outwards from the centre, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet; there are 26 positioning lights.[T pđ@[T p@ pPasty pJim[T pb@p12pNarrative concerning a holiday in Cornwall.[T qȑ@[T q@@qWheels Within - IIqTrochos[T q@W@ q3RqGrid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells 'I HAD BEEN CONTENT TO PERISH FALLING ON THE FOEMAN'S GROUND' by LORD TENNYSON (third circle).[T ȓ@[T r@rMisprints - IIrStephanus[T rb@r4mrEach light is entered misprinted, and its clue has a similar misprint; there are no unchecked letters.[T sБ@[T s@sMissing Links sZander[T sb@s2\s15 unclued lights form a chain in which each link is synonymous with its predecessor.[T tԑ@[T t@tHomonymous tTopher[T tb@t1:t38 lights are homonyms of the answers to the clues.[T uؑ@[T u@@uPuzzle Lock uTiber[T u_@u1uPuzzle concerning a lock having 7 rings, each containing 9 letters; together they form 'HI LOCKED, LETTERED, BRAW BRASS COLLAR SHOWED HIM THE GENTLEMAN AND SCHOLAR'.[T vܑ@[T v@vA Mixed Bag vAltair[T vd@v2vGrid is Times-style.[T w@[T w@wSchizologia - III wTyke[T w d@w2wGrid is Times-style. 3 lights are normal; each of the remainder is split in two. One part is entered to form the beginning or end of the appropriate light; the other is entered elsewhere.[T x@[T x@xPlayfair xPipeg[T xb@x2#x8 lights are Playfair-coded.xHexagynous[T y@[T y@@yWord-ladder - VI yTracer[T yT@ y2R4yLights are unclued rungs of two word-ladders.[T z@[T z@zOnce Removed zBabs[T zb@z1;zEach clue leads to a word associated with the light.[T {@[T {@{Both Worlds (1148 = ARD) {Abdul[T {b@{1Z{Across clues are mathematical; lights are in base 26. Most down lights are jumbled.[T |@[T |@|Punnish|Stephanus[T |b@|1U|Each clue defines the light and two words which together form a homonym of it.[T }@[T }@@}Quotagrams - II }Zander[T }b@}2k}Asterisked clues are anagrams of quotations; lights are significant words from the correct versions.[T ~@[T ~@~Eh? Bee. See?~Scorpio[T ~P@~1|~Lights are entered as letters and numbers sounding correct, e.g. EXTENUATE leads to X 10 U 8, EFFENDI leads to F N D.[T @[T @&The Following Have Arrived - II Babs[T X@ 4RLights (all 11-letter) are names of fictitious race-horses; sire and dam are given, and letter-mixtures occur in racing tips.[T @[T @A)nagram(s Selce[T S@ 4R_Clues define words of which the lights are anagrams with first and last letters removed.[T @[T @@Shakespeare Unbound - IITrochos[T X@1Clues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; lights, mainly jumbled, are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Alternate rows spell 'MANHOOD IS CALLED FOOLERY WHEN IT STANDS AGAINST A FALLING FABRIC'.[T  @[T @Northern Lights - II Log[T d@1All letters N, S, E, W and groups NE, SE, NW, SW are entered as arrows suitably oriented, with North at the top for across lights and at the right for down. 12 unclued lights are signs of the zodiac; others are GREAT BEAR, BIG DIPPER, URSA MAJOR, WAIN.[T @[T @Line upon Line Altair[T e@4Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @Discard Square - II Fez[T  e@116 answers lose one or two (consecutive) letters on entry, the lights still being words; the omitted letters form a 5 x 5 word-square with main diagonal also a word.[T @[T @@Honeycomb - VII Tracer[T V@ 2RnGrid is hexagonal; lights are entered in three directions, jumbled apart from those entered vertically.[T @[T @Last Lines - II Pipeg[T b@2Several clues are last lines of stanzas or poems; the lights are the authors. If authors are given, lights are words in the corresponding first lines.[T  @[T @Trisected Angles Trand[T V@ 2RENumerical puzzle concerning a triangle with a trisected angle.[T $@[T @Idle Thoughts Vectis[T ]@ 4RXMost clues are nonsense couplets containing anagrams of Shakespearean characters.[T (@[T @@Numerc Ecson Occid[T b@1hAll lights lose numbers (in English, French, German or Latin, including Roman numerals) on entry.[T ,@[T @214A Through the 12D [Alice, Quizzing-glass]Sansine[T ^@1tNarrative concerning ALICE, with all lights losing any Ps or Qs and having any double letters entered singly.[T 0@[T @Snakes and Ladders Twig[T Y@ 2RDGrid is a word-ladder; 6 diagonal lights are clued as snakes.[T 4@[T @40-17 [Swiss Holiday] Wray[T h@10Unclued lights are places in Switzerland.[T 8@[T @@[The Plough, Inverted] Pone[T @`@1HAcross lights are entered BOUSTROPHEDON, down lights UPSIDE-DOWN.[T <@[T @Over The Styx Babs[T h@1bNarrative concerning famous horses and their owners; only consonants of lights are entered.[T @@[T @ Bridge Pipeg[T J@ 2RGrid represents the distribution of cards in a bridge hand; a narrative of play is given with certain words omitted, whose letter sums equal the sums of pip values of certain cards (J = 14, Q = 16, K = 18, A = 20).[T D@[T @Rag-bag Altair[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T H@[T @@All Change Topher[T c@1<Lights are misprints of answers, and are still words.[T L@[T @Word-Squares - VII Tracer[T h@ 4RGrid comprises 9 word-squares each of whose NE-SW diagonals contains just one letter repeated; these in order (except for the main diagonal) spell CLEVEREST. Clues give numerical sums of the words of the squares.[T P@[T @Alphabetical Inserts Sam[T  e@1The alphabet is entered in two columns so that each across light contains one of these letters; the 3- and 4-letter words appearing on either side of these columns are clued by subtraction, e.g. ARDENT - ART = DEN.[T T@[T @Neo-Pythagorean Croton[T 4@1?Numerical puzzle concerning solutions to a + b = 2c.[T X@[T @@Outdoor Ariels Egma[T h@1,Unclued lights are types of antelope.[T \@[T @Nominal Rekab[T b@1bSome clues are first names of English writers; the lights are their second Christian names.[T `@[T @Much of a Muchness Topher[T @j@12Unclued lights are sets of mutual anagrams.[T d@[T @ Across, Down, and ThroughHereward Wyke[T @T@ 4RGrid is a 5 x 5 x 5 cube with block cubes; clues are the letters of the lights in alphabetical order with four extra letters added.[T h@[T @@Farrago Altair[T e@2Grid is Times-style.[T l@[T @Motley Mixture - VIII Tracer[T e@ 2RCLights appear as letter-mixtures in order in two paragraphs.[T p@[T @Swallowtails Sprog[T  l@112 extracts from quotations (given) form a spiral, with 3-letter overlaps; parts of the quotations appear as positioning lights.[T t@[T @Plum Pudding Bart[T  l@1/Clues are DLM; unclued lights are coins.[T x@[T @@The Festive Board Div[T f@1Lights are entered letter by letter; the grid forms 'HOW BLESS'D, HOW ENVIED, WERE OUR LIFE COULD WE BUT SCAPE THE POULTERER'S KNIFE! BUT MAN, CURS'D MAN, ON TURKEYS PREYS, AND CHRISTMAS SHORTENS ALL OUR DAYS: SOMETIMES WITH OYSTERS WE COMBINE, SOMETIMES 6'ASSIST THE SAVOURY CHINE' - GAY.[T |@[T @Mixed Veg Ad[T ^@1|In each row and column lights can run on from the last square to the first; clues are PD, leading to vegetable items.[T @[T @Double or Quit - II Pipeg[T c@112 clues lead to pairs of 4-letter words, of which the second is the Playfair-coded version of the first; the codesquare appears in the grid.Superdainty[T @[T @Pros and Cons Duplex[T  e@1]Clues are incomplete quotations; lights are synonyms or antonyms of the missing words.[T @[T @@Skeleton CrossnumberPhydros[T P@1(Numerical puzzle with blank grid.[T @[T @Elysian Kennel Club Babs[T b@1_Narrative concerning several famous dogs; consonants only are entered, vowels are given.[T @[T @Idle Thoughts Again Vectis[T _@1Clues are couplets containing anagrams of fictional characters (starred clues also contain a word of the title concerned); these are entered with overlaps in chains.[T @[T @Wheels Within - IIITrochos[T @W@1Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle and third circle spell 'HE LEFT HIS SUBJECTS STILL BEHIND, ONE HALF AS MAD - AND T'OTHER NO LESS BLIND', referring to GEORGE THE THIRD (appearing,68 jumbled, in certain cells of the second circle).[T @[T @@ Alphabetical Jigsaw - III Tyke[T  e@1All lights have their first halves in alphabetical order and their second halves in reverse alphabetical order; those of even length have the two central letters the same. Clues are grouped by light length; 3-letter words are unclued.[T @[T @Cook's Tour - II Zander[T  e@1s19 items of food or drink are clued in italics by the names of the regions in which they are normally found.[T @[T @The Brigand of Split Rex[T @^@1Grid has only vertical bars. Each across light and a homonym thereof are defined in a narrative; some down lights are clued in column order.[T @[T @CaesareanVLX [Jim][T b@1Thirteen 2-letter lights give the pairs of a substitution cipher (consisting of the codewords above the rest of the alphabet in order); answers to two of the ten coded clues are entered encoded.Facetious Jymp[T @[T @@Here and There Fudge[T b@1^Asterisked clues lead to words associated with the lights by phrases '_____ AND _____'.[T @[T @Pastime Altair[T e@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @Just So Pone[T b@1]Narrative concerning 'How the Rhinoceros got his Skin' in Kipling's 'Just So Stories'.[T @[T @Limited Objectives Wray[T c@1Only 10 different letters appear in the grid; other letters are removed from answers to clues and the light is an anagram of the remainder. 3 unclued lights require no removal or rearrangement, and each contains all 10 letters (with repetitions).[T @[T @@Word Ladder VII Tracer[T T@ 2R4Lights are unclued rungs of two word-ladders.[T @[T @ Ragman Selce[T X@ 4R_Clues define words of which the lights are anagrams with first and last letters removed.[T @[T @Plonk-PlunkStephanus[T T@1?Numerical puzzle concerning solutions of ax = by + 1.[T Ē@[T @Portmanteaux Topher[T d@1Across lights form a continuous chain of words, each overlapping the next by 2 letters; clues are grouped by light-length and given in cyclic order.[T Ȓ@[T @ @Singles and Doubles Turk[T b@26Certain squares have 2 letters entered in them.[T ̒@[T  @E-Changes Sam[T  e@1Answers to the 26 across clues each contain at least one letter E; one such is replaced by another letter (the new letters being the alphabet in order) and an anagram of what results is the light.[T В@[T  @Coronation Chaplet Pipeg[T V@ 8RGrid is circular; radial clues define words from which shorter words are to be removed, leaving 4-letter lights. A spiral reads 'MAY YOU RULE US LONG AND LEAVE US RULERS OF YOUR BLOOD AS NOBLE TILL THE LATEST DAY' from 'TO THE QUEEN' by TENNYSON (jumbled 6in central circle).[T Ԓ@[T @Snakes and Ladders Ad[T @^@1Ladder lights are entered upwards either vertically or diagonally; snake lights traverse squares in any direction except upwards.[T ؒ@[T @@Northern Lights III Log[T Y@1All letters N, S, E, W and groups NE, SE, NW, SW are entered as arrows suitably oriented, with North at the top for across lights and at the right for down. 10 lights are homonyms of words in Gray's Elegy; in each case a second word from the same line is 6#entered as an unclued light.[T ܒ@[T @Verbal Quiz Div[T @^@1The numerical sum of each light is given as its clue; the unchecked letters form the title. Each diagonal contains CONSEQUENCE, the only 11-letter word spoken by Reynaldo in Hamlet.[T @[T @ Medley Altair[T d@4Grid is Times-style.[T @[T @Perfectly Plain Fez[T e@ 4R2Grid is blank; clues are numbered normally.[T @[T @@ Skeletons in the Cupboard Taffy[T O@ 2RClues each define two words; lights are the 3 letters common to both. Grid spells 'A HEDGE BETWEEN KEEPS FRIENDSHIP GREEN' and 'ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER'.[T @[T @Honeycomb VIII Tracer[T V@ 2RnGrid is hexagonal; lights are entered in three directions, jumbled apart from those entered vertically.[T @[T @Square RoutesJayphanx[T Y@1Numerical puzzle; lights are entered in 5 square chains and consist of numbers followed by their square roots with 1-digit overlaps.[T @[T @ Shakespeare Unbound - IIITrochos[T X@1Clues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; lights, mainly jumbled, are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Alternate rows spell 'WHAT CANNOT BE AVOIDED 'TWERE CHILDISH WEAKNESS TO LAMENT OR FEAR'.[T @[T @@Hexagrammatos Duplex[T _@ 6RGrid is hexagonal; a few positioning lights (some jumbled) are clued. A spiral reads GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON: SONG AGAINST GROCERS: 'GOD MADE THE WICKED GROCER FOR A MYSTERY AND A SIGN, THAT MEN MIGHT SHUN THE AWFUL SHOP AND GO TO INNS TO DINE'.[T @[T  @Missing Links - II Zander[T b@2\15 unclued lights form a chain in which each link is synonymous with its predecessor.[T @[T !@Schizologia - IV Tyke[T  d@2Grid is Times-style. 3 lights are normal; each of the remainder is split in two. One part is entered to form the beginning or end of the appropriate light; the other is entered elsewhere.[T @[T #@Lexicotheria Notlaw[T \@126 lights, mainly in two chains, are animals beginning with different letters of the alphabet; several positioning lights are clued.[T @[T @%@Threesomes Babs[T h@130 italicised clues lead to 10 groups of three words each; in each group the same initial three letters are removed to form the lights (also words).[T  @[T '@Magic Square Tiber[T B@ 4RNumerical puzzle; grid is a 6 x 6 magic square with one square in each row already filled. For each row the other five numbers are clued in random order.[T @[T (@Simple Cypher Recon[T b@1RAnswers to asterisked clues are encoded using a simple substitution cipher.[T @[T *@Penny Plain Altair[T d@ 4RGrid is Times-style.[T @[T @,@ Aslant Pone[T b@1qNarrative concerning Gulliver's Travels; lights are entered diagonally, some making a change of direction.[T @[T .@Form Fours Chalba[T Y@ 4REach clue leads to a 4-letter word, to be entered clockwise in four squares obtained one from the other by successive rotation of the grid; rows spell a series of animals and birds.[T  @[T /@Word-Squares - VIII Tracer[T h@ 4RGrid comprises 9 word-squares each of whose NE-SW diagonals contains just one letter repeated; these in order (except for the main diagonal) spell PRECEDENT. Clues give numerical sums of the words of the squares.[T $@[T 1@Extra-Pythagorean Croton[T >@ 1R@Numerical puzzle concerning solutions of x + 2y = 3z.[T (@[T @3@Displaced Persons Peto[T @^@ 2RJEach answer loses an anagram of a Christian name to form the light.[T ,@[T 5@Noughts and Crosses Ad[T Y@ 4RtLights are all 10-letter, with DLM clues; odd- and even-numbered letters are entered as X and O respectively.[T 0@[T 6@ReplacementsStephanus[T b@1Each clue defines three words, with one to be replaced in another by the third to form the light, e.g. AKIN, CAKING, LO lead to CLOG.[T 4@[T 8@Synograms Umber[T  `@ 8RJGrid is circular with radial lights, clued by anagrams of synonyms.[T 8@[T @:@Imp of Mischief - II Pipeg[T b@2Clues are PD.[T <@[T <@Mathematics Vectis[T [@4Grid is Times-style and uses only 10 different letters; clues are cryptograms employing them in 6 'valuations', each being used once in each type of problem (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).[T @@[T =@ Alphabetical Inserts - II Sam[T a@1The alphabet is entered in two columns so that each across light contains one of these letters; the 3- and 4-letter words appearing on either side of these columns are clued by subtraction, e.g. GRANULES - GULES = RAN. [T D@[T ?@Split Turns Wray[T B@ 3RGrid is triangular; clues lead to 6-letter words, whose halves (perhaps jumbled) are entered as 3-letter words clockwise in appropriate triangles, with letters on adjacent sides equal.[T H@[T @A@Christmas Crackers Joxon[T a@1Clues concern Christmas.[T L@[T C@A Fresh Start Altair[T c@2Grid is Times-style.[T P@[T D@Multiplication Square Fez[T 9@ 4R|Grid is a 5 x 5 word-square; clues are to sums of letter-values and are given in code; a cryptogram provides the key.[T T@[T F@Dear Sir, ... Babs[T  l@1YNarrative comprising several 'letters' concerning the first issue of The Listener.[T X@[T @H@Cyclic Fours Topher[T b@1Each row contains three 4-letter words, written cyclically, clued in random sequence as letter-mixtures with redundant letters.[T \@[T J@Quaternary - II Occid[T e@1@Clues are anagrams of synonyms of anagrams of the lights.[T `@[T K@Head-hunting Zander[T  e@2The first letter of each answer is entered misplaced; certain diagonals spell 'IT IS NO MATTER WHICH WAY THE HEAD LIES'.[T d@[T M@Wheels Within - IVTrochos[T W@1Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells ''TWAS PART CONFESSION AND THE REST DEFENCE A MADMAN'S TALE' by GEORGE CRABBE (third circle).[T h@[T @O@Kings and CastlesKnight-errant[T R@ 2R~Puzzle concerns the white squares of a 12 x 12 chessboard; lights are entered along successive moves of kings or rooks.[T l@[T Q@Dead LettersScorpio[T b@ 4RVEach light loses its initial letter on entry; these exhaust the alphabet twice.[T p@[T R@Sans TeethSansine[T [@12Lights lose the letter E, H and T on entry.[T t@[T T@Whereabouts Rekab[T  e@1j12 lights are clued by anagrams given in random order; 5 clues are one-word anagrams of the lights.[T x@[T @V@Double Check - II Neon[T f@4VEach clue defines the light and leads to two anagrams or pseudo-anagrams of it.[T |@[T X@For a Rainy Day Altair[T e@ 2RGrid is Times-style.[T @[T Y@Ellipses Pipeg[T [@1ONumerical puzzle concerning solutions to 2a - z = A, 2b + z = B.[T @[T [@ Twins Tyke[T ^@2XThere are two identical grids; each clue leads to two answers, one for each grid.[T @[T @]@Fold Here Pone[T  e@1A diamond path, beginning at the centre of the top row, spells THIS IS THE WAY THEY DID NOT GO; a spiral route reads THIS IS OK: GO ON INWARDS: TEN COTSWOLDS (being the flock which BO-PEEP LOST).[T @[T _@Hexa-Pentagonal - II Croton[T Y@ 4RGrid comprises two overlapping hexagonal lattices such that each hexagon is divided into 4 pentagons, and contains a 4-letter word read clockwise; four 10-letter words are formed along the edges.[T @[T `@Quotimals Trand[T Q@ 4R[Numerical puzzle; lights are repetends of periodic fractions in bases other than 10.[T @[T b@Arma Virumque Cano Zander[T b@2PLights are entered in Latin; clues are incomplete quotations from Virgil.[T @[T @d@The Blues Wray[T  l@17Unclued lights are OXFORD or CAMBRIDGE colleges.[T @[T f@It All Depends Vectis[T c@2Grid is Times-style; the light is an antonym of the answer, the answer itself, a synonym of the answer or an anagram of the answer according as the light's initial letter is in the range A-D, E-I, J-P or R-Z.[T @[T g@Pure Devilry - III Ad[T ^@1`In each row and column lights can run on from the last square to the first; clues are PD.[T @[T i@Fragments Babs[T h@1?Narrative concerning a parody of 'Oh, to be in England'.[T @[T @k@Spiral Chequers - III Fez[T b@1fThere are 20 positioning lights; remaining lights are entered in a spiral in alternate squares.[T @[T m@Pros and Cons - II Duplex[T  e@1]Clues are incomplete quotations; lights are synonyms or antonyms of the missing words.[T @[T n@Snatches of Song Altair[T d@2Grid is Times-style.[T @[T p@Shakespeare Unbound - IVTrochos[T X@1Clues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; lights, mainly jumbled, are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Alternate rows spell 'FOOLISH YOUTH THOU SEEKST THE GREATNESS THAT WILL OVERWHELM THEE'.[T @[T @r@For Bidding? Egma[T J@1Grid comprises a bridge hand; cards are given letter values such that AS, ..., 2S, AC, ..., 2C and AH, ..., 2H, AD, ..., 2D are in alphabetical order. Clues are given to some of the words or abbreviations formed by each player's holding in each suit.[T @[T t@Misprints - IIIStephanus[T b@4mEach light is entered misprinted, and its clue has a similar misprint; there are no unchecked letters.[T @[T u@Mixed Couplets Pipeg[T b@1Some clues are two lines of verse by different authors with three or more consecutive letters in common, forming the light, e.g. CAMPION, CAMPBELL lead to CAMP.[T ē@[T w@Purely Nominal - II Joxon[T a@1_Many lights and references in clues are to be found in The Century Cyclopaedia of Names.[T ȓ@[T @y@ Cubes Notlaw[T H@ 4RcNumerical puzzle involving several cubes and 3-digit numbers 'abc' equal to a + b + c.[T ̓@[T {@Tricode Recon[T  e@1lLights are entered in four directions; in three cases a different simple substitution cipher is used.[T Г@[T |@!Alphabetical Inserts - III Sam[T c@1iGrid is circular, with 22 radial lights; 26 circular lights each gain a different letter on entry.[T ԓ@[T ~@euplcatonancy [ffancy][T Y@1<All repeated letters in clues and lights are omitted.[T ؓ@[T @@01 + 11 + 39 + 6 [Gallia Est Omnis Divisa]Halezfax[T  l@1VUnclued lights apart from the title are either DEPARTMENTs or former PROVINCEs.[T ܓ@[T @Bright and Early Pone[T b@1*Narrative concerning bird-watching.[T @[T @Hexagrammatos - II Duplex[T _@ 6RGrid is hexagonal; a few positioning lights (some jumbled) are clued. A spiral reads WILLIAM SCHWENK GILBERT: 'BUT THE HAPPIEST HOUR A SAILOR SEES IS WHEN HE'S DOWN AT AN INLAND TOWN, WITH HIS NANCY ON HIS KNEES, YO HO! AND HIS ARM AROUND HER WAIST!'[T @[T @Missing Links - III Zander[T b@2\15 unclued lights form a chain in which each link is synonymous with its predecessor.[T @[T @@Conventional Altair[T d@ 4RGrid is Times-style.[T @[T @Poetic Circles - IV Pipeg[T b@1Grid is circular; 4 quotations run circumferentially, with the poets forming four of the radial lights; clues to radial lights define words from which shorter words are removed.[T @[T @'Ars est celare artem' Babs[T b@1AAll lights lose the consecutive letters ART in some order.[T @[T @Problems Trand[T &@1:Numerical puzzle concerning three types of problem.[T @[T @@28ac. [Cafe] Notlaw[T \@1aUnclued lights are the names of the ten cups of coffee drunk after dinner in the ARDENNES.[T @[T @Unknown Quantity ffancy[T @c@1The position of each light is not given, but the sum of its letter-values, added to the number of its position in the grid, plus or minus 10 for across or down lights respectively, appears in brackets.[T @[T @PierianHereward Wyke[T X@1Grid comprises 14 heptagons, divided into triangles, containing 7-letter words entered clockwise. At 8 points three heptagons meet, and 6-letter words are entered in the resulting hexagons. The perimeter spells 'A LITTLE LEARNING IS A DANGEROUS THING'.[T @[T @Schizologia - V Tyke[T  d@2Grid is Times-style. 3 lights are normal; each of the remainder is split in two. One part is entered to form the beginning or end of the appropriate light; the other is entered elsewhere.[T @[T @@Mulberry Bush Topher[T h@18Each light is a cyclic permutation of the answer.[T  @[T @Wheels Within - VTrochos[T @W@1Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells 'AND A FEW MEN TALKED OF FREEDOM WHILE ENGLAND TALKED OF ALE' by G.K. CHESTERTON (third circle).[T @[T @Prime and Square Umber[T b@ 4RZNumerical puzzle with clues given in terms of 4 prime numbers and 4 square numbers.[T @[T @Head-hunting - II Zander[T  e@2yThe first letter of each answer is entered misplaced; certain diagonals spell 'WILL HIDE HIS HEAD UNDER HIS WING'.[T @[T @@Christmas Pie Babs[T p@1Narrative comprising various poems about Christmas; perimeter spells 'AT CHRISTMAS PLAY AND MAKE GOOD CHEER FOR CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR'.[T @[T @Split Turns - II Wray[T B@ 3RGrid is triangular; clues are quotations with 6-letter authors, whose halves (perhaps jumbled) are entered as 3-letter words clockwise in appropriate triangles, with letters on adjacent sides equal.[T  @[T @Hidden Mixtures Pipeg[T  e@1Most clues contain a themeword and a mixture of the letters of a word related to it; the light in each case is a third word related to the second by the first.[T $@[T @Word Sums - VI Proton[T a@1Clues are equations made up of words, with each letter representing the same digit throughout the clue; lights are the corresponding numbers.[T (@[T  @@ Literary Relations Scorpio[T   e@ 2C Clues are literary; some lights are anagrams of the answers.[T ,@[T  @ Further Devilry - IV  Ad[T  ]@  2R All clues are PD.[T 0@[T  @  Aviary  Occid[T  c@ 1- Across lights, all unclued, are birds.[T 4@[T  @ Sumprod Jayphanx[T  ]@  2R Numerical puzzle with 5 nested rectangles; numbers along two pairs of adjacent edges have their sum and product both perfect squares.[T 8@[T  @@ Exit Lines  Adam[T  c@ 1d Unclued lights are 6 Shavian characters, together with the words comprising their last lines.[T <@[T @Embedded Squares Fudge[T ^@ 4RGrid comprises 36 squares, each surrounded by 4 hexagons. Lights are all 5-letter, with one letter entered in the square and the remainder clockwise in the hexagons so as to spell a 4-letter word anticlockwise. The letters in the squares form a 6 x 6 word6-square.[T @@[T @Pros and Cons - III Duplex[T  l@1]Clues are incomplete quotations; lights are synonyms or antonyms of the missing words.[T D@[T @Playfair II Pipeg[T b@1#5 lights are Playfair-coded.Exultancy[T H@[T @@Hour-glass Zander[T @Y@1Across clues are DLM; down lights are jumbled. Grid is lower half of an hour-glass and its contents may be arranged as 'LIVES OF GREAT MEN ALL REMIND US WE CAN MAKE OUR LIVES SUBLIME, AND, DEPARTING, LEAVE BEHIND US FOOTPRINTS ON THE SANDS OF TIME'.[T L@[T @Twins - II Tyke[T e@2XThere are two identical grids; each clue leads to two answers, one for each grid.[T P@[T @Alphabetical Cocktail Sam[T  e@1mThe 26 across lights are anagrams of the answers; each begins with a different letter of the alphabet.[T T@[T @Bird Song Babs[T ]@1[Each of the 8 down clues contains an anagram of a 10-letter British bird, the light.[T X@[T @@Third DegreeRampersand[T ;@ 2R<Numerical puzzle with grids forming a 3 x 3 x 3 cube.[T \@[T @Gardening &c Pone[T c@1Clues and lights concern gardening; double border spells 'DAFFADOWNDILLIES AND COWSLIPS AND KINGCUPS AND LOVED LILIES THE PRETTY PAWNCE AND THE CHEVISAUNCE'.[T `@[T @A Plain Puzzle Altair[T d@ 4RGrid is Times-style.[T d@[T @Shakespeare Unbound - VTrochos[T X@1Clues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; lights, mainly jumbled, are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Alternate rows spell 'MEN OF SLENDER REPUTATION PUT FORTH THEIR SONS TO SEEK PREFERMENT'.[T h@[T @@Knight's Tour Gib[T P@ 4RLights are 4-letter, mainly jumbled; a knight's tour spells 'CARELESS THEIR MERITS OR THEIR FAULTS TO SCAN, HIS PITY GAVE ERE CHARITY BEGAN'.[T l@[T @Imp of Mischief - III Pipeg[T b@1All clues are PD.[T p@[T @Since 1900 Pirro[T B@1Clues are incomplete quotations; one letter is to be chosen from each missing word and entered somewhere in the grid, which then spells 'WORRYING THE CARCASE OF AN OLD SONG' by R.S. THOMAS.[T t@[T @Cook's Tour - III Zander[T  e@1s19 items of food or drink are clued in italics by the names of the regions in which they are normally found.[T x@[T @@Bisectors Trand[T 9@ 1RLNumerical puzzle concerning angle bisectors and medians of triangles.[T |@[T @Be(r)ef(t) C(l)ues Simmo[T  e@1IOne or two words in each clue have had one or two letters removed.[T @[T @The Gamut Babs[T h@1]13 unclued lights are composers, whose initial and final letters exhaust the alphabet.[T @[T  @ Literanumeral  Crank[T  @^@ 1H Any Roman numerals in lights are replaced by numbers in some way.[T !@[T !@@!Chain Letters !Tyke[T !b@!1!Each across light is the first 4 letters of a 7-letter word; these form a chain with 3-letter overlaps, alternate links of which are clued.[T "@[T "@"Logogriphs "Topher[T "Y@"1"Ten 10-letter across lights can be rearranged into two words; clues define all three. Down lights at edges have clues defining them and an anagram; other lights are entered along king's moves from given starting squares.[T #@[T #@#Queer Fish #Wray[T #N@ #4RS#Lights are 4-letter, entered clockwise around numbers; 9, unclued, are fish.[T $@[T $@$Enough to Make One Cross$Hereward Wyke[T $[@$1$Grid is twelve 3 x 3 squares (with hyphens indicating where adjacent squares contain the same letter); lights are clued in alphabetical order merely by the sums of their letter-values.[T %@[T %@@%Mixed Bag %Pipeg[T %b@%1p%10 normal clues are given first; remaining lights are defined by one or more words in a line of doggerel.[T &@[T &@&Sorry, Jim; You're Out! &Pim[T & l@&1&Unclued lights are misprints (single for across, double for down) of the 1954 MCC touring team in Australia; Jim McCannon is not included.[T '@[T '@'Swordsongs 'ffancy[T 'h@'1'Several lights are formed from the answers in some way, e.g. HONOUR AMONG THIEVES leads to THHONOURIEVES, MERRY-GO-ROUND leads to GMERRYO. Some clues are similarly treated.[T (@[T (@(Endless Border (Abdul[T (P@(1T(Numerical puzzle, with border being the repetend of 1/29 in decimal notation.[T )@[T )@@ )Trios )Fudge[T )h@)1V)26 clues are anagrams of two members of a trio, with the light being the third.[T *@[T *@*'Arms and the Man' *Zander[T *b@*2L*Unclued lights are items listed in P. ROGET's Thesaurus under 'Arms'.[T +@[T +@ +FisHY +Jim[T + e@+1b+13 unclued lights have the form ___IS___, giving substitutions used sometimes in the clues.[T ,@[T ,@,Wheels Within - VI,Trochos[T ,@W@,1,Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells 'WHO THEN TO FRAIL MORTALITY SHALL TRUST BUT LIMNS ON WATER' by FRANCIS BACON (third circle).[T -@[T -@@-Science Fiction -Simmo[T - e@-1A-Across lights are cyclic permutations of planets or stars.[T .@[T .@.Composagram.Halezfax[T .@j@.1b.Clues are DLM; unclued lights, occurring as anagrams in a diary extract, are all composers.[T /@[T /@/Queen's Moves - II/Octavian[T /@ /4R"/Numerical puzzle in base 8.[T 0Ĕ@[T 0@0Nought but Crosses 0Vectis[T 0@e@ 02R0All lights are 5-letter, entered in 'crosses' in such a way that adjacent squares (except within crosses) contain letters adjacent in the alphabet.[T 1Ȕ@[T 1@@ 1Alphabetical Inserts - IV 1Sam[T 1`a@111The alphabet is entered in four columns so that each across light contains one of these letters; the 3- and 4-letter words appearing on either side of these columns are clued by subtraction, e.g. LUMBERED - UMBER = LED.[T 2̔@[T 2@2Group Terms 2Pipeg[T 2 e@21o2Asterisked clues are DLM, leading to nouns whose group terms form the lights, e.g. LIONS leads to PRIDE.[T 3Д@[T 3@3Homonymous - II 3Topher[T 3 e@31<3In 38 instances the light is a homonym of the answer.[T 4Ԕ@[T 4@4Closed Circuits - II 4Wray[T 4B@ 43R4Lights are 4-letter, entered clockwise in triangles so that first and last letters (which are the same) occupy the same position; clues are in random order within four groups.[T 5ؔ@[T 5@@ 5Adrift 5ffancy[T 5l@51`5Narrative concerning a shipwreck; rows and columns of grid have been cyclically permuted.[T 6ܔ@[T 6@6Parallelograms 6Trand[T 6(@62]6Numerical puzzle involving two parallelograms ABCD in which BD trisects the angle ABC.[T 7@[T 7@7Missing Links - IV 7Zander[T 7b@72\715 unclued lights form a chain in which each link is synonymous with its predecessor.[T 8@[T 8@8Threes Out 8Babs[T 8b@81A8All lights lose the consecutive letters RAG in some order.[T 9@[T 9@@ 9Noel 9Joxon[T 9@c@919Clues concern Christmas.[T :@[T :@:Hexagrammatos - III :Duplex[T :_@ :6R:Grid is hexagonal; a few positioning lights (some jumbled) are clued. A spiral reads GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON: THE ENGLISHMAN: 'BUT SINCE HE STOOD FOR ENGLAND AND KNEW WHAT ENGLAND MEANS, UNLESS YOU GIVE HIM BACON YOU MUST NOT GIVE HIM BEANS'.[T ;@[T ;@;Common Denominators ;Simmo[T ; e@;1;23 unnumbered definition clues have lights which are the people or places whose names are given to the objects, e.g. 'champagne' leads to SILLERY, 'blouse' leads to GARIBALDI.[T <@[T <@<Northern Lights - IV <Log[T <f@<1<All letters N, S, E, W and groups NE, SE, NW, SW are entered as arrows suitably oriented, with North at the top for across lights and at the right for down. Unclued lights are types of TROPE.[T =@[T =@@=Geograms =Sam[T =a@=1b=Across lights are anagrams of the answers and are geographical names in and around Britain.[T >@[T >@>Bicentennial >Fecit[T >b@>1*>Narrative concerning Mozart's life.[T ?@[T ?@?Change a Letter ?Pipeg[T ? e@?1k?Each clue contains a single misprint; exactly the same misprint is to be made in entering the light.[T @@[T @@@Queen's Moves - III@Octavian[T @9@@1@Numerical puzzle with blank grid and lights entered in base 5 along queen's moves; lights are complicated functions of given values of n.[T A@[T A@@ADouble Six ATopher[T A l@A1qASix letters of the alphabet are subject to a 'constant substitution among themselves' for the down lights.[T B @[T B@BSub Rosa BPone[T Bb@B1(BAll lights lose TH once on entry.[T C@[T C@CKnight Errant CWray[T CP@C1CLights are entered letter by letter; a knight's tour spells 'POOR WANDERING ONE, THOUGH THOU HAST SURELY STRAYED TAKE HEART' - SIR W.S. GILBERT.[T D@[T D@DHead-Hunting - III DZander[T D e@D2|DThe first letter of each answer is entered misplaced; certain diagonals spell 'ANOTHER BRUISING OF THE HAPLESS HEAD'.[T E@[T E@@EAeolian EBabs[T Eh@E1RE13 lights are names of winds occurring in a quotation from 'Paradise Lost'.[T F@[T F@FQuips and QuidditiesFOdysseus[T F e@F1FAcross lights are members of alliterative pairs; the clues, in alphabetical order of the lights, define the other halves.[T G @[T G@G1 Across [Enantiomorphy]GSpeculator[T G@`@G1)GAll lights are entered MIRRORWISE.[T H$@[T H@HEmbedded Squares - II HFudge[T H^@ H4RHGrid comprises 36 squares, each surrounded by 4 hexagons. Lights are all 5-letter, with one letter entered in the square and the remainder clockwise in the hexagons so as to spell a 4-letter word anticlockwise. The letters in the squares form a 6 x 6 word6H-square.[T I(@[T I@@ILogs = 69,223 INotlaw[T IV@I2INumerical puzzle; letters in clues stand for prime numbers, with lights the mantissae of the four-figure logs of the numbers clued.[T J,@[T J@JShakespeare Unbound - VIJTrochos[T JX@J1JClues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; lights, mainly jumbled, are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Alternate rows spell 'BRIARS SHALL HAVE LEAVES AS WELL AS THORNS AND BE AS SWEET AS SHARP'.[T K0@[T K@KFair Exchange KLeon[T KY@K1KGrid is circular and represents a telephone dial; letters represented by the same digit are taken to be equivalent. Twenty-five 4-letter radial lights read inward, spelling an oxymoron in two circles, forming 5 perfect squares in the third and contributin6AKg to a word-square in the centre with their final letters.[T L4@[T L@LTheme and Variations LZander[T La@L2LThemewords are WHARTON (STEIN, LOOS); CHERRY (PLUM, DAMSON); NUGENT (DEMISS, GLADY); BULL (INNER, MAGPIE); SINGH (TRIPSIS, ERRHINE).[T M8@[T M@!@MHidden Mixtures - II MPipeg[T M e@M1MMost clues contain a themeword and a mixture of the letters of a word related to it; the light in each case is a third word related to the second by the first.[T N<@[T N#@NPros and Cons - IV NDuplex[T N e@N1]NClues are incomplete quotations; lights are synonyms or antonyms of the missing words.[T O@@[T O$@O'There is no secret...'OMeringue[T O l@O1\OUnclued across and down lights are the names of riders and their horses respectively.[T PD@[T P&@ PFlora PSeadog[T Pf@P1FPUnclued lights are found in Brewer's under 'Flowers and Trees'.[T QH@[T Q@(@QPortmanteaux - II QTopher[T Qd@Q1QAcross lights form a continuous chain of words, each overlapping the next by 2 letters; clues are grouped by light-length and given in cyclic order.[T RL@[T R*@RNonsense Rhymes RRamal[T Rd@R2RGrid is Times-style; each clue is a nonsense rhyme of two lines, the first containing a definition of the light and the second an anagram of the symmetrically opposite light.[T SP@[T S+@SEntente Cordiale SJan[T S e@S1DSAny light or portion thereof may be treated as a French word.[T TT@[T T-@ TMotley TWray[T TN@ T4RTLights are 4-letter, entered clockwise around numbers; 9 are Shakespearean characters, clued by quotations from their speeches in random order.[T UX@[T U@/@UWheels Within - VIIUTrochos[T UV@U1UGrid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells 'ACT - ACT IN THE LIVING PRESENT! HEART WITHIN, AND GOD O'ERHEAD!' by H.W. LONGFELLOW (third circle).[T V\@[T V1@VHour-glass - II VZander[T V@X@V1VAcross clues are DLM; down lights are jumbled. Grid is lower half of an hour-glass and its contents may be arranged as 'LOVE TOOK UP THE GLASS OF TIME, AND TURN'D IT IN HIS GLOWING HANDS; EVERY MOMENT, LIGHTLY SHAKEN, RAN ITSELF IN GOLDEN SANDS'.[T W`@[T W2@WFactorial FractionsWSemantikos[T WV@ W1RWNumerical puzzle; clues are fractions, with lights being these in 'factorial notation', e.g. 31/8 = 3/1! + 1/2! + 2/3! + 1/4! is entered as 3121.[T Xd@[T X4@XOverlaps XBabs[T X_@ X2RXEach across light has 12 letters and may be split into two words in two different ways, the overlap being 2 letters in each case, e.g. MANTISSATRAP; clues define all four words.[T Yh@[T Y@6@YHow's That?YFitzjohn[T Yd@Y2NYGrid is Times-style; several answers lose NOT on entry (i.e., not out).[T Zl@[T Z8@ZBridge - II ZPipeg[T ZJ@ Z2RZGrid represents the distribution of cards in a bridge hand; a narrative of play is given with certain words omitted, whose letter sums equal the sums of pip values of certain cards (J = 14, Q = 16, K = 18, A = 20).[T [p@[T [9@[Imports and Exports [Rex[T [a@[1[Across clues are passages containing anagrams of commodities; lights, all foreign towns, are misprinted anagrams of these.[T \t@[T \;@\Alphabetical Inserts - V \Sam[T \c@\1\Grid is circular; 26 radial lights are formed from the answers by inserting a different letter of the alphabet in each. Outermost and innermost circles spell 'I NEVER BREATHE ITS PURE SERENE' and 'THREE REMOVES IS AS BAD AS A FIRE'.[T ]x@[T ]@=@]Near Misses ]Simmo[T ] e@]1R]Each answer either gains or loses a letter to form the light, another word.[T ^|@[T ^?@^Cyclic Fives ^Topher[T ^ l@^1\^Each row contains three 5-letter words, written cyclically, clued in random sequence.[T _@[T _@@_The Clock _Vectis[T _[@ _12R_Grid represents a clock face; twelve 11-letter lights are entered around the numerals. Each clue has two parts; the first leads to the relevant number, the second to the light.[T `@[T `B@`Triangular `Nabla[T `K@`16`Numerical puzzle concerning triangular numbers.[T a@[T a@D@a(K)night at the OperaaHalezfax[T aP@a1aLights are entered letter by letter; a knight's tour spells PHILEMON AND BAUCIS - GOUNOD; PELLEAS AND MELISANDE - DEBUSSY; ARIADNE - MASSENET.[T b@[T bF@bSixes and Sevens bZander[T bb@b29bClues to 6- and 7-letter lights are all misplaced.[T c@[T cG@cHexagrammatos - IV cDuplex[T c_@ c6RcGrid is hexagonal; a few positioning lights (some jumbled) are clued. A spiral reads ISAAC WATTS: AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF: 'HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE IMPROVE EACH SHINING HOUR, AND GATHER HONEY ALL THE DAY FROM EVERY OPENING FLOWER'.[T d@[T dI@dVariations on a Theme dSeadog[T d@_@ d4RSdGrid is five 5 x 5 squares; unclued border lights are all anagrams of TERAS.[T e@[T e@K@eOverlaps - II eBabs[T ea@ e2ReEach across light has 13 letters and may be split into two words in two different ways, the overlap being 2 letters in each case, e.g. CONTESTRANGER; clues define all four words.[T f@[T fM@fHeronry fScrap[T f@@ f2RafNumerical puzzle concerning four non-right-angled triangles with integral sides and areas.[T g@[T gN@geuplcaton - 2gancy [ffancy][T gY@g1<gAll repeated letters in clues and lights are omitted.[T h@[T hP@hTry Somewhere Else hPipeg[T hb@h2hEach asterisked clue contains a word defining the light at the place indicated, but belongs as a whole to a light of the same length elsewhere.[T i@[T i@R@iChristmas Knight iSugden[T iP@i1iLights are entered letter by letter; a knight's tour spells 'BE THIS GOOD FRIENDS OUR CAROL STILL: BE PEACE ON EARTH TO MEN OF GENTLE WILL' - W.M.T.[T j@[T jT@jNo N.E.W.S. from Abroad jEgma[T jh@j1qjLights are geographical locations with N, E, W and S omitted; clues are countries in which they are found.[T k@[T kU@kTreble Chance kPone[T kS@k1kSquares contain 1, 2 or 3 letters; rows each give a pair of combatants, e.g. PERSEUS and GORGON; final column is filled with 1, 2 or X according to the outcome.[T l@[T lW@lNorthern Lights - V lLog[T lb@l1lAll letters N, S, E, W and groups NE, SE, NW, SW are entered as arrows suitably oriented, with North at the top for across lights and at the right for down. Unclued lights are subjects of poems from which asterisked clues are quotations.[T m@[T m@Y@mGreen Fingers mVectis[T mf@m1\mClues (many being DLM) are to common names of plants; lights are the botanical names.[T n@[T n[@ nShakespeare Unbound - VIInTrochos[T nX@n1nClues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; lights, mainly jumbled, are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Alternate rows spell ''TIS BETTER TO BE LOWLY BORN AND RANGE WITH HUMBLE LIVERS IN CONTENT'.[T o@[T o\@ oNodes oSeadog[T o e@o1(oUnclued lights are types of knot.[T pĕ@[T p^@pCook's Tour - IV pZander[T p e@p2sp16 items of food or drink are clued in italics by the names of the regions in which they are normally found.[T qȕ@[T q@`@qPhases of the Moon qffancy[T qh@q1DqUnclued lights are months of the year in different languages.[T r̕@[T rb@rDiametricode rBabs[T rb@ r2Rr24 circled perimeter and central squares contain the alphabet (except J and Q); each letter encodes that opposite it. Italicised clues have encoded lights.[T sЕ@[T sc@sAenigma VergilianumsDionysius[T sd@s43sClues are incomplete quotations from Virgil.[T tԕ@[T te@tMixed TabletstAndreas[T t@c@t1+tUnclued lights are names of BATTLEs.[T uؕ@[T u@g@uChain Letters - II uTyke[T ub@u1uEach across light is the first 4 letters of a 7-letter word; these form a chain with 3-letter overlaps, alternate links of which are clued.[T vܕ@[T vi@vPlayfair - III vPipeg[T vb@v1lvTwo diagonals spell 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND'; 6 unclued lights are Playfair-coded animals from the book.vFlamingo[T w@[T wj@ wTriads wSam[T wb@w1pwAll lights are still words when either beheaded or curtailed, e.g. EASTERN; clues define all three words.[T x@[T xl@xWheels Within - VIIIxTrochos[T x@W@x1xGrid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells 'AND GENTLENESS IN HEARTS AT PEACE UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN' by RUPERT BROOKE (third circle).[T y@[T y@n@yFalse Trail yEsrom[T y>@y19yNumerical puzzle involving differences of squares.[T z@[T zp@zOh No John!zMeringue[T z e@z1z38 positioning clues are two-word DLM; remaining clues are to words or phrases containing JACK (omitted on entry) - these lights are entered in a spiral, in an order to be determined.[T {@[T {q@{Pros and Cons - V {Duplex[T { e@{1]{Clues are incomplete quotations; lights are synonyms or antonyms of the missing words.[T |@[T |s@|Loaded Dice |Wray[T |X@ |4R|Grid is the net of a die; each face contains four 4-letter lights arranged clockwise around shaded squares, with adjacent squares at edges containing the same letter.[T }@[T }@u@}Missing Links - V }Zander[T }b@}2\}16 unclued lights form a chain in which each link is synonymous with its predecessor.[T ~@[T ~w@~Diametricode - II ~Babs[T ~b@ ~2R~24 circled perimeter and central squares contain the alphabet (except J and Q); each letter encodes that opposite it. Italicised clues have encoded lights.[T @[T x@All Clear Pipeg[T b@2IGrid is blank; clues are in normal order, but only 6 are numbered.[T @[T z@Plain, Padded, or Plush Mayfly[T b@2NLights either are plain, or have an extra P or H (and are still words).[T @[T @|@A.E.I.O. Leon[T  d@4Lights are entered letter by letter; when binary numbers are superimposed on the rows, the 1s form a grille, by which a Carrollian sorites may be read. Unclued lights are the mnemonical forms of the 19 valid moods of a syllogism.[T  @[T ~@Logogriphs - II Topher[T Y@1Ten 10-letter across lights can be rearranged into two words; clues define all three. Down lights at edges have clues defining them and three anagrams; other lights are entered along king's moves from given starting squares.[T @[T @Multigrades Tyke[T @T@1Numerical puzzle concerning five instances of pairs of 6-tuples of numbers having the same sum of first powers, the same sum of second powers, and so on up to the same sum of fifth powers.[T @[T @Solver's Plea Babs[T  l@18Narrative asking for less complicated crosswords.[T @[T @@ Alphabetical Inserts - VI Sam[T `@ 2RGrid is Times-style apart from some bars; DLM clues lead to words which each require a different letter to be inserted to form the lights.[      !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~T @[T @6s and 7s Simmo[T  e@4WLights are 6- and 7-letter, clued in random order; most down lights are jumbled.[T  @[T @Concert HallHalezfax[T  l@1/Unclued lights are titles of symphonies.[T $@[T @Tails You Win Pone[T a@1(All lights are beheaded on entry.[T (@[T @@Northern Lights - VI Log[T b@1All letters N, S, E, W and groups NE, SE, NW, SW are entered as arrows suitably oriented, with North at the top for across lights and at the right for down. Each light and/or clue has omitted from it EARTH, AIR, FIRE or WATER.[T ,@[T @Like and Unlike Pipeg[T  e@1VAcross lights are antonyms of the answers; those down are associated with them.[T 0@[T @Game Reserve Topher[T h@15About half the lights lose an animal on entry.[T 4@[T @!Shakespeare Unbound - VIIITrochos[T X@1Clues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; lights, mainly jumbled, are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Alternate rows spell 'TEN THOUSAND HARMS MORE THAN THE ILLS I KNOW MY IDLENESS DOTH HATCH'.[T 8@[T @@Find the Link Vectis[T @^@1VEach clue defines two words, linked by the light, e.g. (HEAVENLY) BODY (GUARD).[T <@[T @ Quots Trand[T B@ 1R[Numerical puzzle concerning reciprocals in different bases having 6-digit repetends.[T @@[T @Head Hunting - IV Zander[T  e@2{The first letter of each answer is entered misplaced; certain diagonals spell 'THIS DREADFUL POTHER O'ER OUR HEADS'.[T D@[T @Baker's Dozen Tats[T @c@1Clues are DLM; unclued lights are composers. The last appears below the grid; it, together with the first words of the across clues, may be rearranged to form the letters of the other unclued lights.[T H@[T @@Hexagrammatos - V Duplex[T _@ 6RGrid is hexagonal; a few positioning lights (some jumbled) are clued. A spiral reads HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW: A PSALM OF LIFE: 'LET US, THEN, BE UP AND DOING, WITH A HEART FOR ANY FATE; STILL ACHIEVING, STILL PURSUING, LEARN TO LABOUR AND TO WAIT'.[T L@[T @Opera Score Simmo[T  e@1.Unclued lights are operatic characters.[T P@[T @2es [Aliases] ffancy[T h@1@Unclued lights are ALIASes of Listener crossword setters.[T T@[T @Tongue-tied Jow[T  e@1Answers to clues are words in other languages; lights are translations into English. Unclued lights are in pairs, being the translations from different languages of the same original word.[T X@[T @@Treasure Hunt Leon[T b@1Lights, clued in random order, form a chain with 1-letter overlaps; they go in any of 8 directions and change direction once each. In the grid, between the diagonals HALFWAY and MAGINOT, appears A WHITE ELEPHANT.[T \@[T @Wheels Within - IXTrochos[T @W@1Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells ''IF THIS SHOULD STAY TO DINE' HE SAID 'THERE WON'T BE MUCH FOR US'' by LEWIS CARROLL (third circle).[T `@[T @Four Up [Ploughwise] Wray[T @`@1BClues are numbered, and some lights entered, BOUSTROPHEDON.[T d@[T @Tricyquads Trand[T B@ 2RsNumerical puzzle concerning sides of cyclic quadrilaterals in which one diagonal trisects one of the angles.[T h@[T @@ Theme and Variations - II Zander[T  e@2Theme-words CHARLEMAGNE (MEGAN, RACHEL); DAVID (DAFFODIL, LEEK); ALEXANDER (HILLSBOROUGH, TUNIS); CAESAR (FUHRER, DUCE).[T l@[T @Mainly About People Tyke[T b@2\Grid is Times-style; across lights are all proper names, in pairs of mutual anagrams.[T p@[T @Equations ffancy[T T@1Each answer contains the letter U; the light is either what precedes it or what follows it, and the sum of the letter-values of the remainder is given.[T t@[T @1 Down [Amazement] Leon[T  e@1sThe message DIRECT YOUR STEPS SO, THESEUS WILL LEAD YOU TO THE MINOTAUR may be traced, ending in the centre.[T x@[T @@Christmas Crackery Zander[T b@2Clues are DLM in the form of jokes, riddles and limericks; certain diagonals spell COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON TO ALL SOLVERS.[T |@[T @Proof RequiredAndreas[T `h@1+Unclued lights are alcoholic drinks.[T @[T @New Year Resolutions Babs[T  l@11Narrative containing New Year resolutions.[T @[T @Pros and Cons - VI Duplex[T  e@1]Clues are incomplete quotations; lights are synonyms or antonyms of the missing words.[T @[T @@From A to Z Pipeg[T b@1{13 prefixes and 13 suffixes are denoted by lower case letters, e.g. OVER = i, ER = s, so OVERTOWERS leads to iTOWsS.[T @[T @Book-ends Vectis[T  `@1lLights are entered letter by letter; the final sentences of two books can then be traced in the grid.[T @[T @Worldly Wise Wray[T Z@1Grid represents a globe with N and S poles; longitudinal lights occur as hidden anagrams in two paragraphs, while equator spells AN IMAGINARY LINE.[T @[T @ a, b Jaykay[T ,@1QNumerical puzzle with clues and lights in base 12, with a = 10 and b = 11.[T @[T @@Snakes and Ladders Zander[T b@2lAcross lights are entered in two parts, the first in the indicated position and the second elsewhere.[T @[T @His DayMeringue[T b@1OAsterisked clues lead to owners of dogs, with the dogs being the lights.[T @[T @ A Pencil and Paper Effort Tyke[T  e@118 lights, e.g. ENTERIC, SPEND, WISP, and the PENCIL and EFFORT of the title, give a code used for lights with italicised clues and for some clues.[T @[T @!Alphabetical Cocktail - II Sam[T  e@126 across lights all begin with different letters; the words clued are anagrams of the lights without their initial letters.[T @[T @@Horatian Leon[T b@23Clues are incomplete quotations from Horace.[T @[T @Baker's Dozen - II Tats[T c@1Clues are DLM; unclued lights are US presidents. The last appears below the grid; it, together with the first words of the across clues, may be rearranged to form the letters of the other unclued lights.[T @[T @Who'll Buy? Babs[T  l@1.Narrative consisting of advertisements.[T @[T @Poetic Circles - V Pipeg[T c@1Grid is circular; 4 quotations, with words in random order, run circumferentially, with the poets forming four of the radial lights; clues to radial lights define words from which shorter words are removed.[T @[T @@Reversi C.S.S.[T 9@4Numerical puzzle; grid is a 5 x 5 square which when completed contains each digit from 1 to 5 in each row and column. Clues are the minimum numbers of 'adjacent transpositions' required to produce the numbers starting from 12345.[T @[T @By-lines Wray[T Q@ 2RClues are quotations; lights (all 4-letter) are the authors, to be entered around numbered squares. Clues are given in random order in groups corresponding to the rows.[T @[T @Nesting Birds Peto[T b@ 4RThere are six 5 x 5 grids, one light in each being a bird, with 6 central letters spelling a bird. Lights in corresponding positions are clued in random order by definition in doggerel.[T Ė@[T @Hour-glass III Zander[T ]@1Across clues are DLM; down lights are jumbled. Grid is lower half of an hour-glass and its contents may be arranged as 'SOUND, SOUND THE CLARION, FILL THE FIFE, THROUGHOUT THE SENSUAL WORLD PROCLAIM, ONE CROWDED HOUR OF GLORIOUS LIFE IS WORTH AN AGE WITHO6UT A NAME'.[T Ȗ@[T @@Wotsitsname? Pone[T _@1WUnclued down lights are bats suspended upside-down; title is BATS IN THE BELFRY.[T ̖@[T @Shakespeare Unbound - IXTrochos[T X@1Clues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; lights, mainly jumbled, are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Alternate rows spell 'WHERE IS ANY AUTHOR IN THE WORLD TEACHES SUCH BEAUTY AS A WOMAN'S EYE?'[T Ж@[T @Red TapeMeringue[T h@1c10 unclued across lights are colours; 10 unclued down lights are words associated with them.[T Ԗ@[T @ 6.45 Babs[T `h@1Unclued lights are ARCHERS; perimeter spells 'I SHOT AN ARROW INTO THE AIR' and ''A CLAPPED I' THE CLOUT AT TWELVE SCORE'.[T ؖ@[T @@ Nines Ramal[T @a@ 2RNumerical puzzle; eighteen 9-digit lights are the halves of nine 18-digit numbers with the property that placing the first digit at the end halves the number.[T ܖ@[T @Verbapennes Notlaw[T @^@1Grid is owl-shaped; 26 birds, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, form 4 chains with 1-letter overlaps.[T @[T @Elementary Sam[T  e@11Each square must contain an atomic symbol.[T @[T @Bits and Pieces Pipeg[T  l@1Some clues lead to antonyms of the lights; some others to words connected to the lights by phrases of the form '____ AND ____'.[T @[T @@Modern Fates Nut[T  e@1IUnclued lights are SPINNER, KEEPER, CUTTER and certain cricketers.[T @[T @Bidevilled Cuth[T r@2;There are two identical grids; clues are double DLM.[T @[T @(K)night at the PromsHalezfax[T P@1Lights are entered letter by letter; a knight's tour spells 'FUGUES BY BACH INTERWOVEN WITH SPOHR AND BEETHOVEN AT CLASSICAL MONDAY POPS'.[T @[T @dy/dx and all that Pone[T a@1(Clues mainly involve mathematics.[T @[T @@Sixes and Sevens II Zander[T b@29Clues to 6- and 7-letter lights are all misplaced.[T @[T @Diametricode - III Babs[T b@ 1R24 circled perimeter and central squares contain the alphabet (except J and Q); each letter encodes that opposite it. Italicised clues have encoded lights.[T @[T @Numerical Order Leon[T @T@2Numerical puzzle.[T @[T @Put It ThereJackdaw[T  e@4Each row and column contains one 5- and two 4-letter lights; clues are in groups of three, with two normal clues to 4-letter lights followed by a clue to a 5-letter light somewhere which also contains a mixture of the 13 letters.[T @[T @@Wheels Within - XTrochos[T @W@1Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells 'CONFUCIUS STOOD WHO TAUGHT THAT USEFUL SCIENCE TO BE GOOD' from TEMPLE OF FAME (third circle).[T  @[T @Mixed Bag - II Pipeg[T a@1p13 normal clues are given first; remaining lights are defined by one or more words in a line of doggerel.[T @[T @&1A [On the Six Faces of a Cube] Odif[T b@1^Grid is the net of a cube; narrative, with faces given in random order and orientation.[T @[T @Pros and Cons - VII Duplex[T  e@1]Clues are incomplete quotations; lights are synonyms or antonyms of the missing words.[T @[T @@67D.s [OPs] Nalon[T  l@1;Unclued lights are World War II military operations.[T @[T @Trisquares Ramal[T @\@2MNumerical puzzle involving the first 13 solutions of n(n + 1) = m.[T  @[T @Loaded Dice - II Wray[T X@ 4RGrid is the net of a die; each face contains four 5-letter lights reading clockwise, clued in random order, with adjacent squares at edges containing the same letter.[T $@[T @ 5 Down [African Wildlife] Nut[T  l@1FClues are DLM; unclued lights are specimes of African wildlife.[T (@[T @@Northern Lights Log[T a@1All letters N, S, E, W and groups NE, SE, NW, SW are entered as arrows suitably oriented, with North at the top for across lights and at the right for down.[T ,@[T @Crime Club Zander[T b@2fClues in italics are anagrams of authors of detective stories; the lights are their detectives.[T 0@[T @I haven't a clue Smada[T H@1Numerical puzzle; two 7-digit lights are squares of numbers which are the hypotenuses of exactly 13 integral right-angled triangles; the remaining lights are selected from the 52 shorter sides of these triangles.[T 4@[T @ Poetry Leon[T @f@1A coded passage purporting to be an extract from Captain Kidd's log is given; certain portions are underlined, and anagrams of these in order give the words to be entered in the grid, forming a message. (Title is meant to suggest solvers 'try Poe', i.e., 6?apply the method described in his story 'The Gold Bug'.)[T 8@[T @@Poles Apart Jac[T d@4Grid is blank, to be filled in Times-style; each square is split into two triangles. Each clue is double, giving two geographical names (undefined); the first is entered in the lower triangles, the second in the upper.[T <@[T @Band-box Wray[T X@ 4RGrid is the net of a cube; 6 bands surround it, each bearing four 5-letter words, clued in random order. Letters agree at edges.[T @@[T @Bilateral Simmo[T  e@1|22 unclued lights are ordinary words which are also the names of Test cricketers, 11 each from England and Australia.[T D@[T @Deasil and WiddershinsTickatrick[T $@ 10RNumerical puzzle; the 10 digits are to be entered into a wheel such that all the 10-digit numbers which can be read in either direction share common factors.[T H@[T @@Gilbertian Babs[T d@ 2RClues are quotations from Gilbert and Sullivan; one word in the line following (or preceding, if italics are used) that given defines the light.[T L@[T  @A - B = X(mas) Tyke[T c@1Each clue leads to two words, whose difference forms the light. Reading diagonally gives 'LIFE STILL HATH ONE ROMANCE THAT NAUGHT CAN VARY, NOT TIME HIMSELF WHO COFFINS LIFE'S ROMANCES, FOR STILL WILL CHRISTMAS GILD THE YEAR'S MISCHANCES IF CHRISTMAS COME6$S AS HERE TO MAKE HIM MERRY'.[T P@[T  @Parts of Speech ffancy[T a@2Each light is either an anagram, an antonym, a homophone or a synonym of the word clued, depending on which part of speech it is.[T T@[T  @!Theme and Variations - III Zander[T @c@2|Theme-words SPIRIT (DEEV, AFREET); SUGAR (BABE, HONEY); LEMON (SOLE, DAB); SPICE (VARIETY, LIFE); WATER (EARTH, AIR).[T X@[T @@Capital Issue Didi[T @c@19Unclued lights are 7 countries and their capitals.[T \@[T @Shah Mat Pipeg[T d@1Some lights are entered letter by letter; 13 large numbers, when changed to base 4 and entered in the rows, determine what appears in the squares: those with a 0 spell a quotation, 1 four knights, 2 castles, 3 bishops (all using appropriate moves).[T `@[T @Shakespeare Unbound - XTrochos[T X@1Clues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; lights, mainly jumbled, are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Alternate rows, boustrophedon, spell 'HE LOST A WIFE WHOSE BEAUTY DID ASTONISH THE SURVEY OF RICHEST EYES'.[T d@[T @ FivesOdysseus[T f@1Each across clue leads to a 5-letter word two of whose letters are changed to form the light (another word). New letters spell 'I HAVE FOUND FOR THIS A TRULY MARVELLOUS PROOF, WHICH THIS MARGIN IS TOO SMALL TO CONTAIN'.[T h@[T @@Classic Cricket Rex[T b@1Across lights are names of historical Greeks and Romans; 13 unclued lights are the scores, in Roman numerals, made in a supposed cricket match.[T l@[T @Baker's Dozen - III Tats[T @c@1Clues are DLM; unclued lights are playwrights. The last appears below the grid; it, together with the first words of the across clues, may be rearranged to form the letters of the other unclued lights.[T p@[T @Crime Cross-number Spider[T B@2,Numerical puzzle concerning a murder.[T t@[T @Auto-suggestionUDG 211 [Fudge][T `@1Grid is car-shaped. Each light is a word from which three consecutive letters have been omitted; the clue is a 'number plate' showing the discarded letters, the light-length and sum of the letter-values of the light.[T x@[T @@Four Square Det[T 0@1yNumerical puzzle; the grid represents a 4 x 4 determinant, the values of 5 of whose second-order minors are given.[T |@[T @Today's Code Leon[T a@1Down clues, and top and bottom across lights, are encoded thus: the keyword (appearing diagonally) is written above a set of columns, in which are written the clue or light; the columns are then taken in the alphabetical order of the letters of the keywor6 d.Thursday[T @[T  @Nymphaeum Babs[T h@1116 nymphs are clued in bold type by hints.[T @[T "@You Pays Your Money... ffancy[T T@ 1RRClues are DLM, leading to words containing OR; either remainder is entered.[T @[T @$@Pros and Cons - VIII Duplex[T  e@1]Clues are incomplete quotations; lights are synonyms or antonyms of the missing words.[T @[T &@Haplographic Simmo[T  e@1Anything repeated in the answers appears only once in the lights, e.g. SADDUCEE leads to SADUCE, SEMSEM leads to SEM, SLEEVELESS ERRAND leads to SLEVELESERAND.[T @[T '@Treasure Chest Wray[T ^@ 4RGrid is the net of a cube; 6 bands surround it, each bearing four 6-letter words, clued in random order. Letters agree at edges. One face spells OPEN HERE; another spells EMERALDS in its perimeter.[T @[T )@Wheels Within - XITrochos[T @W@1Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells 'STEAD OF SUPPER SHE WOULD STARE FULL HARD AGAINST THE MOON' from MEG MERRILIES (third circle).[T @[T @+@Four Phi Plus One Pipeg[T R@1Numerical puzzle with clues of the form 4 + 1 = a + b, where is the sum of two triangular numbers, each of which is the product of two primes or a square.[T @[T -@Do-it-yourself JigsawJackdaw[T h@1DLM clues lead to lights to be entered in jigsaw pieces; other clues assist in positioning. The colours of the rainbow appear as unclued lights.[T @[T .@Cook's Tour - V Zander[T  e@2s14 items of food or drink are clued in italics by the names of the regions in which they are normally found.[T @[T 0@Metamorphoses Leon[T d@4XGrid is Times-style; clues are incomplete quotations from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'.[T @[T @2@On Stated Terms Babs[T b@18Unclued lights are nicknames for American States.[T @[T 4@=l2 f2 d8 h1 a1 g1 h3 j7 b1 c1 c3 n4 c2 [Boustrophedon] Egma[T a@2Grid has been given co-ordinates; 9 across clues are provided; other lights are entered letter by letter. Reading BOUSTROPHEDON spells a quotation.[T @[T 5@1D [Misnomers] Altex[T  l@1*Italicised clues lead to MISNOMERS.[T @[T 7@De Mortuis Wray[T N@ 4RLights are 4-letter, entered clockwise around numbers. 9 are names of famous people clued by quotations, given in random order.[T @[T @9@Schizologia - VI Tyke[T `@2Grid is Times-style. 3 lights are normal; each of the remainder is split in two. One part is entered to form the beginning or end of the appropriate light; the other is entered elsewhere.[T @[T ;@Fractionary UtdtU[T c@2Numerical puzzle; grid is Times-style. Lights are repetends of proper fractions with prime denominators in various bases.[T @[T <@Head-hunting - V Zander[T  e@2|The first letter of each answer is entered misplaced; certain diagonals spell 'WITH A SHAKE OF HIS POOR LITTLE HEAD'.[T ė@[T >@Four-fives Jac[T @^@ 4RTwo central 11-letter lights are clued; other lights, clued in blocks, form four 5 x 5 squares, yielding four 11-letter perimeter lights.[T ȗ@[T @@@The Aesir Pipeg[T e@1Some lights are entered letter by letter; 13 numbers, when changed to base 5 and entered twice in each row and down the central column, determine what appears in the squares: those with a 0 spell a quotation, 1 four horses (entered along knight's moves), 6:2 women, 3 men, 4 animals (all in Norse mythology).[T ̗@[T B@[Transposition] Babs[T b@1@Each answer has two adjacent letters transposed on entry.[T З@[T C@Making and BreakingJackdaw[T e@1Each row and column has a clue leading to a 3-, a 4- and a 5-letter word and containing the letters in sequence. If the rows are rotated cyclically until the bars at the ends of the 3-letter lights are aligned, ARTHUR ASKEY'S and ONE POUND NOTE appear in 6columns.[T ԗ@[T E@!Alphabetical Inserts - VII Sam[T `@140 clues each define two words, one of which is removed from the other to form a 3- or 4-letter word, with the sum of the letter-values given; these are entered horizonatally to form words with the letters of the alphabet (already inserted).[T ؗ@[T @G@The Djintecs Again Vectis[T @c@2Grid is Times-style; half the clues define the lights and half antonyms thereof; half of each group are entered in reverse.[T ܗ@[T I@Cyclic Fours - II Topher[T b@1lEach row contains three 4-letter words, written cyclically, clued by hidden words in random sequence.[T @[T J@Mathemosaic Tyke[T R@1?Numerical puzzle with clues concerning powers of lights.[T @[T L@6[Opening phrase of 'Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn']Halezfax[T  l@14Unclued lights are names of Haydn symphonies.[T @[T @N@Silk-Satin Jac[T d@2Grid is blank, to be filled in Times-style; each square is split into two triangles. Each clue is double, giving two geographical names (undefined); the first is entered in the lower triangles, the second in the upper.[T @[T P@Vital to This Event Pipeg[T  e@1Right side of grid represents a map of the Levant; the names of the countries and eight towns (unclued) are entered where appropriate.[T @[T Q@Shakespeare Unbound - XITrochos[T X@1Clues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; lights, mainly jumbled, are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Alternate rows, boustrophedon, spell 'FOR NEVER ANYTHING CAN BE AMISS WHEN SIMPLENESS AND DUTY TENDER IT'.[T @[T S@Full Board UtdtU[T P@1Clues are DLM, associated with chesspieces; each light is formed by the consonants of the answer and is entered along successive moves of the chesspiece.[T @[T @U@Foreign RelationsScorpio[T  e@1SUnclued lights are FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHER, SISTER in 5 different languages.[T @[T W@Portmanteaux - III Topher[T b@1Across lights form a continuous chain of words, each overlapping the next by 2 letters; clues are grouped by light-length and given in cyclic order.[T @[T X@Rogetic Didi[T X@ 11RGrid is circular with each radial light synonymous with its successor. 16 clues have lights entered letter by letter somewhere within specified sectors.[T @[T Z@Powers of Darkness Topham[T I@1Numerical puzzle concerning five instances of pairs of 5-tuples of numbers having the same sum of first powers, the same sum of second powers, the same sum of third powers and the same sum of fourth powers.[T @[T @\@Topped and Tailed Sam[T  e@1{Across and down answers lose their initial and final letters respectively to form the lights, which are still words.[T  @[T ^@Subtopia Jeffec[T Y@1Lights are entered letter by letter; unused squares are blacked in. In the grid may be traced 'DEAR OLD BLOODY ENGLAND OF TELEGRAPH POLES AND TIN, SEEMINGLY SO INDIFFERENT AND WITH SO LITTLE SOUL TO WIN'.[T @[T _@Chain Letters Jac[T e@ 1RLights form an endless chain of 8-letter words with 2-letter overlaps; in most cases only the central 4-letter word is clued.[T @[T a@One Morn Ahead Simmo[T  e@1Unclued lights are locations on the moon; reading in a circle appears '(HE MADE AN) INSTRUMENT TO KNOW IF THE MOON SHINE AT FULL (OR NO)' - the title is an anagram of the bracketed words.[T @[T @c@ Beano Jobri[T _@1Grid is hexagonal; unclued lights are types of bean. Perimeter followed by most of central row spells 'NINE BEAN ROWS WILL I HAVE THERE, A HIVE FOR THE HONEYBEE' by W.B. YEATS (letters of central hexagon).[T @[T e@Do It Yourself Tyke[T l@1The words SINCERE CHRISTMAS GREETING TO THE SETTERS, LISTENER ENIGMATISTS AND ALL READERS are already entered; remaining lights, all unclued, are to use only letters appearing in ONE'S CHRISTMAS A GLAD TIME.[T  @[T f@Logogriphs - III Topher[T Y@1Ten 10-letter across lights can be rearranged into two words; clues define all three. Down lights at edges have clues defining them and three anagrams; other lights are entered along king's moves from given starting squares.[T $@[T h@ Pi Pie Pipeg[T h@1*Unclued lights are names of saints.[T (@[T  @j@ Poems by Various Hands  Babs[T   a@  1Rq Grid is Times-style; down clues are second lines of poems, the lights being the second names of the poets.[T ,@[T  l@ Recurring Undecimals  pH7[T  B@ 1[ Numerical puzzle, with lights the repetends of various fractions in different bases.[T 0@[T  m@ Missing Links - VI  Zander[T   e@ 2\ 15 unclued lights form a chain in which each link is synonymous with its predecessor.[T 4@[T  o@ There is no moe such  Tyke[T   l@ 2) Unclued lights are Roman emperors.[T 8@[T  @q@ Enneads Jackdaw[T   m@ 4M All lights are 9-letter, entered in and around their numbered squares.[T <@[T s@46 Ac. [Teddy Boys] Zander[T e@2HUnclued lights are surnames of people with Christian name EDWARD.[T @@[T t@ESS OCC ONC ONL Hal[T F@ 4RAll lights are 3-letter; clues concern their numerical values using the telephone dial (A, B, C = 2, D, E, F = 3 etc.), which are all different.[T D@[T v@Imp of Mischief - IV Pipeg[T `@1All clues are PD.[T H@[T @x@ Otiose ffancy[T a@2In half of the clues the second letter of each word spells the light; the remainder are double, leading to the light where indicated and another elsewhere.[T L@[T z@CrossfigRex Kinder[T Z@ 4RNumerical puzzle.[T P@[T {@Ruffles Strikes Again Vectis[T T@ 16RGrid is circular and represents the discs of a combination lock, each of which is turned between the entry of successive lights, which are rivers. Three rings spell SORRY YOU'VE BEEN TROUBLED: THERE IS NOUGHT INSIDE.[T T@[T }@Cnsnnts (ooa) Babs[T b@1EAll vowels are omitted from answers and listed after the clue.[T X@[T @@Northern Lights - VII Log[T h@1All letters N, S, E, W and groups NE, SE, NW, SW are entered as arrows suitably oriented, with North at the top for across lights and at the right for down. Unclued lights are representatives of groups of seven, e.g. POLYNICES, MONDAY, DOPEY.[T \@[T @Part-Songs Eli[T  e@1xClues are anagrams of titles of Schubert songs; when certain letters are removed from each the lights are formed.[T `@[T @Wheels Within XIITrochos[T W@1Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells ''TIS NOT ENOUGH TO HELP THE FEEBLE UP BUT TO SUPPORT HIM AFTER' by W. SHAKESPEARE (third circle).[T d@[T @ All UpAndreas[T h@1+Unclued lights are names of jockeys.[T h@[T @@Pros and Cons - IX Duplex[T  e@1]Clues are incomplete quotations; lights are synonyms or antonyms of the missing words.[T l@[T @Foursquare Jac[T @^@ 4RTwo central 11-letter lights are clued; other lights, clued in blocks, form four 5 x 5 squares, yielding four 11-letter perimeter lights.[T p@[T @A la Mode ffancy[T h@1Lights are entered in 4 directions; for each direction the letters A to G are to be transposed to another 'mode'. Certain diagonals spell 'ARE WE NOT FORMED, AS NOTES OF MUSIC ARE, FOR ONE ANOTHER, THOUGH DISSIMILAR'.[T t@[T @!'Who will o'er the Downs?'Halezfax[T  l@1/Unclued lights are FORMER DERBY WINNERS.[T x@[T @@Playfair - IV Pipeg[T b@2+6 lights are entered Playfair-coded.Solmizated[T |@[T @'Midsummer Daydream' Rex[T b@1Across lights are 22 Shakespearean characters; 15 unclued lights are the scores, in Roman numerals, made in a supposed cricket match.[T @[T @Knight at the Ballet Wray[T P@1Lights are entered letter by letter; a knight's tour spells 'SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT ... A LOVELY APPARITION, SENT TO BE A MOMENT'S ORNAMENT'.[T @[T  @ Starting from Scratch Jackdaw[T  b@ 1 Grid given consists of crosses at corners of squares; in each row and column of crosses dots and dashes are to be entered, spelling clued words in Morse code, to form the bar pattern. The grid is then completed with lights clued normally, given in order i6 n each direction.[T !@[T !@@!Baloney !Babs[T !b@!1!Some down clues lead to the lights and the words obtained by omitting their first and last letters; other down lights are jumbled.[T "@[T "@"N-E-W-S "Jac[T "d@"4"Grid is blank, to be filled in Times-style; each square is split into two triangles. Each clue is double, giving two geographical names (undefined); the first is entered in the lower triangles, the second in the upper.[T #@[T #@#Trihedral#Rhombus[T #?@ #3R#Numerical puzzle with grid representing three faces of a tetrahedron; numbers down the edges are tetrahedral, while other lights are related to triangular numbers.[T $@[T $@$Hour-glass - IV $Zander[T $@X@$1$Across clues are DLM; down lights are jumbled. Grid is lower half of an hour-glass and its contents may be arranged as 'GIVE, YOU GODS, GIVE TO YOUR BOY, YOUR CAESAR, THE RATTLE OF A GLOBE TO PLAY WITHAL, THIS GEWGAW WORLD, AND PUT HIM CHEAPLY OFF'.[T %@[T %@@%Auto-suggestion - II %Fudge[T %`@%1%Grid is car-shaped. Each light is a word from which three consecutive letters have been omitted; the clue is a 'number plate' showing the discarded letters, the light-length and sum of the letter-values of the light.[T &@[T &@&Artful Dodgers &Egma[T &h@&13&Unclued lights are jumbled names of artists.[T '@[T '@'Square Search'Jackdaw[T 'f@'1'The 7 'Head-lights', clued normally, comprise the alphabet (except Q and S) and head the rows and columns; each other clue, headed by a letter, leads to a 3-, a 4- and a 5-letter word, and contains the letters in sequence. Finally, ONE BOOK TOKEN is forme6>'d by cross-referencing alphabetically the head-letters.[T (@[T (@(Circumnavigation (Jeffec[T (^@(1[(Lights are entered letter by letter; a list of places on a world tour may be traced.[T )@[T )@@ )Jigsaw )Babs[T )b@)1j)The grid is given in 5 pieces complete with bars, to be assembled (and no bars occur at the joins).[T *@[T *@*Alternatives*Pimlico[T *b@*4*All clues have the form '... or ...'; in 8 of them, the two parts define words differing in a single unchecked letter - the first is entered, while the unused alternative letters spell LAUGHTER.[T +@[T +@+Small Change+Denarius[T +(@ +1R+Numerical puzzle in which 10 and 11 are regarded as digits; each digit occurs once in the grid. Lights are 2-digit, representing a sum of money in shillings and pence; clues concern the number of ways of expressing the sum in 2s 6d, 2s, 1s, 6d, 3d and 1d 6+pieces.[T ,@[T ,@",Alphabetical Cocktail - III ,Sam[T , e@,1,The 26 across lights first have their initial letters (all different) changed, using a different new letter each time, and then are rearranged to form the clued answers.[T -@[T -@@ -Shakespeare Unbound - XII-Trochos[T -Y@-1-Clues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; lights, mainly jumbled, are entered horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Alternate rows, boustrophedon, spell 'THE SILENCE OFTEN OF PURE INNOCENCE PERSUADES WHEN SPEAKING FAILS'.[T .@[T .@.Like and Unlike - II .Pipeg[T .h@.1b.Clues prefixed by two numbers lead to words of which synonyms and antonyms form the lights.[T /@[T /@/Spider-web /Jac[T / l@/1]/8-letter lights circulate clockwise about the centre; there are 16 positioning lights.[T 0Ę@[T 0@0x-Finger Exercise0Spuggie[T 0@@02W0Numerical puzzle in base 5, with each light and its reverse being prime numbers.[T 1Ș@[T 1@@1Chop Logic 1Leon[T 1x@111Lights are entered letter by letter in the first grid, which is then cut up and rearranged to form the second grid; this spells a sorites from Lewis Carroll's 'Symbolic Logic'.[T 2̘@[T 2@2AnaCyph 2Chabon[T 2a@ 23R2Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations, with lights all 5-letter, mainly entered jumbled. Letters in outermost circle, obtained from those in adjoining circle by moving them one place forwards or backwards in the alphabet, spell 'COME INTO THE 6c2GARDEN, MAUD, FOR THE BLACK BAT, NIGHT, HAS FLOWN' from MAUD by TENNYSON (third circle out).[T 3И@[T 3@&3International Literary Festival3Andreas[T 3h@31Z3Unclued lights are literary characters and their creators, given as joint anagrams.[T 4Ԙ@[T 4@4Put It There - II4Jackdaw[T 4 e@444Each row and column contains one 5- and two 4-letter lights; clues are in groups of three, with two normal clues to 4-letter lights followed by a clue to a 5-letter light somewhere which also contains a mixture of the 13 letters.[T 5ؘ@[T 5@@5(K)night at the Play 5Wray[T 5P@515Lights are entered letter by letter; a knight's tour spells 'NOW WE SIT THROUGH SHAKESPEARE IN ORDER TO RECOGNISE THE QUOTATIONS' - O. WELLES. Clues are Shakespearean quotations and the lights their speakers.[T 6ܘ@[T 6@6Sixes and Sevens - III 6Zander[T 6b@6296Clues to 6- and 7-letter lights are all misplaced.[T 7@[T 7@7I haven't a clue - II 7Smada[T 7O@71u7Numerical puzzle with lights being members of Pythagorean triples involving 840 as one of the smaller numbers.[T 8@[T 8@8Scene around Kew 8Pipeg[T 8 e@818Central 5 x 5 square consists entirely of Bs with QUEEN in the middle; perimeter spells 'LAUGH TO SEE THEM WHIRL AND FLEE LIKE A SWARM OF GOLDEN BEES'.[T 9@[T 9@@93 D [Triads] 9Altex[T 9 l@91_9Italicised clues are anagrams of two members of a triad, with the light being the third.[T :@[T :@:A Christmas Story :Babs[T : l@:1@:Narrative concerning the selection of Christmas presents.[T ;@[T ;@;Treble Chance ;Simmo[T ; e@;1;Each across clue leads to a 12- or 13-letter word, whose letters are to be arranged into three words entered in the appropriate row.[T <@[T <@<In Other Words <ffancy[T <a@<2<The initial letter of each clue determines the relationship of the light to the answer: A-D means a homophone, E-G a synonym, H-M an antonym, N-O no change and P-Z an anagram.[T =@[T =@@+=1 Down 2 Across [Beheaded Composers] =pH7[T =[@=1g=Narrative with unclued lights being composers with initial letter B removed, e.g. EETHOVEN, ACH.[T >@[T >@>A Thorny Problem >Jeffec[T >h@>1<>The combination TH in lights is entered as (thorn).[T ?@[T ?@?Fair Exchange ?Recon[T ?P@?1?Six pairs of clues have a pair of words exchanged; the lights exchange a pair of letters. In each case the position of the letter exchanged corresponds to the position of the word exchanged in the clue.[T @@[T @@@Cook's Tour - VI @Zander[T @ e@@2s@14 items of food or drink are clued in italics by the names of the regions in which they are normally found.[T A@[T A@@A'Build Me a Pyramid' ACheops[T A`c@ A1RAGrid is the net of a pyramid; vertical lights are jumbled. Running round the outside in alternate squares and then around the base reads 'WHAT NEEDS MY SHAKESPEARE FOR HIS HONOUR'D BONES THE LABOUR OF AN AGE IN PILED STONES?' - JOHN MILTON'S EPITAPH ON WI6ALLIAM SHAKESPEARE.[T B @[T B@"BAlphabetical Inserts - VIII BSam[T B@`@B1pBGrid is circular with 26 radial lights formed by inserting a different letter each time into the answers.[T C@[T C@CRacing Columns CArgus[T C l@C1C15 fictitious horses' names, each consisting of two words, are clued in random order; clues define the two words and contain a letter-mixture. 3 of the horses also appear as columns.[T D@[T D@DEquations - II DTrand[T D>@ D1RDNumerical puzzle; clues either concern triples of numbers such that their sum and that of any two of them is a square, or have the form a + bc = d, c + ba = e.[T E@[T E@@ETailpieces EBabs[T Ed@ E1RE7 lights extend beyond the grid, and the extended parts show how to encode 7 lights with italicised clues, e.g. (RESER)VIST, (CAUTE)RISE, (TANTA)LISM, (BRIN)DISI mean that VERMEIL leads to TRELRDM.[T F@[T F@FAnaCyph - II FChabon[T Fa@ F3RFGrid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations, with lights all 5-letter, mainly entered jumbled. Letters in outermost circle, obtained from those in adjoining circle by moving them one place forwards or backwards in the alphabet, spell 'CUPID AND MY C6\FAMPASPE PLAY'D AT CARDS FOR KISSES, CUPID PAID' from CAMPASPE by LYLY (third circle).[T G @[T G@GHalf and Half GVectis[T G^@ G4R_GEach answer is 6-letter; one half is to be entered where it stands, the other elsewhere.[T H$@[T H@HWheels Within - XIIIHTrochos[T HV@H1HGrid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells 'A MAN MAY FAIL IN DUTY TWICE AND THE THIRD TIME MAY PROSPER' from MORTE D'ARTHUR (third circle).[T I(@[T I@@ IAstiac IJeffec[T I@W@I1IGrid is hexagonal; lights are entered letter by letter. From Input to Output may be traced 'SEEKING A WAY, AND STRAYING FROM THE WAY, NOT KNOWING HOW TO FIND THE OPEN AIR, BUT TOILING DESPERATELY TO FIND IT OUT'.[T J,@[T J@JSnakes and Ladders - II JZander[T Jb@J2lJAcross lights are entered in two parts, the first in the indicated position and the second elsewhere.[T K0@[T K@KThe Torn Page KCheops[T Kd@K2UKGrid is Times-style; clues have been cut in half and rejoined in random order.[T L4@[T L@LBandbox - II LWray[T L^@ L4RLGrid is the net of a cube; 6 bands surround it, each bearing four 6-letter words, clued in random order. Letters agree at edges.[T M8@[T M@@"MThe 17, 13 [Poets Laureate]MScorpio[T M e@M1VMUnclued lights are the 17 POETS LAUREATE; many clues are incomplete quotations.[T N<@[T N@NH.C.F.s Nffancy[T N@T@N4ONClues are double DLM; the letters common to both answers form the light.[T O@@[T O@OBird's Eye OBabs[T O@j@O1KONarrative about a species of bird; bar pattern of grid resembles it.[T PD@[T P@PWanderer: On the Square PChabon[T PP@P1PLights are entered letter by letter; in the grid may be traced 'EMPEROR, WHO, BUSIED IN HIS MAJESTY, SURVEYS THE SINGING MASONS BUILDING ROOFS'.[T QH@[T Q@@QTest-paper QNut[T Q e@Q1HQAcross lights are all players of INTERNATIONAL CRICKET (unclued).[T RL@[T R@RBi-Scalar RPipeg[T RP@R1RNumerical puzzle, with solutions to the clues correct in base 7 and base 9. Each letter in the clues stands for one number in each base (the numbers may or may not be the same).[T SP@[T S@SDe Mortuis - II SWray[T SN@ S4RSLights are 4-letter, entered clockwise around numbers. 9 are names of famous people clued by quotations, given in random order.[T TT@[T T@TThe 'Hill' TJeffec[T TZ@T1TGrid represents the Sussex coastline; lights are entered letter by letter; in the grid may be traced 'BARE SLOPES WHERE CHASING SHADOWS SKIM, AND THROUGH THE GAPS REVEALED BELT UPON BELT THE WOODED, DIM BLUE GOODNESS OF THE WEALD'.[T UX@[T U@@UFives - IIUOdysseus[T Uf@U1UEach across clue leads to a 5-letter word two of whose letters are changed to form the light (another word). New letters spell 'ERRORS, LIKE STRAWS, UPON THE SURFACE FLOW; HE WHO WOULD SEARCH FOR PEARLS MUST DIVE BELOW'.[T V\@[T V@VCrescent VThor[T V e@V1VItalicised clues contain hidden words, whose 'fully-grown' forms are to be entered, e.g. LEATHERJACKET leads to DADDY-LONG-LEGS, LEVERET leads to HARE.[T W`@[T W@WCyclic Fours - III WTopher[T Wb@W1lWEach row contains three 4-letter words, written cyclically, clued by hidden words in random sequence.[T Xd@[T X@XA maze, indeed XJac[T X@j@X1XClues lead to Shakespearean characters, forming an endless chain with 1-letter overlaps; 9 positioning lights assist in deciding the starting point.[T Yh@[T Y@@YTailpiece - II YBabs[T Y@f@Y1Y7 lights extend beyond the grid, and the extended parts show how to encode 7 lights with italicised clues, e.g. (HELSIN)GFORS, (PIN)AFORE, (ROQU)EFORT mean that SETTEES leads to GAEEAAG.[T Zl@[T Z@ ZTheme and Variations - IV ZZander[T Z e@Z2zZThemewords CLUBS (REFORM, SAVAGE); DIAMONDS (KOH-I-NOR, CULLINAN); HEARTS (CELTIC, RANGERS); SPADES (HARTS, SPITS).[T [p@[T [@[Embedded Squares - III [Fudge[T [^@ [4R[Grid comprises 36 squares, each surrounded by 4 hexagons. Lights are all 5-letter, with one letter entered in the square and the remainder clockwise in the hexagons so as to spell a 4-letter word anticlockwise. The letters in the squares form a 6 x 6 word6[-square.[T \t@[T \@\Swiss Navy \ffancy[T \@c@\1;\Unclued lights are words lacking the suffix '-SHIP'.[T ]x@[T ]@@]Heads and Tails]Pimlico[T ]b@]4]Each clue is two words: 8 define the light and the light less its tail; 8 define the light and the light less its head. The 8 heads and 8 tails may be arranged to form two words.[T ^|@[T ^@^Part-Songs - II ^Eli[T ^ e@^1x^Clues are anagrams of titles of Schubert songs; when certain letters are removed from each the lights are formed.[T _@[T _@_Knight at the Proms - II _Wray[T _P@_1_Lights are entered letter by letter; a knight's tour spells CENERENTOLA - ROSSINI; BRIGG FAIR - DELIUS; MASKARADE - NIELSEN; EROICA - BEETHOVEN.[T `@[T `@`For the Subtile Man `Tyke[T `O@`1Q`Numerical puzzle concerning 5 Pythagorean triples of the form a, a+1, 5b.[T a@[T a@@aHabitats aCheops[T a l@a1aa15 incomplete quotations lead to nicknames for football clubs, whose towns are the lights.[T b@[T b@bEven More Elementary bSam[T b`h@b1mbEach square is to contain an atomic symbol; each element up to atomic number 92 is used at least once.[T c@[T c@cHomonymous - III cTopher[T c e@c1/c39 lights are homophones of the answers.[T d@[T d @dBookworm dJeffec[T d@^@d1dGrid is a 5 x 5 x 5 cube; lights are entered letter by letter; in the grid may be traced 'THEY HAVE IN ENGLAND A COIN THAT BEARS THE FIGURE OF AN ANGEL STAMPED IN GOLD, BUT THAT'S INSCULP'D UPON; BUT HERE AN ANGEL IN A GOLDEN BED LIES ALL WITHIN'.[T e@[T e@ @eJog-trot eJac[T ed@e2eGrid is blank, to be filled in Times-style; each square is split into two triangles. Each clue is double, giving two geographical names (undefined); the first is entered in the lower triangles, the second in the upper.[T f@[T f @fPolyglottal Tetraptych fCheops[T fh@f1fGrid is in 4 parts; 24 incomplete quotations lead to words to be translated into French, German, Italian or Latin to form the unclued lights.[T g@[T g@gThree-in-hand gffancy[T g[@g1gIn each square the letter from the across light is entered in the top right-hand corner, that from the down light in the bottom left-hand corner, and the sum of the two in the middle; these, taken diagonally, spell 'PLEASE TO REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBE6egR, GUNPOWDER TREASON AND PLOT; WE KNOW NO REASON WHY GUNPOWDER TREASON SHOULD EVER BE FORGOT'.[T h@[T h@hEnneads - IIhJackdaw[T h m@h4MhAll lights are 9-letter, entered in and around their numbered squares.[T i@[T i@@iFive-powered SquareiMathematica[T iY@i1=iNumerical puzzle involving five 10-digit fifth powers.[T j@[T j@jAstronomical jPipeg[T jf@j1fjNarrative concerning astronomy; the combinations IN, TO and US are omitted wherever they occur.[T k@[T k@kOtiose - II kffancy[T ka@k2kHalf the clues are double, with one part a single word and the other a DLM clue; the first light is entered where indicated, the second elsewhere. In the remaining clues the 1st, 6th, 11th, 16th etc. letters spell the lights.[T l@[T l@lLogogriphs - IV lTopher[T lY@l1lTen 9-letter across lights can be rearranged into a 4- and a 5-letter word; clues define all three. Down lights at edges have clues defining them and three anagrams; other lights are entered along king's moves from given starting squares.[T m@[T m@@m36-19 [Winter Sports]mHalezfax[T m l@m1KmUnclued lights are WINTER SPORTS resorts in Austria and Switzerland.[T n@[T n@nChristmas Crackery - II nZander[T nb@n2nClues are DLM in the form of jokes, riddles and limericks; certain diagonals spell SEASONAL SALUTATIONS FROM ZANDER TO ALL.[T o@[T o@oPoetaster oBabs[T o l@o1&oNarrative comprising 7 'poems'.o[T pę@[T p@pHighbrows pJeffec[T p l@p15pUnclued lights are fells in the Lake District.[T qș@[T q@ @qHead-hunting - VI qZander[T q e@q2~qThe first letter of each answer is entered misplaced; certain diagonals spell 'I'M COMING, FOR MY HEAD IS BENDING LOW'.[T r̙@[T r"@rThrees and Fours rRamal[T rZ@r2rNumerical puzzle; clues are linear functions of three numbers, one a power of 3, one a power of 4, and one either m or p where the sum of the first m cubes is the fourth power of p.[T sЙ@[T s#@s21-Plus sLeon[T sb@s1sLights are entered letter by letter; read in a spiral, the grid spells A FLAVESCENT OOIDAL OFFSPRING OF A FRUGIFEROUS ARBOREAL GROWTH, WITH ASTRINGENT SUCCUS; RELISHED BY CARPOPHAGOUS ATHLETES AND ICHTHYOPHAGISTS ON PLEURONECTES PLATESSA. The answer's a l6 semon![T tԙ@[T t%@tPer Ardua Ultra Astra tPipeg[T t e@t1tSome lights are entered letter by letter; 13 large numbers, when changed to base 6 and entered in the rows, determine what appears in the squares: those with a 0 spell a quotation, 1 four Paladins (along knight's moves), 2 demons, 3 horses, 4 dogs and 5 p6tlanets.[T uؙ@[T u@'@uSquare Search - IIuJackdaw[T uf@u1uThe 6 'Head-lights', clued normally, comprise the alphabet (except Q and S) and head the rows and columns; each other clue, headed by a letter, leads to a 3-, a 4- and a 5-letter word, and contains the letters in sequence. Finally, (S)ERGEANT-MAJOR is for6@umed by cross-referencing alphabetically the head-letters.[T vܙ@[T v)@vHoneycomb vJac[T vk@ v1RvGrid comprises hexagons superimposed on a square lattice; top and bottom rows, and leftmost and rightmost columns, are regarded as joined together. Each hexagon contains a 6-letter word entered clockwise, with letters agreeing at edges.[T w@[T w*@wHonours Even wBadger[T wh@w17wUnclued lights are theatrical dames and knights.[T x@[T x,@xTailpiece - III xBabs[T xg@x1x7 lights extend beyond the grid, and the extended parts show how to encode 7 lights with italicised clues, e.g. (SPATTER)DASH, (ENTHUS)IASM, (HANDC)LASP, (SPEAK)EASY mean that DIDDLED leads to HMHHPYH.[T y@[T y@.@ yEWQREPTB ZF [Westward Ho]yETPG [Wray][T y`h@y1yClues are encoded by placing the codeword above the rest of the alphabet in order and replacing each letter by that above or below it; unclued lights are places in Devon and Cornwall.yBuckfastleigh[T z@[T z0@zMissing Roman Numerals zNut[T z e@z1DzLights lose all instances of O, I, V, X, L, C, D, M on entry.[T {@[T {1@{Straight {Egma[T {b@{4{Normal.[T |@[T |3@|Chop and Change|Rhombus[T |B@|2|Numerical puzzle; lights, all 3-digit, form a chain in which each is obtained from its predecessor by alternately permuting its digits and taking the sum of its divisors (excluding itself).[T }@[T }@5@}Classified Lights }Jeffec[T }b@}2}Clues are presented in 3 groups, in correct order within each, according to the parts of speech to which the answers belong.[T ~@[T ~7@~Devilled Cubes ~Ad[T ~W@ ~4RA~Grid is a 5 x 5 x 5 cube with blacked cells; clues are PD.[T @[T 8@AnaCyph - III Chabon[T a@ 3RGrid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations, with lights all 5-letter, mainly entered jumbled. Letters in outermost circle, obtained from those in adjoining circle by moving them one place forwards or backwards in the alphabet, spell 'METHINKS I GAZ6\E UPON THEE NOW AS ON A SERPENT IN HIS AGONIES' from LOVE by TENNYSON (third circle).[T @[T :@ Simple Thor[T  e@1xItalicised clues contain hidden words which are simples, the sources of the vegetable drugs which are the lights.[T @[T @<@!Alphabetical Cocktail - IV Sam[T c@1The 26 across lights all begin with different letters; these are removed and the letters rearranged to form the lights, which also all begin with different letters.[T  @[T >@Clock Patience Leon[T J@1Card puzzle, with circular grid representing a game of clock patience; ranks and suits (C = 2, D = 3, H = 5, S = 7) are clued separately.[T @[T ?@The Great Divide Pipeg[T h@1Unclued lights are all to do with Australia; those more than 6 letters long are split in two and have other letters interpolated.[T @[T A@Power Sums Trand[T H@1Numerical puzzle; clues are 5-tuples of fractions in three groups. In the first group the sum is equal to the sum of the squares; in the second the square of the sum is equal to the sum of the cubes; in the third the cube of the sum is equal to the sum of6 the fourth powers.[T @[T @C@Phantasmagoria Simmo[T  e@1uAcross lights and 1 Down (all unclued) are a collection of fantastic items, taken mostly from myth and legend.[T @[T E@The Wright Map Jeffec[T b@1Grid is circular; lights are entered letter by letter. In the grid may be traced 'HE DOES OBEY EVERY POINT OF THE LETTER THAT I DROPPED TO BETRAY HIM: HE DOES SMILE HIS FACE INTO MORE LINES THAN ARE IN THE NEW MAP WITH THE AUGMENTATION OF THE INDIES' - SH6AKESPEARE.[T  @[T F@Dramatic (K)nightAeschylus[T P@1Clues are incomplete quotations from Aeschylus; lights are entered letter by letter in Greek. In the grid a quotation may be traced.[T $@[T H@Coded PairsPimlico[T b@4m12 unclued 4-letter lights comprise 6 words and their coded forms, using a simple substitution cipher.[T (@[T @J@AnaCyph - IV Chabon[T a@ 3RGrid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations, with lights all 5-letter, mainly entered jumbled. Letters in outermost circle, obtained from those in adjoining circle by moving them one place forwards or backwards in the alphabet, spell 'THE WORLD'S A 6STAGE, AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN MERELY PLAYERS' by W. SHAKESPEARE (third circle), 6 of whose characters are unclued lights.[T ,@[T L@Missing Links - VII Zander[T b@2\15 unclued lights form a chain in which each link is synonymous with its predecessor.[T 0@[T M@Wall Flowers Egma[T ]@ 1RGrid is a wall of bricks; lights are entered, with letters in random order, in and around numbered bricks, which form five 7-letter plants; six other plants appear around the perimeter.[T 4@[T O@Knight at Table Wray[T P@1Lights are entered letter by letter; a knight's tour spells 'BIRDS IN THEIR LITTLE NESTS AGREE WITH CHINAMEN BUT NOT WITH ME' - BELLOC, 'ON FOOD'.[T 8@[T @Q@A Matter of Conscience ffancy[T ^@1ONarrative, with certain checked squares containing more than one letter.[T <@[T S@Ring the ChangesRhombus[T @_@ 1RrNumerical puzzle; each column is a 5-digit number, obtained from its neighbour by interchanging two digits.[T @@[T T@Channel Pilot Jeffec[T Y@1Lights are entered letter by letter; in the grid may be traced 'THE GOODWINS, I THINK THEY CALL THE PLACE; A VERY DANGEROUS FLAT, AND FATAL, WHERE THE CARCASSES OF MANY A TALL SHIP LIE BURIED'.[T D@[T V@Wheels Within - XIVTrochos[T @W@1Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells 'DREAM WHILE THE INNUMERABLE CHOIR OF DAY WELCOME THE DAWN' from NIGHTINGALES (third circle).[T H@[T @X@Musical SwitchStrebor[T  e@1Lights are entered letter by letter; a chain of 30 composers, written alternately forwards and backwards and with 1-letter overlaps, forms a spiral.[T L@[T Z@Middle Ages Babs[T  e@1SThe leading diagonal contains the final letters of 18 lights ending in -AGE.[T P@[T [@$[12 23] or [21 32] [dominoes] Pipeg[T >@ 5RGrid is pentagonal, made up of irregular quadrilaterals and pentagons. Clues are double or ordinary DLM; lights, entered one per region, are pairs of consecutive letters in the answers. Adjacent regions contain pairs arranged as in the title, e.g. RE, ET 6or AT, RA.[T T@[T ]@Tourism for Beginners Mendax[T `@1Across lights are clued by incomplete rhymes involving names of towns (which are not given), e.g. 'I'm not such a ______ as to denigrate (LEICESTER)' leads to JESTER.[T X@[T @_@Assemblage Line Jac[T f@1Clues lead to pairs of words, the first being the noun of assemblage of the second. The second words form an endless chain with 1-letter overlaps.[T \@[T a@Hour Glass - V Zander[T W@1Across clues are DLM; down lights are jumbled. Grid is lower half of an hour-glass and its contents may be arranged as 'BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF YEARS THERE CAME TO THE MAKING OF MAN TIME WITH A GIFT OF TEARS, GRIEF WITH A GLASS THAT RAN'.[T `@[T b@Circumbendibus Fudge[T e@1d33 lights form a chain with 2-letter overlaps; clues to several positioning lights are given.[T d@[T d@Bi-Devilled - II Cuth[T r@1;There are two identical grids; clues are double DLM.[T h@[T @f@'Honi Soit ...' Jeffec[T `a@1Grid is shield-shaped; the bordure reads 'WHEN FIRST THIS ORDER WAS ORDAINED, MY LORDS, KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER WERE OF NOBLE BIRTH'.[T l@[T h@ 'How Beautiful They Are!' Babs[T  e@1GUnclued lights are 9 objects named after Lords, e.g. WELLINGTON.[T p@[T i@All Done By Mirrors Nabla[T L@ 1RNumerical puzzle; clues give the possible integral object- and image-distances for a mirror of a particular radius of curvature.[T t@[T k@Squares and Ladders Pipeg[T c@1Clues to 9 positioning lights are given; other lights are (mainly) unclued rungs of word-ladders, and there are four 5 x 5 word-squares.[T x@[T @m@Sixes and Sevens - IV Zander[T b@29Clues to 6- and 7-letter lights are all misplaced.[T |@[T o@Outer Spaces Simmo[T h@1gUnclued lights around the perimeter of the gridare planetary satellites within the solar system.[T @[T p@Portmanteaux - IV Topher[T d@1Across lights form a continuous chain of words, each overlapping the next by 2 letters; clues are grouped by light-length and given in cyclic order.[T @[T r@TetrahedralRhombus[T D@ 4RNumerical puzzle; grid forms four sides of a pyramid. Lights down edges are pyramidal numbers; other lights are related squares.[T @[T @t@Beaune for Dog Babs[T h@1Italicised clues lead to alcoholic lights, those down being quotational blunders, e.g. '________ makes the heart grow fonder' leads to ABSINTHE.[T @[T v@Transformation Scene Tyke[T n@1Letters in across lights falling in the four unbarred columns are changed to form new words; the columns read SINCERE CHRISTMAS GREETING TO ALL THE LONG-SUFFERING YET FORGIVING SOLVERS.[T @[T w@Double Top Sam[T b@1Across clues each lead to two words with the same initial letter, different in each case; these are removed and the remainders adjoined to form the lights, e.g. LENT, LICE lead to ENTICE.[T @[T y@Bilingual Nut[T @^@1^Each light is also a word in Latin; each clue contains a translation of the Latin word.[T @[T @{@Fives - IIIOdysseus[T f@1Each across clue leads to a 5-letter word two of whose letters are changed to form the light (another word). New letters spell 'FAMILIES ARE SO MIXED NOWADAYS: INDEED AS A RULE EVERYBODY TURNS OUT TO BE SOMEBODY ELSE'.[T @[T }@A Worthy Pioner Jeffec[T [@1fLights are entered letter by letter; a route on the underground can then be traced in the grid.[T @[T ~@Space-saver - II Babs[T R@1Each answer is entered in half as many squares as the word has letters, e.g. ZOOZOO leads to Z O O, HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY leads to H/P I G G L E D Y.[T @[T @Cook's Tour - VII Zander[T  e@2s13 items of food or drink are clued in italics by the names of the regions in which they are normally found.[T @[T @@The One That Got Away Topher[T  e@1956 answers contain a fish, to be removed on entry.[T @[T @Observations Trand[T R@ 1RNumerical puzzle; clues concern rational approximations to solutions of the equation x + y = 100 (to be discovered) for integral values of x.[T @[T @Swansdown Jac[T @^@126 clues lead to 5-letter words, to be entered in such a way as to make twelve 11-letter lights (including SHAKESPEARE in the central column).[T @[T @Leo Kim's LectureDoghouse[T P@1Ten authors of quotations are entered letter by letter; in the grid may be traced PERSUASION, AUSTEN; SILAS MARNER, ELIOT; MOBY DICK, MELVILLE; HARD TIMES, DICKENS.[T @[T @@Associations Nut[T  e@2Each light is part of a phrase; each clue is DLM, and includes the remainder of the phrase for the diametrically opposite light.[T @[T @QTTNSFRMSHKSPR Phyz[T @1Clues are quotations from Shakespeare with vowels omitted, containing the word or words to be entered vertically. Top and bottom rows of grid spell LIFE IS BUT A MELANCHOLY FLOWER and LIFE IS BUTTER MELON CAULIFLOWER; middle row is NEITHER TOO GLOOMY NOR 6SYET TOO HOPEFUL, and two other rows spell names of Shakespearean characters.[T @[T @Roundabout Jeffec[T f@1GUnclued lights, arranged in a spiral, are artificial satellites.[T Ě@[T @Left oVers Smada[T P@1Numerical puzzle with most lights clued by their remainders modulo n for two or three values of n. All lights are pentagonal numbers, enabling remaining corner of grid to be completed.[T Ț@[T @@Ding Dong Chabon[T `@1Clues are incomplete quotations; lights are entered letter by letter and then transposed to another grid where a knight's tour spells 'THEN BEFORE BREAKFAST, DOWN TOWARD THE SEA I RAN ALONE MONARCH OF MILES OF SAND'.[T ̚@[T @Same Again, Please! Peto[T k@124 answers form 12 pairs, each pair having in common certain consecutive letters which are to be removed on entry (leaving proper words) and rearranged to form a word entered in an annex to the grid, e.g. BR(ANCHI)AE, TE(ACHIN)G lead to CHINACHINA.[T К@[T @Theme and Variations - V Zander[T  e@2tThemewords HILARY (ILARIO, HILAIRE); EASTER (EGG, BONNET); TRINITY (ORIEL, KEBLE); MICHAELMAS (MAILE, CHASM).[T Ԛ@[T @Nesting Birds - II Peto[T b@ 4RThere are six 5 x 5 grids, one light in each being a bird, with 6 central letters spelling a bird. Lights in corresponding positions are clued in random order by definition in doggerel.[T ؚ@[T @@Logogriphs - V Topher[T [@1Twelve 9-letter across lights can be rearranged into a 4- and a 5-letter word; clues define all three. Down lights at edges have clues defining them and two anagrams; other lights are entered along king's moves from given starting squares.[T ܚ@[T @The Serpent Egma[T _@1Grid is spiral, representing a serpent; lights are 5-letter and jumbled. Perimeter spells 'CLOSE THE SERPENT SLY INSINUATING WOVE WITH GORDIAN TWINE HIS BRAIDED TRAIN' from PARADISE LOST (at the centre).[T @[T @Channel Pilot - II Jeffec[T `@1Lights are entered letter by letter; in the grid may be traced 'TO SOUTHAMPTON: ... THENCE TO FRANCE SHALL WE CONVEY YOU SAFE, AND BRING YOU BACK, CHARMING THE NARROW SEAS TO GIVE YOU GENTLE PASS; FOR, IF WE MAY, WE'LL NOT OFFEND ONE STOMACH'.[T @[T @ Monumentum aere perenniusSacerdos[T  l@13Clues are incomplete quotations from Horace.[T @[T @@Cross-Doubles Jac[T q@1Across lights are alternative descriptions of Shakespearean characters, clued in random order and with clues containing letter-mixtures of the characters.[T @[T @Snakes and Ladders - III Zander[T b@2lAcross lights are entered in two parts, the first in the indicated position and the second elsewhere.[T @[T @Shuffling the Pack Adam[T B@ 4RNumerical puzzle, with clues concerning the number of interleaving shuffles required to return a pack of a certain number of cards to its original state.[T @[T @Striptease Wray[T T@ 1RLights are entered letter by letter; the columns formed are then to be rearranged so that reading boustrophedon gives 'ATTEMPT THE END AND NEVER STAND TO DOUBT NOTHING IS SO HARD BUT SEARCH WILL FIND IT OUT'.[T @[T @@As the Highwayman Said Babs[T h@1`18 clues worded in the fashion of the title lead to lights which are British place-names.[T @[T @Change Partners Badger[T f@122 clues (mainly incomplete quotations) lead to well-known business names, whose partners are to be entered in places to be discovered.[T @[T @Scytale Cheops[T g@2Grid is Times-style; perimeter letters form a scytale, reading 'THE ONE WHICH REMAINS MUST BE THE TRUTH'. 7 clues, indicated by italicised comments in brackets, lead to words linked to 4 (the size of the scytale) by references to Sherlock Holmes.[T @[T @Box Search Jeffec[T X@1Grid is the net of a cube; lights are entered letter by letter. In the grid may be traced 'SAY ... HOW FAR IT IS TO THIS SAME BLESSED MILFORD; AND, BY THE WAY, TELL ME HOW WALES WAS MADE SO HAPPY AS T'INHERIT SUCH A HAVEN'.[T @[T @@Squares and Ladders - II Pipeg[T [@18 positioning lights are clued; other lights are unclued rungs of word-ladders, and there are two 4-letter and two 5-letter word-squares.[T  @[T @Highlands and Islands Eli[T  e@1zNarrative concerning a Scottish holiday; unclued lights (all Scottish lochs and islands) appear as letter-mixtures.[T @[T @ Alphabetical Inserts - IX Sam[T c@1Grid is circular; 26 circumferential lights, all proper names, are formed by inserting a letter, different each time, in the answers.[T @[T @Dog Days - II Babs[T  l@1:Narrative in Latin concerning a man's life-history.[T @[T @@Fractionary - II UtdtU[T @W@ 3RNumerical puzzle; grid is circular, with radial lights the 5-digit repetends of fractions with prime denominators, clued by the numerators, in varying bases up to 10.[T @[T @Fraudful Simmo[T h@1+Unclued lights are artificial flies.[T  @[T @Wheels Within - XVTrochos[T @W@1Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations; lights are all 5-letter, mainly jumbled. Outermost circle spells 'WE GROPE TOGETHER AND AVOID SPEECH GATHERED ON THIS BEACH' by THOMAS S. ELIOT (third circle).[T $@[T @ Athruz Jac[T b@1>Answers are entered with letters in alphabetical order.[T (@[T @@+1413 and all that [Unknown Quantity] Loki[T  e@1ZUnclued lights are words substituted in forgetfulness for things, e.g. THINGUMAJIG.[T ,@[T @Novel Names Bap[T h@2PMost clues lead to names of novels; the lights are authors or characters.[T 0@[T @Fortuna Favet Fortibus Jeffec[T X@1Grid is the net of a cube; lights are entered letter by letter. In the grid may be traced 'TENDER-HANDED STROKE A NETTLE AND IT STINGS YOU FOR YOUR PAINS; GRASP IT LIKE A MAN OF METTLE, AND IT SOFT AS SILK REMAINS'.[T 4@[T @The Torn Page - II Cheops[T c@2UGrid is Times-style; clues have been cut in half and rejoined in random order.[T 8@[T @@Cordial EntenteWaterloo[T  e@2uAcross clues and answers are in English; those down are in French. The lights are translations of the answers.[T <@[T @'The Following Have Arrived - III Babs[T @U@ 4RLights (all 11-letter) are names of fictitious race-horses; sire and dam are given, and letter-mixtures occur in racing tips.[T @@[T @Clock Patience - II Leon[T J@1Card puzzle, with circular grid representing a game of clock patience; ranks and suits (C = 2, D = 3, H = 5, S = 7) are clued separately.[T D@[T @Twilight Twist Jac[T b@1lMost lights are formed from the answers by replacing CON by PRO, OFF by ON etc., still forming words.[T H@[T @@Crash-Dive Jeffec[T @_@1Grid is a 5 x 5 x 5 cube; lights are entered letter by letter. In the grid may be traced 'WHAT THOUGH THE MAST BE NOW BLOWN OVERBOARD, THE CABLE BROKE, THE HOLDING ANCHOR LOST AND HALF OUR SAILORS SWALLOW'D IN THE FLOOD? YET LIVES OUR PILOT STILL'.[T L@[T @A Rescue! Fang[T  l@1Clues are incomplete Shakespearean quotations; 27 other quotations, in random order, give Shakespearean characters as lights.[T P@[T @ P-D Pipeg[T b@2All clues are PD.[T T@[T @Hour Glass - VI Zander[T @X@1Across clues are DLM; down lights are jumbled. Grid is lower half of an hour-glass and its contents may be arranged as 'DOES THE EAGLE KNOW WHAT IS IN THE PIT OR WILT THOU GO ASK THE MOLE? CAN WISDOM BE PUT IN A SILVER ROD, OR LOVE IN A GOLDEN BOWL?'[T X@[T @@All Change Trand[T H@ 1RNumerical puzzle, with clues of the form (f, N, r) = N', meaning that there are f factors, with product N, which when regarded as being in base r have product N' (in base 10).[T \@[T @Key-phrase Cipher Leon[T  e@ 4RLights are entered letter by letter; first column and row spell THE SECRETS OF MY PRISON HOUSE, which encodes the letters A to Z outside the grid. The remainder of the puzzle is then a coded message from prison.[T `@[T @Christmas Crackery - III Zander[T b@2Clues are DLM in the form of jokes, riddles and limericks; certain diagonals spell CRUCIVERBAL FELICITATIONS FROM ZANDER.[T d@[T @Carrefour Jac[T @_@4Grid is cross-shaped. All clues have 5-letter answers, some of which combine to form 10- or 15-letter lights; clues are in random order, but are alternately across and down.[T h@[T @@Overlaps - II Babs[T  e@13 concentric squares consist of chains of 6- and 8-letter words, overlapping by half their length, defined in clockwise order.[T l@[T @$YRUSMVMOQJHRU [Confederation] Wray[T h@1Clues are encoded by placing the codeword above the rest of the alphabet in order and replacing each letter by that above or below it; unclued lights are Swiss cantons.Switzerland[T p@[T @Nonsense rhymes - II Ramal[T `d@2Grid is Times-style; each clue is a nonsense rhyme of two lines, the first containing a definition of the light and the second an anagram of the symmetrically opposite light.[T t@[T @Dodecahedron Jeffec[T R@1Grid is the net of a dodecahedron; each face contains a 6-letter light with one letter in the centre (these spell ONE BOOK TOKEN) and the other 5 rearranged into another word (these are clued in random order). Letters agree at edges.[T x@[T @@No 23 [RTC = Articles] ffancy[T P@1All lights lose ARTICLES from various languages on entry. Half the clues are normal and lack articles; the rest are DLM and contain articles corresponding to those omitted.[T |@[T @Weightless Pipeg[T h@1`19 lights are formed from the answers by inserting or adding a weight, e.g. CA-LIBRA-TES.[T @[T @ 8 98 515053 [s is Eleven]Rhombus[T V@1One grid has numerical lights; the other, spelling MATHEMATICS IS THE ETHEREALIZATION OF COMMON SENSE, is a decoded version of the first, where the code replaces each letter by its remainder modulo s.[T @[T @Like little boys ... Leon[T  e@1EUnclued lights each contain a silent letter, e.g. CALM, SWORD.[T @[T @@Sixes and Sevens - V Zander[T b@2OClues to 6- and 7-letter lights are given in random order in two groups.[T @[T @ Amoeba Jac[T @_@4Grid comprises five 5 x 5 squares, with the central one meeting each of the others at one square. All answers are 5-letter, with clues grouped in random order; four 10-letter lights are formed.[T @[T @Association of ideas Eris[T  e@1cEach light is associated with the answer by a phrase '... of ...', e.g. THUMB leads to RULE.[T @[T @Listen, Mum Jeffec[T h@1922 unclued lights have a silent initial consonant.[T @[T @@ Synant Ramal[T d@4Grid is Times-style; lights are clued by synonyms or antonyms in lines of doggerel, in random order but symmetrically paired.[T @[T @Platform Party Zander[T  e@20Unclued lights are names of executioners.[T @[T @Dove-tail Jac[T b@4uGrid is divided into four identical pieces, splitting some lights; clues are given to the words in each piece.[T @[T @Merely players Sam[T  e@1ZAcross clues are Shakespearean quotations; the lights are anagrams of the speakers.[T @[T @@Mathematical ladders Leon[T 9@15Numerical puzzle concerning 'ladder' problems.[T @[T @ x and y [Tarrant, Roding] Jeffec[T f@1zUnclued lights across are Dorset villages beginning with TARRANT; those down are Essex villages ending with RODING.[T @[T @Find the lady Badger[T h@1{30 clues in capitals are anagrams of an author and one of his or her female characters, the latter being the lights.[T @[T @Fantastic Symphony Eli[T  e@1xItalicised clues lead to names of symphonies; in each case one letter is to be replaced with the key of the work.[T @[T @@Cyclic fours and fives Topher[T f@1Lights in each row and column may run from the last square back to the first; each row and column contains three lights, clued cyclically. For one light in each row the true clue is a single word hidden in the apparent clue; in each column the clues are d6"efinitions in one sentence.[T @[T @Tout court Leon[T h@1;Unclued lights can be prefixed or suffixed by COURT.[T @[T @PentominoesRhombus[T N@1Numerical puzzle in which the 12 pentominoes, each containing the digits 1 to 5, are fitted into a rectangle; the down lights are all products of five primes.[T ě@[T @Isosceles Vectis[T ]@ 1RdEach clue defines three words, to be entered so as to form a right-angled isosceles triangle.[T ț@[T @@27 ac. [Bible] Rev.[T h@1*Unclued lights are names of BIBLEs.[T ̛@[T @V-a-V's Jac[T @^@ 1RdGrid comprises five 5 x 5 squares forming a V shape; clues are given in largely random order.[T Л@[T @Out of this world Jeffec[T a@1Grid is circular; lights are entered letter by letter. In the grid may be traced 'IT IS NOT AS THOUGH MAN HAD ANY USE FOR THE MOON. WHAT GOOD WOULD THE MOON BE TO MEN? EVEN OF THEIR OWN PLANET WHAT HAVE THEY MADE BUT A BATTLE-GROUND AND THEATRE OF INFINIT6E FOLLY?'[T ԛ@[T @Second Parties Mass[T  l@120 unclued lights are second names in BRITISH AND IRISH PUBLISHING FIRMS; first names are hidden as anagrams in a piece of prose. Clues are DLM.[T ؛@[T @@Swordsongs - II ffancy[T @c@1Several lights are formed from the answers in some way, e.g. MOTHER-IN-LAW leads to LAMOTHERW, HUNCHBACK leads to HCNUH.[T ܛ@[T  @ Knight at the Proms - III Wray[T P@2Lights are entered letter by letter; a knight's tour spells SATYRICON - IRELAND; VYSEHRAD - SMETANA; PROVENCALE - MILHAUD; ROMANTIC - BRUCKNER.[T @[T  @Tri-scalar Pipeg[T P@1Numerical puzzle; with solutions across correct in base 9 and base 11, and those down in base 8 and base 9. Each letter in the clues stands for one number in each base (the numbers may or may not be the same).[T @[T  @ Theme and variations - VI Zander[T  e@2tThemewords STARR (SEDGE, RUSH); HARRISON (WILLIAM, AINSWORTH); MCCARTNEY (MERCY, CANT); LENNON (HUTTON, NOT).[T @[T @@Happy families Babs[T n@1mSome lights occur in names of purported families, e.g. ' Mr. Steer the PILOT and his daughter BERTHA'.[T @[T @Portmanteaux - V Topher[T d@1Across lights form a continuous chain of words, each overlapping the next by 2 letters; clues are grouped by light-length and given in cyclic order.[T @[T @Science fantasy Simmo[T  e@1:Across lights are cyclic permutations of creatures.[T @[T @ 3-in-1 Jeffec[T h@1Grid is an isometric drawing of a solid body with crosswords on three faces; the first and last clue in each group refer to the particular puzzle, but others need not.[T @[T @@Travelogue ffancy[T f@1Lights in each row and column may run from the last square back to the first; grid covers a map of the world. Narrative, with unclued lights being the names of places situated in their initial squares.[T @[T @Follow-my-leader Jac[T @j@1Clues lead to words beginning with BLACK, BROWN, GREEN, GREY, ROSE or WHITE; only the remainder is entered, and these form an endless chain with 1-letter overlaps.[T @[T @Sets for amusementRhombus[T B@2oNumerical puzzle concerning unions and intersections of sets of people liking particular entertainments.[T @[T @Meaningless! Egma[T b@2f9 lights consist of a word less the letters of a synonym, e.g. NOURISHED - NURSED leads to OIH.[T @[T @@Quadri-penta-hexagonal Pipeg[T @i@ 2RGrid comprises hexagons (with pentagons and squares at edges) superimposed on a square lattice. Each polygon contains a word entered clockwise (usually), with letters agreeing at edges; the perimeter spells 'SO FULL OF SHAPES ... 'TIS HIGH FANTASTICAL'.[T  @[T @Popular mystery Babs[T e@1:Unclued lights are names in a song from 'Patience'.[T @[T @Face to face Jeffec[T k@2rGrid is the net of a cube, with each face Times-style; lights are all 7-letter, and letters agree at edges.[T @[T !@AnagralgebraAnticos[T `@424 clues lead to 5-letter words with no repeated letters, in 4 groups, within each of which any pair of words have exactly one letter in common. Each word is treated as the set of its letters, and lights are clued by unions and intersections.[T @[T @#@Fretted with Golden ... Eli[T  e@2WUnclued lights are volcanoes, those across being active and those down inactive.[T @[T %@Enneads - IIIJackdaw[T  m@4MAll lights are 9-letter, entered in and around their numbered squares.[T  @[T &@A flawed floor Jeffec[T  l@1bGrid is the plan of a wooden floor made up of 2 x 1 blocks, 43 of which have been reversed.[T $@[T (@Pythagorean Triads Leon[T P@1lNumerical puzzle involving five triads of right-angled triangles with integral sides and equal areas.[T (@[T  @*@ Close of play  Arch[T  V@  3R Grid is circular; 11 clues lead to the names of Test cricketers, to be entered letter by letter according to their scoring strokes, to spell 'FOR THE FIELD IS FULL OF SHADES AS I NEAR THE SHADOWY COAST, AND A GHOSTLY BATSMAN PLAYS TO THE BOWLING OF A GHOS6  T'.[T ,@[T  ,@  M'mm  Jac[T  ^@  1R Grid comprises five 5 x 5 squares forming an M shape. All answers are 5-letter, with clues in random order within groups; various longer lights are formed.[T 0@[T  -@ Puddings, Pies, etc.  ffancy[T  b@ 2 Most clued lights are entered in two parts; 8 lights are anagrams of the answers; 3 have the form NUTS IN MAY leading to MNUTSAY; some lights are unclued. Certain diagonals spell SINCERE GREETINGS TO ALL SOLVERS.[T 4@[T  /@ Mulberry Bush - II  Topher[T   l@ 1o Each light is a cyclic permutation of the answer; half the clues define the lights and anagrams thereof.[T 8@[T  @1@ Elliptical  Fudge[T  c@ 1d Each answer leads to the light somehow, e.g. FIREBACK leads to ERIF, MARABOUTS leads to MASR.[T <@[T 3@Same again, please! - II Peto[T j@124 answers form 12 pairs, each pair having in common certain consectuive letters which are to be removed on entry (leaving proper words) and rearranged to form a word entered in an annex to the grid, e.g. M(USC)ID, RE(SCU)E lead to CUSCUS.[T @@[T 4@Classified Lights - II Jeffec[T b@2Clues are presented in 4 groups, in correct order within each, according to the parts of speech to which the answers belong.[T D@[T 6@Head-hunting - VII Zander[T  e@2}The first letter of each answer is entered misplaced; certain diagonals spell 'THOU ART A TRAITOR: OFF WITH HIS HEAD!'[T H@[T @8@ SumsRhombus[T B@2Numerical puzzle with clues of the form X + Y = Z where X, Y and Z are 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits.[T L@[T :@ Alphabetical Cocktail - V Sam[T  e@1uThe 26 across lights all begin with different letters; clues lead to anagrams beginning with the same letters.[T P@[T ;@Diametricode - III Babs[T b@ 1R24 circled perimeter and central squares contain the alphabet (except J and Q); each letter encodes that opposite it. Italicised clues have encoded lights.[T T@[T =@Pub crawlPloutos[T b@4~12 answers contain half of a common pub name, to be replaced on entry by the other half, e.g. UNCHILD leads to UNEAGLE.[T X@[T @?@Fives - IVOdysseus[T d@1Each across clue leads to a 5-letter word two of whose letters are changed to form the light (another word). New letters spell 'LET NOT EACH BEAUTY EVERYWHERE BE SPIED, WHERE HALF THE SKILL IS DECENTLY TO HIDE'.[T \@[T A@Cook's Tour - VIII Zander[T  e@2s13 items of food or drink are clued in italics by the names of the regions in which they are normally found.[T `@[T B@Singular anomalies Badger[T h@1HUnclued lights are first names and surnames of 14 lady novelists.[T d@[T D@ Squares and Ladders - III Pipeg[T ^@110 positioning lights are clued; other lights are unclued rungs of word-ladders, and there are four 5-letter word-squares.[T h@[T @F@N or NNRhombus[T E@2tNumerical puzzle involving 'binumbers', obtained by repeating each digit, e.g. the binumber of 734 is 773344.[T l@[T H@Rotator Jeffec[T b@1NExcept for 9 palindromes, each clue leads to the light and its reverse.[T p@[T I@Escalator Jac[T a@1kLights are entered with successive letters alternately to the right of and below their predecessors.[T t@[T K@Con-man's career Babs[T @j@12Narrative concerning the life of a con-man.[T x@[T @M@All in one Simmo[T h@1AUnclued lights are names of towers in the Tower of London.[T |@[T O@Clock patience - III Leon[T J@1Card puzzle, with circular grid representing a game of clock patience; ranks and suits (C = 2, D = 3, H = 5, S = 7) are clued separately.[T @[T P@17 Across [Quadruplets] Analog[T @^@4l8 clues leads to members of QUADRUPLETS, the lights being other members, e.g. SPADES leads to HEARTS.[T @[T  R@ Runs amuck Rhombus[T  B@ 1[ Numerical puzzle with all lights formed from sets of consecutive digits, e.g. 24531.[T !@[T !@T@"!Monarchs of all they survey !Eli[T ! e@!1!Unclued lights are names of highest mountains in their respective countries; those across are in the northern hemisphere and those down in the southern.[T "@[T "V@"Missing links - VIII "Zander[T "b@"2\"14 unclued lights form a chain in which each link is synonymous with its predecessor.[T #@[T #W@#Try somewhere else - II #Pipeg[T #b@#2#Each asterisked clue contains a word defining the light at the place indicated, but belongs as a whole to a light of the same length elsewhere.[T $@[T $Y@$Tautonyms $Jeffec[T $ l@$1$Unnumbered clues lead to English names of birds, whose Latin equivalents consist of one word repeated, this word being the light.[T %@[T %@[@%Daedalogue %Gong[T %W@%1%Grid is circular with jumbled radial lights; within the grid may be traced 'THE WAY IS ALL SO VERY PLAIN THAT WE MAY LOSE THE WAY'.[T &@[T &]@&Complementary &Bap[T &h@&1n&Each answer is linked to its light via a phrase of the form '... and ...', e.g. BREAKFAST leads to BED.[T '@[T '^@'Du boeuf au naturel 'Jac[T 'e@'1'24 words form an endless chain with 1-letter overlaps; each consists of an animal inside another word. Clues lead to the full words and also contain definitions of the 'outer' words.[T (@[T (`@(Roman style - II (Babs[T ( l@(1R(Answers are entered in Roman numerals, e.g. GARNET leads to VIIIXVIIIXIVVX.[T )@[T )@b@)Triagrams )Sam[T )b@)1)Each across clue is a double clue to a pair of anagrams, and also contains a letter-mixture; the light is a third anagram.[T *@[T *d@*Face to face - II *Jeffec[T *k@*2r*Grid is the net of a cube, with each face Times-style; lights are all 7-letter, and letters agree at edges.[T +@[T +e@+Amomeous +Simmo[T +h@+1:+Unclued lights are literary or traditional Utopias.[T ,@[T ,g@,Part-songs - III ,Eli[T , e@,1x,Clues are anagrams of titles of Schumann songs; when certain letters are removed from each the lights are formed.[T -@[T -@i@-Snakes and ladders - IV -Zander[T -b@-2l-Across lights are entered in two parts, the first in the indicated position and the second elsewhere.[T .@[T .k@.Tte--tte .Gong[T .^@.1.The 26 across answers all have different initial letters; these must be altered on entry to form new words, with all initial letters still different. 15 down clues are MP; the remainder have misprinted lights (still words).[T /@[T /l@/Operatic /Babs[T /@j@/1</Unclued lights are operas crossed by their composers.[T 0Ĝ@[T 0n@0Spiroquote 0Jac[T 0 l@ 04R0Lights are Shakespearean characters and are entered letter by letter; starting at the centre and spiralling outwards reads 'SHE SHOULD HAVE DIED HEREAFTER; THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TIME FOR SUCH A WORD. TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW CREEPS IN THIS PET60TY PACE FROM DAY TO DAY TO THE LAST SYLLABLE OF RECORDED TIME, AND ALL OUR YESTERDAYS HAVE LIGHTED FOOLS THE WAY TO DUSTY DEATH. OUT, OUT BRIEF CANDLE!'[T 1Ȝ@[T 1@p@1Mixed couplets - II 1Pipeg[T 1b@111Some clues are two lines of verse by different authors with three or more consecutive letters in common, forming the light, e.g. BRIDGES, COLERIDGE lead to RIDGE.[T 2̜@[T 2r@2Sixes and sevens - VI 2Zander[T 2b@22O2Clues to 6- and 7-letter lights are given in random order in two groups.[T 3М@[T 3s@ 3Paired 3Jeffec[T 3h@31C3An equal number of MPs are lost from across and down lights.[T 4Ԝ@[T 4u@4Furor arithmeticus4Rhombus[T 4P@41U4Numerical puzzle with clues of the form xZy / Z = w e.g. 819564/1956 = 419.[T 5؜@[T 5@w@5Apollogies 5Simmo[T 5 e@51=5Unclued lights are words lacking the suffix '-OMANCY'.[T 6ܜ@[T 6y@6Displaced persons - II 6Peto[T 6@^@62J6Each answer loses an anagram of a Christian name to form the light.[T 7@[T 7z@7About time, too! 7Jac[T 7 e@72:7Unclued lights are the Jewish months apart from AB.[T 8@[T 8|@ 8Mayday 8Jeffec[T 8j@8178Unclued lights are ships which met violent ends.[T 9@[T 9@~@9Hour-glass - VII 9Zander[T 9X@919Across clues are DLM; down lights are jumbled. Grid is lower half of an hour-glass and its contents may be arranged as '... SEE THE WORLD IN A GRAIN OF SAND, AND A HEAVEN IN A WILD FLOWER, HOLD INFINITY IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND, AND ETERNITY IN AN HOUR'.[T :@[T :@:Half the battle:Rhombus[T :B@:4:Numerical puzzle concerning pairs of 3-digit numbers containing the digits 1 to 6, whose products contain only these digits.[T ;@[T ;@;Logodaedaly ;Leon[T ;a@ ;2R;Lights are entered letter by letter, to form (interlaced) SQUIRES MOST ATTRACTIVE FIND THE XANTHOCHROIC KIND, BUT WHEN CHOOSING SOMEONE FOR A SQUAW ADMIRE MELANOCHROI THE MORE and THE PNEUMA OF HUMOUR IS TO SUPPRESS ALL WORDINESS.[T <@[T <@<Tailpiece - IV <Babs[T <o@<1<8 lights extend beyond the grid, and the extended parts show how to encode 8 lights with italicised clues, e.g. (S)QUARELY, (B)RIAREUS, (BU)CHAREST mean that LYRIST leads to QUUSCH.[T =@[T =@@=Fives - V=Odysseus[T =b@=1=Each across clue leads to a 5-letter word two of whose letters are changed to form the light (another word). New letters spell 'CAVANAGH WAS THE ADMIRATION OF ALL THE FIVES COURTS WHERE HE EVER PLAYED'.[T >@[T >@!>Elementary, my dear Watson >Buff[T >`@>2>14 answers each lose two letters on entry to form other words defined in their clues; the letters lost are the chemical symbols of the rare earth elements, with the missing member, DY, entered in the central squares.[T ?@[T ?@?Christmas Crackery - IV ?Zander[T ?b@?2?Clues are DLM in the form of jokes, riddles and limericks; certain diagonals spell ZANDER TENDERS BEST WISHES FOR YULETIDE.[T @@[T @@@Super-imposition @ffancy[T @@T@ @4R@Each row contains two interleaved words, one in red and one in black; some diagonal lights are clued (ignoring colours).[T A@[T A@@AHunt the title AAnalog[T A e@A1ALights are entered letter by letter to spell REARRANGE ANSWERS TO FIRST TWENTY-SIX CLUES IN GROUPS OF TWO TO FORM BOOK TITLES. INITIALS OF AUTHORS' SURNAMES TAKEN IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN CLUES OF FIRST WORD OF EACH TITLE REVEAL PHRASE; this is READING M6%AATTER (entered in bottom row).[T B @[T B@BGood Evans! BTrand[T B@@ B1RSBNumerical puzzle with lights being moves in a game of chess (Evans' gambit).[T C@[T C@CDowncast CSimmo[T Ch@C1.CUnclued lights are names for the devil.[T D@[T D@DArabic style - II DBabs[T Dp@D1^DLights are entered numerically, with one digit per square, e.g. CUBAL leads to 3212112.[T E@[T E@@E10 knots EPipeg[T Eb@E2XE10 unclued lights are defined either among the unchecked letters or in the title.[T F@[T F@FHead-hunting - VIII FZander[T F e@F2FThe first letter of each answer is entered misplaced; certain diagonals spell 'ALL THE STARS HIDE THEIR DIMINISHED HEADS'.[T G @[T G@*GFeetornonergeifyfeetone [Elongated] Gffancy[T Gq@G1G11 down lights beginning FOR- indicate ways in which across answers are to be altered, e.g FOREFEET means that ROUES leads to ROUFEETS.[T H$@[T H@HKey words HPeto[T Hb@H2HEach letter is represented by A, B, C, D, E, F or G according to the remainder modulo 7 of its numerical value; unclued lights are LAKM - DELIBES; IOLANTHE - SULLIVAN; NORMA - BELLINI; KOANGA - DELIUS; MARTHA - FLOTOW; MIGNON - THOMAS.[T I(@[T I@@INeo-Johnsonese! IEgma[T Ib@I2ZI12 answers are replaced by their American equivalents, e.g. LIFT leads to ELEVATOR.[T J,@[T J@JTwin-set JJac[T Jr@J1XJThere are two identical grids; each clue leads to two answers, one for each grid.[T K0@[T K@KTriagrams - II KSam[T Kb@K1KEach across clue is a double clue to a pair of anagrams, and also contains a letter-mixture; the light is a third anagram.[T L4@[T L@ LDiceyLRhombus[T L8@L2|LNumerical puzzle concerning a set of three dice, each numbered with 6 different digits totalling 30, thrown 12 times.[T M8@[T M@@MStations MJeffec[T M l@M1MUnclued lights across are TOM SNOUT, ROBIN STARVELING, FRANCISCO, ANTONIO, BAPTISTA, WILLIAM, SAUNDER SIMPCOX, AUTOLYCUS; those down are TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SAILOR, RICH MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGARMAN, THIEF.[T N<@[T N@NScience fantasy - II NSimmo[T N e@N17NAcross lights are cyclic permutations of plants.[T O@@[T O@OThree-legged race OFudge[T O@n@O1OThere are two grids, each with 24 unclued lights; 24 lettered clues lead to words forming the right leg of a phrase with an unclued light from the left grid and the left leg with one from the right grid, e.g. BATH OLIVER TWIST.[T PD@[T P@PC., 5D., and W [Tutin] PSnab[T Pa@P1PAcross lights are generic names from the British flora; their clues are DLM and lead to common names of members of the genera, e.g. NETTLE leads to URTICA. The title refers to Clapham, Tutin and Warburg's 'Flora of the British Isles'.[T QH@[T Q@@QPredators Qffancy[T Q e@Q2>QUnclued lights are former Chancellors of the Exchequer.[T RL@[T R@RChop chop RPipeg[T R e@R1REach light is entered without its head and/or its tail; certain diagonals spell 'CUT OFF THE HEADS, LOP OFF THE TAILS; THAT'S WHAT YOU DO - IT NEVER FAILS'.[T SP@[T S@!S'There's magic in the web'SRhombus[T SL@S2SNumerical puzzle with clues being equations with left-hand sides of the form M / N, where M is a 6-digit number and N a 3-digit number containing between them the 9 positive digits.[T TT@[T T@TEponymous TBabs[T Tf@T15TUnclued lights are objects named after people.[T UX@[T U@@UVersification UGong[T U e@U4UTwo 'poems' each comprise 10 lines of verse, with one word omitted and the remainder reordered; the 10 unclued lights in each direction are the omitted words, with the poets' names given in random order.[T V\@[T V@VDouble chance VJac[T V e@V1WVAsterisked clues have lights encoded by a substitution cipher to form new words.[T W`@[T W@ WVWLLSS WJeffec[T Wb@W24WAll vowels are omitted from clues and lights.[T Xd@[T X@XMissing Links - IX XZander[T Xb@X2\X15 unclued lights form a chain in which each link is synonymous with its predecessor.[T Yh@[T Y@@YLoose threads YSimmo[T Yb@Y1>YUnclued lights are words lacking the suffix '-OPHOBIA'.[T Zl@[T Z@!ZHighlands and islands - II ZEli[T Z e@Z1|ZNarrative concerning a Scottish holiday; unclued lights (all Scottish glens) appear as letter-mixtures or are hidden.[T [p@[T [@[Word to the wise [Babs[T [b@[1A[All lights lose the consecutive letters SAP in some order.[T \t@[T \@ \Nohow\Rhombus[T \E@\2x\Numerical puzzle involving numbers of the form N0H0W (entered as NHW) which are products of two 3-digit primes.[T ]x@[T ]@@]Nominal association ]Jeffec[T ] l@]1|]Unclued lights are objects otherwise named after saints, e.g. CHOREA (St. Vitus' dance), HYPERICUM (St. John's wort).[T ^|@[T ^@^Octagram ^Jac[T ^@t@^1W^8 lettered clues have solutions of which 4 or 6 anagrams are entered as a block.[T _@[T _@_Half and half _Gong[T _ e@_4_The perimeters of the grid and of the central 7 x 7 square form two endless chains of 6-letter words with 3-letter overlaps, defined in random order.[T `@[T `@`Tomfoolery `Alexis[T ` e@`1/`Unclued lights are former court jesters.[T a@[T a@@aJustyn Print aZander[T ah@a2aItalicised clues are purported titles of books, with the lights being appropriate authors, e.g. 'The Black Death' leads to ASA SPADES.[T b@[T b@bGame reserve - II bTopher[T bh@b15b62 lights lose the name of an animal on entry.[T c@[T c@c3-D e.w. T-Sq. cJac[T cb@c1cGrid is the net of a cube with letters agreeing at edges. 12 edge clues each define a 5-letter word and its reverse; 6 positioning lights are clued, with other clues grouped in faces, these being in random order.[T d@[T d@dLucky NumbersdReflector[T dV@d1jdNumerical puzzle with all lights palindromic; those across are divisible by 13 and those down by 7.[T e@[T e@@eDiametricode - IV eBabs[T e e@ e1Re24 circled perimeter and central squares contain the alphabet (except J and Q); each letter encodes that opposite it. Italicised clues have encoded lights.[T f@[T f@fHeads, bodies and legs fGong[T fb@f1fDown lights are 12-letter, and are split into 3 equal parts and entered in 3 different columns (one part being entered in the correct column).[T g@[T g@gRed in ___ gJeffec[T gh@g2/gAt least half the lights are Spenserian.[T h@[T h@hCoding exercisehAndreas[T h e@h1hEach light is encoded, with 12 pairs of letters (omitting X and Z) being represented by 12 single letters, the letter representing each pair being their average using numerical values (with Y = 24).[T i@[T i@@iLogogriphs - VI iTopher[T i[@i1iTen 10-letter across lights can be rearranged into two words; clues define all three. Down lights at edges have clues defining them and three anagrams; other lights are entered along king's moves from given starting squares.[T j@[T j@!jAlphabetical cocktail - VI jSam[T j@`@j1jGrid is circular; the outer circle comprises the alphabet. The 26 radial clues lead to cyclic permutations of the lights.[T k@[T k@kFictional kPipeg[T kh@k1:k18 clues lead to the names of fictional characters.[T l@[T l@lCasemates lBap[T lh@l2gl32 clues lead to first names of fictional detectives; the lights are the corresponding surnames.[T m@[T m@@mOccasional Visitors mSimmo[T m e@m2!mUnclued lights are comets.[T n@[T n@nDodecahedron - II nJeffec[T nR@n1nGrid is the net of a dodecahedron; each face contains a 6-letter light with one letter in the centre (these spell WIN OUR PRIZES) and the other 5 rearranged into another word (these are clued in random order). Letters agree at edges.[T o@[T o@%o'Clep'd All by the name of___' oFreca[T oe@o19o11 unclued lights are names of Shakespearean dogs.[T pĝ@[T p@ pGalaxy pSmada[T pI@ p5RpNumerical puzzle with grid comprising seven 5-pointed stars, each being magic with the same magic constant. There are 7 initial clues of the form x = y + z.[T qȝ@[T q@@qCook's Tour - IX qZander[T q e@q2sq14 items of food or drink are clued in italics by the names of the regions in which they are normally found.[T r̝@[T r@r15A (8) [Caravans] rBabs[T r l@r1JrNarrative consisting largely of a poem in the style of 'Daffodils'.[T sН@[T s@sCadeau de Nol sJac[T sc@s2:sEach light loses the letters E and L at least once.[T tԝ@[T t@tOn the buses tAlexis[T tb@t1VtUnclued lights across are racing drivers; those down are orchestral conductors.[T u؝@[T u@@uMixed Bag - III uPipeg[T ub@u2pu10 normal clues are given first; remaining lights are defined by one or more words in a line of doggerel.[T vܝ@[T v@vPoles and axes vMass[T v^@ v1RvHalf the lights are formed from the answers by combining 'poles', e.g. COMATOSE leads to COMOSE; the other half are 'axes' of the answers, e.g. ANNOUNCE leads to NOUN.[T w@[T w@wMirror, mirror wJeffec[T wh@w2wDiametrically opposite lights are reversals of each other, clued in pairs; each double clue is normal in one half and contains a hidden anagram in the other.[T x@[T x@xDouble AcrosticxSumydid[T xb@x1xxAcross clues are DLM; initial and final letters of across lights spell 'LOVE IN IDLENESS' and 'DOLCE FAR NIENTE'.[T y@[T y@@y6's and 7's yJac[T y e@y4yAll lights are 6- or 7-letter; four central positioning lights are clued first, thereafter clues are in random order in four groups corresponding to the four quarters of the grid.[T z@[T z@zSnakes and Ladders - V zZander[T zb@z2lzAcross lights are entered in two parts, the first in the indicated position and the second elsewhere.[T {@[T {@{Can you do division?{Rhombus[T {@T@{2L{Numerical puzzle, with lights clued by the numbers of their divisors.[T |@[T |@|Alphabetical inserts - X |Sam[T |[@|2|Grid has black squares and one bar; each light is formed from the answer by inserting a different letter of the alphabet. Each clue contains an italicised word which defines one of the lights.[T }@[T }@@}Double quits }Babs[T }b@}1;}Each answer loses a double letter to form the light.[T ~@[T ~@~Battleships~Anticos[T ~ e@~1~Grid is blank with co-ordinates, to be divided up by ten battleships (blacked out blocks of squares). Each clue is given a location and hits either its light or a ship having its answer as name; different lengths of ship have different categories of name.[T @[T @Fives - VIOdysseus[T b@1Each across clue leads to a 5-letter word two of whose letters are changed to form the light (another word). New letters spell 'THE QUINCUNX OF HEAVEN RUNS LOW AND 'TIS TIME TO CLOSE THE FIVE PORTS OF KNOWLEDGE'.[T @[T @Zodiacal Sign in Eclipse Freca[T d@1216 lights lose the suffix '-LION' on entry.[T @[T @@Two in one Gong[T  e@1Each across light is one word inside another, e.g. AN-ARCH-Y; clues define the two words and contain a letter-mixture of the whole.[T  @[T @Analphabetics Rasmo[T  e@1Whenever the letter A or B appears in an answer it is replaced by the letter from the intersecting light; the replacements spell CENSOR THE FIRST TWO OF THE TWENTY-SIX.[T @[T @Classified lights - III Jeffec[T  e@2Clues are presented in 6 groups, in correct order within each, according to the parts of speech to which the answers belong.[T @[T @On figures lost Simmo[T  e@1,Unclued lights are extinct creatures.[T @[T @@$'And the last shall be first'Rhombus[T K@ 2RNumerical puzzle concerning examination marks obtained by five pupils, which when standardised reverse the ranking order.[T @[T @Literal rendering Fetman[T  l@1The five vowels are already entered down the central column; in the completed grid the whole alphabet appears in order in phalanx formation. Unclued lights are 'COPIED ALL THE LETTERS' and 'CONNECTED WITH ORDER'.[T  @[T @D O able? Fudge[T b@1lA simple substitution cipher is used for down lights and across clues (which are simply definitions).[T $@[T @Incremental Rufus[T b@1Grid is blank with co-ordinates. The starting square of each light is given; the positions of subsequent letters are determined by the addition or subtraction of given increments to or from the co-ordinates of the current square. The central columns spell6( 'THE TRUE SUCCESS IS TO LABOUR'.[T (@[T @ @Hanoned = Butwosh Freca[T f@1611 lights are birds; ORNITHOLOGICAL is unclued.[T ,@[T  @"Cyclic fours and fives - II Topher[T f@1Lights in each row and column may run from the last square back to the first; each row and column contains three lights, clued cyclically. For across lights, 18 clues lead to the light and an anagram, while the other 27 lead to the light and a misprint; f6^or one light in each column the true clue is a single word hidden in the apparent clue.[T 0@[T  @Humbly yours Jac[T `h@1Unclued lights are Shakespearean servants. 3-letter lights are anagrams of 5-letter answers less the letters AT; 4-letter lights across are the differences between 7-letter and 3-letter words e.g. ARIMASP, RAP lead to AIMS.[T 4@[T @Bilingual Babs[T b@1Each light is a word in both English and Latin; each clue contains an interpolated definition of the Latin word elsewhere.[T 8@[T @@The Lord's combinations Alexis[T  e@1FUnclued lights across and down are BATs and BALLs respectively.[T <@[T @Mixed Bag - IV Pipeg[T b@2o8 normal clues are given first; remaining lights are defined by one or more words in a line of doggerel.[T @@[T @Centrepieces Bap[T h@12Unclued lights are middle names of writers.[T D@[T @Interpolation Egma[T b@ 2REach light is the centre of 3 consecutive headwords in Chambers' Mid-Century Dictionary; the other two are clued, one by definition and the other by subsidiary indication.[T H@[T @@Dodecahedron - III Jeffec[T R@1Grid is the net of a dodecahedron; each face contains a 6-letter light with one letter in the centre (these spell QUITE CORRECT) and the other 5 rearranged into another word (these are clued in random order). Letters agree at edges.[T L@[T @Haplographical Simmo[T  e@1Anything repeated in the answers appears only once in the lights, e.g. GARGARISM leads to GARISM, HOLLOW-WARE leads to HOLOWARE.[T P@[T @Double bisectors Trand[T @@ 4RfNumerical puzzle concerning lengths of lines in geometrical figures involving a bisected angle.[T T@[T @Hour-glass - VIII Zander[T Z@1Across clues are DLM; down lights are jumbled. Grid is lower half of an hour-glass and its contents may be arranged as 'DID THOSE FEET IN ANCIENT TIME WALK UPON ENGLAND'S MOUNTAINS GREEN? AND WAS THE HOLY LAMB OF GOD IN ENGLAND'S PLEASANT PASTURES SEEN?'[T X@[T @@%From our Persian correspondentPloutos[T i@2Letters in across lights falling in the five unbarred columns are changed to form new words; the columns read 'UNBORN TOMORROW AND DEAD YESTERDAY - WHY FRET ABOUT THEM IF TODAY BE SWEET?'[T \@[T !@Diametricode V Babs[T e@ 1R24 circled perimeter and central squares contain the alphabet (except J and Q); each letter encodes that opposite it. Italicised clues have encoded lights.[T `@[T "@ Not hanged, nor quartered Freca[T f@1O15 unclued lights each form a phrase beginning DRAW, e.g. BLANK, CHEQUE.[T d@[T $@N on Si ns ffancy[T @^@2wEach answer loses one letter to form the light, which is still a word; subsid      !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~iary indications are to the lights.[T h@[T @&@Retranslation Thor[T  e@1xItalicised clues contain words which must be 'retranslated' into mythical characters from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'.[T l@[T (@They're after Samuel Alexis[T  e@1;Unclued lights are titles of kings and other rulers.[T p@[T )@Bridge - III Pipeg[T J@ 2RGrid represents the distribution of cards in a bridge hand; a narrative of play is given with certain words omitted, whose letter sums equal the sums of pip values of certain cards (J = 14, Q = 16, K = 18, A = 20).[T t@[T +@Heslereperoses Jac[T  l@1pUnclued lights across and down are the Seven against Thebes (HEROES) and the Seven SLEEPERS respectively.[T x@[T @-@For connoisseurs Dogop[T h@2iUnclued lights are titles of 5 crosswords and their setters from The Connoisseur's Crossword Book.[T |@[T /@Soft answers Babs[T `@1AAll lights lose the consecutive letters IRE in some order.[T @[T 0@Riddleculous Freca[T f@1?10 lights are answers to riddles, given in random order.[T @[T 2@A flawed floor - II Jeffec[T  l@1bGrid is the plan of a wooden floor made up of 2 x 1 blocks, 47 of which have been reversed.[T @[T @4@HexominoesRhombus[T R@1Numerical puzzle; grid is a jigsaw of the 12 hexominoes in a 6 x 12 rectangle, each containing the digits from 1 to 6. Down lights are haexagonal numbers (except one).[T @[T 6@Sixes and Sevens - VII Zander[T b@2OClues to 6- and 7-letter lights are given in random order in two groups.[T @[T 7@The sweetest of all ... Brad[T  l@2XAsterisked clues lead to the first names of singers; the surnames are the lights.[T @[T 9@Dicatacrypt Jac[T  l@1Each down answer is interpreted literally to form the light (always a word), e.g. DOUBLET leads to TEETOTAL, BROKEN NOSE leads to ONES.[T @[T @;@Dividing the Swift MindSumydid[T b@1Reading boustrophedon, the grid spells THERE SAT ON A LOG IN IRAN OMAR, 'O GIVE ME,' HE BEGAN, 'VERSE, WET IN FLASK I OMIT NOT TO ASK, ADD ONE LOAF, AND THOU, SWEET ON DIVAN.' and EVER LOYAL ART, RED SETTER: 'I AVER SOVIET CROSSWORD'S BETTER.'[T @[T =@Christmas entertainment Dogop[T h@2Initial letters of across lights spell 'NO PLACE FOR THEM IN THE INN'; these are each entered encoded by adding CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT, e.g. N + C = Q, O + H = W.[T @[T >@At the present time ffancy[T b@2BMost lights have DLM clues; the rest appear in a narrative.[T @[T @@Hippodrome Pipeg[T  e@1(Unclued lights are famous horses.[T @[T @B@Complementary - II Bap[T  l@1vEach answer is linked to its light via a phrase of the form '... and ...', e.g. TRANSFIGURATION leads to DEATH.[T @[T D@Aurora Borealis Twudge[T  l@1RUnclued lights are stations on the Northern line of the London Underground.[T @[T E@Variations on a theme Alexis[T  e@1Theme-words SPADE (DELF, DIG, TRENCH); HEART (EARTH, HATER, RATHE); DIAMOND (KOHINOOR, ORLFF, PITT); CLUB (DRONES, LITERARY, PICKWICK).[T @[T G@Triagrams - III Sam[T a@1Each across clue is a double clue to a pair of anagrams, and also contains a letter-mixture; the light is a third anagram.[T @[T @I@Guilt complex Leon[T  l@1The completed grid contains a path tracing the 12 processes involved in the search for the philosopher's stone (less '-TION' in each case), beginning and ending in the same square.[T @[T K@Nesting birds - III Peto[T b@ 4RThere are six 5 x 5 grids, one light in each being a bird, with 6 central letters spelling a bird. Lights in corresponding positions are clued in random order by definition in doggerel.[T @[T L@CoincidencePloutos[T b@2Unclued lights are people the centenary of whose birth or death falls in 1968; their unchecked letters occur in 4 supplementary clued words.[T Ğ@[T N@Bits and Pieces Babs[T b@1There is a chain of linked words beginning KAKEMONO, MONOPOLY, POLYMER; the beginning of each word is entered where clued and the remainder elsewhere as the beginning of another word. At three points the chain splits and later reforms.[T Ȟ@[T @P@The P and S GameRhombus[T E@1PNumerical puzzle with clues of the form (a, b: c) with c = a + b + ab.[T ̞@[T R@'Songs their mothers taught them? Freca[T f@115 clues are puns or spoonerisms involving songs, e.g. 'Meat-purveyor: _______ arms around me, deary!' leads to BUTCHER.[T О@[T S@Dodecahedron - IV Jeffec[T R@1Grid is the net of a dodecahedron; each face contains a 6-letter light with one letter in the centre (these spell CUT OUT SEND IN) and the other 5 rearranged into another word (these are clued in random order). Letters agree at edges.[T Ԟ@[T U@Simple Addition Egma[T b@2SUnclued lights, when paired together, form simples, e.g. FEVERFEW, ANGELICA.[T ؞@[T @W@Curate's Egg Jac[T  l@2eUnclued lights across and down are the 7 cardinal virtues and the 7 deadly sins, respectively.[T ܞ@[T Y@Concealed Upright Dogop[T h@ 1R_Each across light loses a letter on entry, spelling 'ONE BY ONE CREPT SILENTLY TO REST'.[T @[T Z@RevolutionariesSumydid[T b@1bEach across clue is a double clue to two words, the light and a cyclic permutation thereof.[T @[T \@Northern Lights - IX Log[T b@1All letters N, S, E, W and groups NE, SE, NW, SW are entered as arrows suitably oriented, with North at the top for across lights and at the right for down. Several answers omit LOG on entry.[T @[T @^@Questionable Characters Bap[T b@1Across lights are misprinted Shakespearean characters, clued by quotations descriptive of the characters in which brief definitions of the lights have been inserted.[T @[T `@!Variations on a Theme - II Alexis[T  e@1Theme-words KING (MELCHIOR, GASPAR); QUEEN (CONSORT, REGNANT); BISHOP (POPE, CARDINAL); KNIGHT (GARTER, ELEPHANT); ROOK (RAVEN, CARRION-CROW).[T @[T a@Our Mutual Friends Klick[T  e@2FUnclued lights across are types of CROSS; those down are DOWNs.[T @[T c@Crazy PavingAlbipedius[T  l@4Solid bars divide the grid into twenty-five 3 x 3 squares; whenever a light crosses one of these bars, it may be displaced by a row or column.[T @[T @e@Odds and EndsRhombus[T E@2Numerical puzzle; four groups of clues are given, each involving three 3-digit primes a, b, c containing the 9 positive digits, so that a + b - c and c + b - a are also 3-digit primes.[T @[T g@ Same again, please! - III Peto[T j@124 answers form 12 pairs, each pair having in common certain consectuive letters which are to be removed on entry (leaving proper words) and rearranged to form a word entered in an annex to the grid, e.g. S(ERBI)AN, F(IREB)LIGHT lead to BERIBERI.[T @[T h@A Cryptic TriptychPloutos[T f@1Grid is in three vertical sections; 6 lights in each are also words in French, German or Latin, and definitions in their clues consist of translations of the foreign words.[T @[T j@ CSUCCT Babs[T @T@1ATitle is SUCCINCT; all lights are entered in this fashion.[T @[T @l@Versification - II Gong[T  e@4Two 'poems' each comprise 10 lines of verse, with one word omitted and the remainder reordered; the 10 unclued lights in each direction are the omitted words, with the poets' names given in random order.[T  @[T n@Head-Hunting - IX Zander[T  e@2{The first letter of each answer is entered misplaced; certain diagonals spell 'EACH SECOND STOOD HEIR TO THE FIRST'.[T @[T o@Stocktaking Jeffec[T [@1pClues are incomplete quotations; lights are entered letter by letter, spelling items stolen by AUTOLYCUS.[T @[T q@ Et Seq Jac[T  l@13Unclued lights are Shakespearean attendants.[T @[T @s@Quinbus Flestrin Freca[T f@1GAsterisked clues and their lights refer to 'Gulliver's Travels'.[T @[T u@Signs and SymbolsSumydid[T `@1?12 squares contain signs and symbols, e.g. C&IDATE, AL.[T  @[T v@Point Blank Fudge[T @^@1The starting square of each light is given; each section of the light preceding a point N, S, E, W, NW, NE, SW or SE is entered in the appropriate direction.[T $@[T x@Holiday Hints - 1968Azuriel[T  e@4sDefinitions of the lights occur in order in a passage of holiday hints, in which the lights are also hidden.[T (@[T @z@Double Acrostic Dogop[T h@2Initial and final letters of across lights spell 'IF SO IT PLEASE THEE CLOSE IN MIDST OF THIS THINE HYMN MY WILLING EYES'.[T ,@[T |@Olla Podrida Klick[T  e@2gAsterisked clues lead to words or phrases indicating the lights, e.g. IRISH STEW leads to RISHI.[T 0@[T }@Points don't count Hal[T b@1=Lights are numerical, with any decimal points ignored.[T 4@[T @ MasqAlbipedius[T  e@4Shaded squares (in rows and columns numbered 1, 4, 7, 10 and 13) form a magic alphabetic square; eight of the letters must be deduced.[T 8@[T @@Seconds Babs[T  l@114 unclued lights form 7 pairs, being the second (Christian) name of a composer and the second name in the title of one of his operas, e.g (Arthur) SEYMOUR (Sullivan) leads to (Box and) COX.[T <@[T @Half and HalfPloutos[T b@4`All lights are entered in two halves, the first where indicated and the second elsewhere.[T @@[T @ Crossword No Two Thousand Sam[T `@2\Across lights omit a letter each time it appears, spelling CROSSWORD NO TWO THOUSAND.[T D@[T @The Fighting XIIth Ramal[T P@2RNumerical puzzle involving various accounts of an ambush on a Roman legion.[T H@[T @@Pyrotechnic ffancy[T c@1Grid represents a jumping cracker; DLM clues lead to a chain of words with 1-letter overlaps, entered up and down the cracker. Horizontal and diagonal lights are clued normally; shaded squares read LIGHT THE BLUE TOUCH PAPER AND RETIRE IMMEDIATELY.[T L@[T @Chop and Change Brad[T b@4SHalf the lights are anagrams of the answers, the others part of the answers.[T P@[T @Treasured ThoughtsRatatsk[T d@2Grid is blank with co-ordinates; DLM clues in three passages lead to three chains of lights with 1-letter overlaps. Each light bends once at right angles; map references give squares through which the lights pass. The single X in the grid locates the trea6 sure.[T T@[T @Dodecahedron V Jeffec[T R@1Grid is the net of a dodecahedron; each face contains a 6-letter light with one letter in the centre (these spell REAPS A REWARD) and the other 5 rearranged into another word (these are clued in random order). Letters agree at edges.[T X@[T @@Projectosubstiquote Jac[T i@1Across lights, if misprinted by 2 letters in those of 6 or more letters and by 1 letter otherwise, spell a quotation; the misprints are entered in an extension frame. Down lights are jumbled.[T \@[T @Acephalous Egma[T b@1+All lights lose an initial letter A.[T `@[T @ All A Bart[T f@1Unclued lights are towns at the end of the appropriately-numbered A road, e.g. 1 leads to EDINBURGH, 16 leads to GRIMSBY.[T d@[T @The System of Time Lascia[T b@2@Unclued lights across are planets; those down are months.[T h@[T @@Lights OutSumydid[T b@2From each asterisked clue the light has been omitted (in two or more words), e.g. 'Aspirations I may 'ave, but all are short-sighted' leads to MYOPES.[T l@[T @Dogberrydom Alexis[T  e@1Each unclued across light is an animal, which links with one down to form a flower: LEOPARD's BANE, VIPER's BUGLOSS, HAWK's BEARD, ELEPHANT's EARS, BEAR's BREECH, SHEEP's SORREL, LAMB's LETTUCE, COLT's FOOT.[T p@[T @Priority and Parity Freca[T f@15 'Priority' and 6 'Parity' clues each lead to the first part of a proverb, the second part being the light, e.g. PREVENTION leads to CURE, NOD leads to WINK.[T t@[T @Connected Triads Pipeg[T  e@1Theme-words POINT (CAPE, CARDINAL); WELLS (BATH, SPRINGS); CRIPPS (STAFFORD, BRISTOL); PORTER (PORRET, REPORT); FAIRFAX (JANE, EMMA); RUDOLPH (REINDEER, LAKE); PARTLET (HEN, DAME).[T x@[T @@HocofosRhombus[T @T@1Numerical puzzle with 10 clues of the form 'the HCF of A and B is C' where A and B are of the form H0C0F0S, represented in the grid as HCFS. Unchecked digits are regrouped in pairs and clued separately.[T |@[T @Chequer-work Gong[T X@1Grid represents an elongated chessboard; the back row of a set of white chessmen moves from top to bottom, each spelling a sequence of words with the king tracing 'HELPLESS PIECES OF THE GAME'.[T @[T @Two-Way Stretch Dogop[T h@2WGrid is in two identical halves; each clue leads to both lights at the location.[T @[T @Spoilt Child Babs[T @^@1AAll lights lose the consecutive letters ROD in some order.[T @[T @@Triagrams - IV Sam[T b@1Each across clue is a double clue to a pair of anagrams, and also contains a letter-mixture; the light is a third anagram.[T @[T @Take Five Brad[T  e@21Only the vowels of each light are entered.[T @[T @You're Welcome! Jeffec[T `g@1Lights are entered letter by letter; in the grid may be traced 'FROM HEBUDES DARK WITH RAIN TO EASTERN LODON'S FERTILE PLAIN AND FROM THE SOUTHERN RED'S WIRE EDGE TO FARTHEST ROSSES ROCKY LEDGE FROM WEST TO EAST FROM SOUTH TO NORTH'.[T @[T @Ricochet Jac[T  l@2Unclued lights are parts of 'ricochet' words, e.g. (CLITTER-)CLATTER, FIDDLE(-FADDLE), defined separately in random order.[T @[T @@Subtraction Bart[T b@4YEach answer loses a letter or letters to the value of the diagram number on entry.[T @[T @ENIGMAthematica Leon[T H@ 4RBSome clues are 'teasers'; completed grid is a magic square.[T @[T @Laid Bare Mass[T @^@1E16 answers lose BARK, HIDE, PEEL, PELT, RIND or SKIN on entry.[T @[T @Co-partners Simmo[T b@2z18 unclued lights are connected with various counties in Great Britain, e.g. (YORKSHIRE) PUDDING, (ABERDEEN) ANGUS.[T @[T @@PluswordsSumydid[T b@1Five groups of three 5-letter words, omitted from five couplets, are such that adding the first two letter by letter produces the third, e.g. AMBER + AEGIS = BRINK.[T @[T @Justyn Print - II Zander[T h@2Italicised clues are purported titles of books, with the lights being appropriate authors, e.g. 'The Excursion' leads to SALLY FORTH.[T @[T @Square Search - IIIJackdaw[T f@1The 6 'Head-lights', clued normally, comprise the alphabet (except D and Q) and head the rows and columns; each other clue, headed by a letter, leads to a 3-, a 4- and a 5-letter word, and contains the letters in sequence. Finally, (Q)UANTUM MERUIT is for6@med by cross-referencing alphabetically the head-letters.[T @[T @#Questionable Characters - II Bap[T b@1Across lights are misprinted Shakespearean characters, clued by quotations descriptive of the characters in which brief definitions of the lights have been inserted.[T @[T @@An Unconsidered Trifle Dogop[T h@2vAcross lights are clued in sequence by definitions in an extract from 'The Winter's Tale' (Act III, Scene iii).[T @[T @Not Nice Fudge[T f@1MUnclued lights, in crossing pairs, form anagrams of names of biscuits.[T @[T @Love me Love ... Alexis[T  e@1&Unclued lights are famous dogs.[T ğ@[T @ThreesomesRhombus[T X@ 2RNumerical puzzle; a, b, c and x, y, z are each three 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits, such that a + b + c = x + y + z and a + b + c = x + y + z, these equations holding true when any one or two corresponding digits of the si6x numbers are deleted.[T ȟ@[T @@Take Your PickPloutos[T b@4Whenever an across light meets a down light they disagree, but by taking one of the two alternatives it is possible to construct a perfect diagram.[T ̟@[T @Estate Agency Freca[T d@1Unclued lights are 7 literary residences, with the corresponding authors clued in random order: WILDFELL (BRONTE), BLEAK (DICKENS), SEVEN GABLES (HAWTHORNE), DOLLS' (IBSEN), HEADLONG (PEACOCK), HEARTBREAK and WIDOWERS (SHAW).[T П@[T @Stump the Theme Apex[T `@2Unclued central column contains CHAPMAN, SMITH; across clues are LL, spelling JARDINE, CLOSE on the left and BROWN, HAMMOND on the right.[T ԟ@[T @6The first shall be last The last shall be first Klick[T  e@1The last names of 6 celebrities appear in across answers and their first names in down answers; these names are transposed on entry, e.g. SAMBO, JEWELLER lead to WELLERBO, JESAM.[T ؟@[T @@Diamond Pipeg[T  e@1KPERFECT NUMBER and PANCAKE TOSSER (clued) appear in a diamond shape.[T ܟ@[T @Chequerwork II Gong[T X@1Grid represents an elongated chessboard; the back row of a set of white chessmen moves from top to bottom, each spelling a sequence of words with the king tracing 'BURIED IN THE KING'S HIGHWAY'.[T @[T @Diametricode VI Babs[T e@ 1R24 circled perimeter and central squares contain the alphabet (except J and Q); each letter encodes that opposite it. Italicised clues are either normal with encoded lights or encoded with normal lights.[T @[T @ Swops Sam[T d@1QEach across light is formed by tranposing a pair of letters in the answer.[T @[T @@Ten by Seven Jeffec[T h@1Italicised clues are double, each leading to two words which together form an anagram of the light; those across are the story-tellers in the Decameron and those down their servants.[T @[T @I haven't a clue - III Smada[T ;@1Numerical puzzle; grid is a 3 x 3 x 3 cube, with lights taken from the edges and face diagonals from a set of 50 cuboids with the same prime internal diagonal (50 being the maximal number for the value in question).[T @[T @Decaniclary Jac[T  l@2iUnclued lights across are the 7 Sages of Greece; those down are the 7 deacons of the early church.[T @[T @Missing Links - X Zander[T b@2\15 unclued lights form a chain in which each link is synonymous with its predecessor.[T @[T @@Misdefined Dogop[T h@2All clues are MP.[T @[T @28 ac [Old Testament] Mass[T c@1I18 answers lose an abbreviation of an OLD TESTAMENT book on entry.[T @[T @Red Herring Freca[T `h@1;12 clued lights are fish; ICHTHYOLOGICAL is unclued.[T @[T @Enneads ... IVJackdaw[T  m@4MAll lights are 9-letter, entered in and around their numbered squares.[T @[T @@Noah's Ark II Ad[T ^@1Grid is circular, with radial lights entered inwards and running from the innermost circle back to the outermost where necessary. Clues are PD, leading to names of creatures.[T @[T @Misprints Apex[T b@4>Half the clues are MP; remaining lights are misprinted.[T @[T @Pyramid Patience Leon[T J@ 1RCard puzzle representing a game of patience; 45 cards are dealt in a pyramid, with the remainder forming the stock. Products of ranks and suits (C = 1, D = 2, H = 3, S = 5) are clued for rows and diagonals. Exposed pairs of cards of the same suit totallin62g 13 are removed; kings are removed singly.[T  @[T @In Other Words - II ffancy[T a@2The initial letter of each clue determines the relationship of the light to the answer: A-D means an anagram, E-H an antonym, I-N a homophone, O-R no change and S-Z a synonym.[T  @[T @@Toil and Trouble Babs[T d@ 2REach clue is in fact two clues, one inside the other, leading to two words differing in two positions, e.g. TAILOR, TOILER, entered as T A/O I L O/E R. Order in the double squares is unimportant.[T @[T @Quo Vadis? Jeffec[T  e@1The initial square of each light is given, but it may run in any of four directions, and if it meets an edge of the grid it can continue from the opposite edge.[T @[T @Centoddities Jac[T  l@216 rhyming couplets are given, each comprising two lines by different poets, of whom the first half of the first and the second half of the second form another (unclued) poet. Each line contains a letter-mixture of a light clued below the couplet.[T @[T @DiverseMachiavelli[T b@2Clues are in verse, each line being a DLM clue. Each light corresponds to a couplet, whose answers are of the same length; the light is formed by removing the third word formed by the middle of the two words, e.g. MUS(LIN GER)UND.[T @[T  @@ Text Books Phoenix[T  c@ 1* Unclued lights are names of bibles.[T @[T  @! Theme and Variations - VII  Zander[T   e@ 2q Theme-words APOLLO (PHOEBUS, HELIOS); ARMSTRONG (STORM, RANG); ALDRIN (AGE, RUN); COLLINS (CASSELL, DENT).[T @[T  @ The Changes Rung  Brad[T  b@ 1b Unclued lights are old London telephone exchanges (and also the names of creative artists).[T @[T  @ Nesting Birds - IV  Peto[T  b@  4R There are six 5 x 5 grids, one light in each being a bird, with 6 central letters spelling a bird. Lights in corresponding positions are clued in random order by definition in doggerel.[T @[T  @@ To and Fro  Lascia[T  \@  2R Each clue contains a definition of the light, but belongs as a whole to another word, to be reversed to form another light elsewhere.[T @[T @Round and RoundRhombus[T L@2_Numerical puzzle concerning 33 numbers, whose differences modulo 1057 are all different.[T  @[T @ Puddings, Pies, etc. - II ffancy[T b@2Most clued lights are entered in two parts; 8 lights are anagrams of the answers; 3 have the form CAP IN HAND leading to HACAPND. Certain diagonals spell A MERRY XMAS TO ALL SOLVERS. Some lights are unclued.[T "@[T @BankruptPloutos[T b@4;All lights lose all occurrences of L, S, D on entry.[T $@[T @@AnaCyph - V Chabon[T a@ 3RGrid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations, with lights all 5-letter, mainly entered jumbled. Letters in outermost circle, obtained from those in adjoining circle by moving them one place forwards or backwards in the alphabet, spell ''CHARGE, CHEST6]ER, CHARGE! ON, STANLEY, ON!' WERE THE LAST WORDS OF MARMION' by SCOTT (third circle).[T &@[T @Musicale Twudge[T  l@1uEach unclued across light is the title of a musical work, with the composer an unclued down light crossing it.[T (@[T @Dead Letters Egma[T h@2r23 unclued lights are British towns without their initial letters; each letter from A to W is omitted once.[T *@[T @#Cyclic fours and fives - III Topher[T f@1Lights in each row and column may run from the last square back to the first; each row and column contains three lights, clued cyclically. For across lights, 18 clues lead to the light and an anagram, while the other 27 lead to the light and a misprint; f6^or one light in each column the true clue is a single word hidden in the apparent clue.[T ,@[T @@Elliptic Trand[T F@2hNumerical puzzle with lights being co-ordinates of points on two ellipses, contained in the grid.[T .@[T @Subtraction - II Bart[T b@4Each answer loses a letter or letters to the value of the diagram number on entry; certain diagonals spell 'I AM A BEAR OF VERY LITTLE BRAIN AND LONG WORDS BOTHER ME'.[T 0@[T @0All Hearts (for C.H.H. who thought of it) Gong[T `@ 1REither the heart, or the remainder after removing the heart, of each answer is entered; all lights are words, and each clue contains a one-word definition of its light.[T 2@[T @Underwords and OverwordsSumydid[T b@213 asterisked clues lead to two words, of which one (the overword) is obtained from the other (the underword) by advancing each letter one place in the alphabet, e.g. STAR, TUBS; either is to be entered.[T 4@[T @@Cook's Tour - X Zander[T  e@2s14 items of food or drink are clued in italics by the names of the regions in which they are normally found.[T 6@[T @Revised Versions Fudge[T h@1XTop row is SHOVING LEOPARD; many clues contain, and many lights are, spoonerisms.[T 8@[T  @ 1D 65A [Trafalgar Square] Babs[T @j@1Unclued lights apart from the title are COLLINGWOOD, HARDY (British captains); ROYAL SOVEREIGN, AFRICA, VICTORY (British ships); DUMANOIR, GRAVINA, VILLENEUVE (French captains); REDOUTABLE, SANTA ANA, BUCENTAIRE (sic), FOUGUEUX (French ships).[T :@[T  @Au Pair Jac[T  l@1Most (unasterisked) clues have answers forming one half of a literary formula '... and ...', with the light being the other half, e.g. ANTONY leads to CLEOPATRA, PREJUDICE leads to PRIDE.[T <@[T @ @Zero OneRhombus[T @c@1Numerical puzzle with three grids: grid A contains eight 7-digit and eight 8-digit numbers made up of 0s and 1s; grids B and C interpret them in binary and denary respectively and clue them in random order in terms of their own lights.[T >@[T @9Letters Latent (concealing Ximenes' constant need) Apex[T b@2}Clues are LL, spelling (together with two unclued lights) 'SOME WORD THAT TEEMS WITH HIDDEN MEANING LIKE BASINGSTOKE'.[T @@[T @Nonsense Rhymes III Ramal[T @d@2Grid is Times-style; each clue is a nonsense rhyme of two lines, the first containing a definition of the light and the second an anagram of the symmetrically opposite light.[T B@[T  @= The first shall be last The last shall be first ... II  Klick[T   e@ 1 17 answers contain the first or last name of a literary character, to be replaced by the other name on entry, e.g. GUNNER leads to BENER.[T !D@[T !@@!Ludo Game !Mass[T !e@!4!Four corners (ROSE, SAXE, GOLD and VERT) contain five 8-letter and five 5-letter lights; circled squares spell the colours. 6-letter lights are entered jumbled along the path of a ludo disc and up the four home-runs.[T "F@[T "@"Double-Take"Jackdaw[T " e@"1"Answers to italicised clues lead somehow to the lights, e.g. HONOUR AMONG THIEVES leads to THHOINEOVUERS, SCATTER-BRAIN leads to BAIRN.[T #H@[T #@#Snowflake #Smada[T #P@ #6R#Numerical puzzle; grid comprises eight 6-pointed stars, each magic with the same magic constant. There are eight initial clues of the form x = y + z.[T $J@[T $@"$Highlands and Islands - III $Eli[T $h@$1$Narrative, with 25 unclued lights the names of Scottish hills over 2,000 feet high, contained as letter-mixtures or hidden.[T %L@[T %@@%Jabberish%Salamanca[T %b@%2%Positioning lights, in central rows and columns, provide co-ordinates for the remaining squares; some of the other lights are clued with initial squares given. Certain squares spell THIMBLES, CARE, FORKS, HOPE, RAILWAY-SHARE, SMILES, SOAP - needed for HUN6%TING SNARKS.[T &N@[T &@&Pocket Money&Systemat[T &N@ &4RH&Numerical puzzle concerning three children's use of pocket money.[T 'P@[T '@'Ten to Eleven 'Klick[T ' e@'2'The 10 unclued across lights, correctly paired with the 10 unclued down lights, give the members of the 1966 World Cup winning team.[T (R@[T ( @(Typical Misprints (Apex[T (h@(2(Clues are MP; diagonals spell CHARLES DICKENS and PICKWICK PAPERS; unclued lights are CENTENARY, WARDLE, WELLER, SNODGRASS, WINKLE, TUPMAN.[T )T@[T )@"@)Misprinted Quotation )Dogop[T )h@ )1R)All lights are entered misprinted; correct letters, entered in isolated top right corner, spell 'WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED'.[T *V@[T *$@*Logogriphs - VII *Topher[T *[@*1*Twelve 9-letter across lights can be rearranged into a 4- and a 5-letter word; clues define all three. Down lights at edges have clues defining them and three anagrams; other lights are entered along king's moves from given starting squares.[T +X@[T +%@+Two in One II +Gong[T + e@+1+Each across light is one word inside another, e.g. G-LAND-ULAR; clues define the two words and contain a letter-mixture of the whole.[T ,Z@[T ,'@,Nocturne ,Babs[T , l@,1O,Narrative, with a poem in which the last three words of each line rhyme.[T -\@[T -@)@ -Jac[T - l@-2+-Unclued lights are types of crosses.[T .^@[T .+@.Solitaire .Leon[T .H@ .4R.Numerical puzzle; 49 cards are dealt in a 7 x 7 square. Clues are given to suits (A-F = H, G-M = C, N-S = S, T-Y = D) and ranks (AB = Ace, CD = 2, ..., YZ = King), the latter being jumbled. The four corner 4 x 4 squares are removed and the solitaire playe6u.d, with superior cards jumping inferior ones (order being KS, ..., AS, KH, ..., AH, KD, ..., AD, KC, ..., AC).[T /`@[T /,@ /Check /Sabre[T /b@/2)/All lights are entered in reverse.[T 0b@[T 0.@%0Refracted and Reflected Lights 0Bart[T 0h@010Grid is blank with co-ordinates; each clue is prefaced by the co-ordinates of an initial square, in an order which determines a direction of entry. However, before entry, the light may be reflected or rotated, the transformation involved being determined 6*0by the initial letter of the light.[T 1d@[T 1@0@1With a hey and a ho 1Lascia[T 1b@12w1Unclued lights are names given to wedding anniversaries, with appropriate grid numbers (consequently misplaced).[T 2f@[T 22@2Perm all Five 2Sam[T 2b@212Answers contain no repeated vowels; lights are formed by rearranging the consonants and the unused vowels, e.g. SPROUT leads to PIRATES, RUINED leads to ADORN.[T 3h@[T 33@(3Getting the 'ell out of Carl Marx3Scorpio[T 3P@ 34R3Clues lead to names of towns or counties, entered as TWO-LETTER INDEX MARKS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES ALLOTTED TO GREAT BRITAIN AND EIRE (spelled out in the grid).[T 4j@[T 45@4Fun in the Alveary 4Egma[T 4b@424Clues to ILLUSTRATION, PETTING PARTY, POCK-PUDDING, RESTORATION, SEA-SERPENT, ECLAIR, NOOSE, HE-MAN are the humorous definitions in Chambers'.[T 5l@[T 5@7@5Quo Vadis? - II 5Jeffec[T 5 e@515The initial square of each light is given, but it may run in any of four directions, and if it meets an edge of the grid it can continue from the opposite edge.[T 6n@[T 69@6Metropolitan 6Klick[T 6 e@61>6Unclued lights are the Roman names of well-known towns.[T 7p@[T 7:@ 7Qbism7Rhombus[T 7T@727Numerical puzzle; lights are linear dimensions of 16 'qboids' with total edge length 4860 'qbits' and surface area 856204 square 'qbits'.[T 8r@[T 8<@8Farewell, Fair Cruelty 8Alexis[T 8 e@81\8The 11 unclued lights, with CRUELTY, are the names of the jury in Pilgrim's Progress.[T 9t@[T 9@>@ 9Early! 9Freca[T 9f@91K910 lights are names or abbreviations of names of COUNTIES (unclued).[T :v@[T :@@:Portmanteaux - VI :Topher[T :b@:1:Across lights form a continuous chain of words, each overlapping the next by 2 letters; clues are grouped by light-length and given in cyclic order.[T ;x@[T ;A@";Heads, Bodies and Legs - II ;Gong[T ;b@;1;Down lights are 12-letter, and are split into 3 equal parts and entered in 3 different columns (one part being entered in the correct column).[T <z@[T <C@<Lost Alphabet <Babs[T < e@<1<The 26 across answers each lose a different letter on entry; each across clue contains a superfluous word defining a light elsewhere.[T =|@[T =@E@=Chilepine =Jac[T = l@=1P=Unclued lights are monkeys (the Chile pine being the monkey-puzzle tree).[T >~@[T >G@>Literal >ffancy[T >b@>2<>In lights whose length is not given, W appears as UU.[T ?@[T ?H@?From Age to Age ... ?Leon[T ?b@?1?Each square is split into two triangles; letters clued once belong to the upper triangles, those clued twice to the lower. The upper triangles spell GEHAZI, LOT'S WIFE, ARGUS, TOM PIPER, CRISPIN, LAZARUS, ESAU, MARY MAGDALENE, GENTILES, BISHOP - all thing6F?s a cheese (fromage) should not resemble according to Brewer's.[T @@[T @J@@The Nine Worthies@Rhombus[T @R@@2@Numerical puzzle; each clue has the form xy z = w, where x, y, z are three 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits.[T A@[T A@L@AWhat's the Matter? ALascia[T Ab@A2zA14 lights are the names of chemical elements, clued only by grid numbers, most of which are consequently misplaced.[T B@[T BN@BA Spot of LunarismsBSumydid[T Bb@B2cB9 normal clues are asterisked; all other clues or their lights are affected by a spoonerism.[T C@[T CO@CFind the Lady - II CBadger[T Ch@C1uC30 clues in capitals are anagrams of a composer and one of his operatic heroines, the latter being the lights.[T D@[T DQ@DFull Board - II DUtdtU[T DP@D1DClues are DLM, associated with chesspieces; each light is formed by the consonants of the answer and is entered along successive moves of the chesspiece.[T E@[T E@S@EMany Moons Ago EEgma[T Eb@E1EGrid is circular, with radial lights interspersed with the months of the Jewish calendar (unclued); circumference lights are given in order for each circle but may start anywhere.[T F@[T FU@FKey Words - II FPeto[T F e@F2FEach letter is represented by A, B, C, D, E, F or G according to the remainder modulo 7 of its numerical value; unclued lights are GLORIANA - BRITTEN; ESPANA - CHABRIER; FAUST - GOUNOD; CARNAVAL - SCHUMANN; SALOME - STRAUSS; OBERON - WEBER.[T G@[T GV@GOrder in the Home GDogop[T Gh@G2@GUnclued lights are parts of the home of a monastic order.[T H@[T HX@HThe Listener Crossword HKlick[T H e@H2HAnswers to asterisked clues are entered as homophones in two parts, the first at the indicated location and the second elsewhere, e.g. CHAMPAGNE leads to SHAM + PANE.[T I@[T I@Z@IWord Sums - VII IProton[T Ia@I1IClues are equations made up of words, with each letter representing the same digit throughout the clue; lights are the corresponding numbers.[T J@[T J\@JSnakes and Ladders - VI JZander[T Jb@J2lJAcross lights are entered in two parts, the first in the indicated position and the second elsewhere.[T K@[T K]@KAll Hearts - II KGong[T K`@ K1RKEither the heart, or the remainder after removing the heart, of each answer is entered; all lights are words, and each clue contains a one-word definition of its light.[T L@[T L_@LQuo Vadis? - III LJeffec[T L e@L1LThe initial square of each light is given, but it may run in any of four directions, and if it meets an edge of the grid it can continue from the opposite edge.[T M@[T M@a@MCommon Ends MBabs[T M e@M1qMThe 3-letter tail of each light is entered at an unclued location; each tail is used at least three times.[T N@[T Nc@ NAlibi NJac[T N l@N1NEach light is an anagram of the clue answer; answers to asterisked clues, and all lights, are towns listed in the Oxford Atlas.[T O@[T Od@OIndigestionOPloutos[T Ob@O4HOEach light has two internal adjacent letters transposed on entry.[T P@[T Pf@/PCathedral Gossip and the Sound of NudityPSumydid[T Pb@P1PRead diagonally boustrophedon, most of the grid spells A CURIOUS TALE AT ST. OGG'S WE HEAR - VICE A TROOP'S PADRE, GROGS. O SEE, NOOTE'S HEART UP LEAPED A NEW DITTY THEY'VE CHEEPED - NO GAS AND NO GAITERS, NO TOGS.[T Q@[T Q@h@ QAlphabetical Inserts - XI QSam[T Q^@Q1QGrid is Times-style; each light is obtained from the answer by inserting a different letter in the position indicated, with each clue containing a superfluous word defining the light.[T R@[T Rj@RHow Strange RTwudge[T R l@R1oRUnclued lights are names of conductors (title is an anagram of SARGENT, and 1 Across is FACE THE MUSIC).[T S@[T Sk@SSomething in Common SGong[T S e@S2\S9 answers are translated into rhyming slang on entry, e.g. BOTTLE leads to ARISTOTLE.[T T@[T Tm@TMiss Play Theme TApex[T Tb@T2TMost clues are MP; 4 lights are Playfair-coded; unclued lights are DAVID (COLEMAN, FROST) and JONATHAN (PEARMAIN, BALDWIN).TVexatiously[T U@[T U@o@UHarder SumsURhombus[T UO@ U2RUNumerical puzzle with clues of the form (a + b) / c = n = (d + e) / f, where n is a single digit, given only for the first three equations, and a, b, c and d, e, f are each three 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits.[T V@[T Vq@VDoubled Up VDogop[T VP@V4VEach light is formed by adding the numerical values of the letters in the answers to the two clues at the location, e.g. INCH + STEW = BHHE.[T W@[T Wr@WC WBart[T Wh@W1WEach unclued down light, when reduced modulo 7 to the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, forms an important musical phrase (translated to the key of C) from a work suggested by a crossing across light.[T X@[T Xt@XNo Reption XJeffec[T X e@X2KXIn lights and words in clues any repetitions of letters are omitted.[T Y@[T Y@v@YAlter Ego YJac[T Y l@Y2dYA list of 24 Shakespearean characters is given, whose descriptions define the unclued lights.[T Z@[T Zx@ZFourshortened ZBabs[T Z^@Z1[ZBabs' 100th puzzle; all down lights lose the consecutive letters CENT in some order.[T [@[T [y@[Full Board - III [UtdtU[T [P@[1[Clues are DLM, associated with chesspieces; each light is formed by the consonants of the answer and is entered along successive moves of the chesspiece.[T \@[T \{@\Hour-Glass - IX \Zander[T \[@\1\Across clues are DLM; down lights are jumbled. Grid is lower half of an hour-glass and its contents may be arranged as 'BUT WHATE'ER YOU ARE THAT IN THIS DESERT INACCESSIBLE, UNDER THE SHADE OF MELANCHOLY BOUGHS, LOSE AND NEGLECT THE CREEPING HOURS OF TIM6 \E'.[T ]@[T ]@}@]Pellian and Mlange ]Notlaw[T ]@T@]1m]Numerical puzzle with most clues of the form x - Py = 1, with P prime and x, y minimal for P.[T ^@[T ^@^Letter for Letter^Sumydid[T ^b@^2^Four lights are encoded by placing the codeword above the rest of the alphabet in order and replacing each letter by that above or below it.^Vaulting-horse[T _@[T _@_It's a Knock-out _Apex[T _b@_4Y_Across clues are DLM; down lights are unclued, with their unchecked letters given.[T ` @[T `@`Schizacrostic `Dogop[T `e@`2`Grid has black squares and is in two identical halves; clues are in two groups, each containing half of those in each direction for each half of the grid. Initial letters of across lights spell 'AS FALSE AS DICERS' OATHS'.[T aĠ@[T a@@aCardiagramaSalamanca[T aP@ a1Ra49 clues each define two words (and contain a letter-mixture of one), one being the other with a letter removed. This letter is entered in the grid to spell I.E. THE QUEEN OF HEARTS ABOUT THE TWO, FIVE AND SEVEN OF SPADES (these three being missing when s6aquares are identified as cards using the entered letters to determine suits and final letters of answers to determine ranks); some are also entered in a separate row to spell 'OFF WITH THEIR HEADS' (the letters concerned all having been initial letters).[T bƠ@[T b@bFriend and Foe bAlexis[T b`h@b1SbUnclued lights across are girlfriends of James Bond, those down his enemies.[T cȠ@[T c@cSuperimposition - II cffancy[T c@T@ c4RcEach row contains two interleaved words, one in red and one in black; some diagonal lights are clued (ignoring colours).[T dʠ@[T d@dQuo Vadis? - IV dJeffec[T d e@d1dThe initial square of each light is given, but it may run in any of four directions, and if it meets an edge of the grid it can continue from the opposite edge.[T e̠@[T e@@eKnight's Tour eSabre[T e l@e1eIntersections of odd-numbered rows and columns give an 8 x 8 square, toured by a knight to spell DEDUCE THE UNCLUED LIGHT BY READING UP THE INITIAL LETTERS OF THE GIVEN CLUES; this gives BLACK OR WHITE SHE HAS FAR STRONGER CAPABILITIES FOR MOVING THAN THE6+e KNIGHT, leading to the light QUEEN.[T fΠ@[T f@fVerbarium 3 fProton[T fb@f1fDown lights are mainly entered jumbled; anagrams of the rows are given. The grid spells a stanza about Sir Walter Scott (b. 1771), whose works are referred to in the clues.[T gР@[T g@gAutrefois gJac[T g l@g2gUnclued lights across are the months of the French revolutionary calendar, those down being the phenomena concerned, e.g. THERMIDOR leads to HEAT.[T hҠ@[T h@hHalf-Seas-Over hBabs[T h@^@h1DhThe twenty 2-letter annexes to the grid contain SE, EA or AS.[T iԠ@[T i@@iDouble DealingiScorpio[T ic@i1iEach across clue corresponds to a row, and leads to two different groups of two or more words, one starting at the left of the grid, the other somewhere else and cycling back to the start of the row, e.g. LANDMAN + DARING, GLAND + MANDARIN. Down lights ar6Bie mainly jumbled, and cycle from the bottom row to the top.[T j֠@[T j@jAll Star Cast jGong[T j e@j2j12 clues lacking definitions lead to the names of American states, the lights being their popular names, e.g. OHIO leads to BUCKEYE.[T kؠ@[T k@%kAnaCyph VI A Tale that is told kChabon[T ka@ k3RkGrid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations, with lights all 5-letter, mainly entered jumbled. Letters in outermost circle, obtained from those in adjoining circle by moving them one place forwards or backwards in the alphabet, spell 'AND SHE SET DO6_kUN HIR WATERPOT ANOON BISYDE THE THRESHFOLD' from CHAUCER's CLERK's tale (third circle).[T lڠ@[T l@lSplitting Pairs lBrad[T l e@l2lLights are clued in symmetrically opposite pairs; in each pair one clue is normal while the other merely contains a letter-mixture.[T mܠ@[T m@@mMisprints mApex[T mh@m2mClues are MP; diagonals spell JOHN GALSWORTHY - THE FORSYTE SAGA; unclued lights are SOAMES, SWITHIN, BOSINNEY, JOLYON, FLEUR.[T nޠ@[T n@nAcrostic nDogop[T nh@n2NnInitial letters of across lights spell 'A SWEET DISORDER IN THE DRESS'.[T o@[T o@oSixes and Sevens - VIII oZander[T ob@o2OoClues to 6- and 7-letter lights are given in random order in two groups.[T p@[T p@#pArmchair Detective - Murder!pSalamanca[T pX@p2pA, B, C, D, E and F are involved in a murder. Lights with normal clues lose the victim (A); unclued lights are the professions of 5 of the 6 (ARCHITECT, BORER, CARPENTER, DECORATOR, FENCE). Three lights (EVADE, DEPOT, SHIELD) point to F; the 'Crimeword' I6*pNCUBATED contains all the innocent.[T q@[T q@@qSquare Search - IVqJackdaw[T qf@q1qThe 6 'Head-lights', clued normally, comprise the alphabet (except J and Q) and head the rows and columns; each other clue, headed by a letter, leads to a 3-, a 4- and a 5-letter word, and contains the letters in sequence. Finally, (Q)UADRILATERAL is form6?qed by cross-referencing alphabetically the head-letters.[T r@[T r@#rWith Women and Power and War rAlexis[T r e@r1(rUnclued lights are famous horses.[T s@[T s@sPartners sJeffec[T s l@s1sItalicised clues lead to placenames which are one half of a Municipal Borough or Urban District, the lights being the other halves.[T t@[T t@tDouble-Cross tJac[T tX@ t4RtGrid is the net of a 5 x 5 x 5 cube and has black squares; letters match along edges. In each face four 4-letter lights are entered diagonally; for these, odd-numbered clues lead to an 8- and a 4-letter word with the light being the difference, while even6t-numbered clues lead to two 8-letter words with the light being common to both. Finally the central letters of the four normal lights in the face form a 4-letter word obtained by removing the central letter from a clued 5-letter word.[T u@[T u@@uSiamese Triplets uBadger[T u e@ u4RuEach row contains 3 Shakespearean characters, overlapping e.g. FABIANCASSIUS; alternate columns have clues with lights entered letter by letter.[T v@[T v@vSplitting Pairs - II vBrad[T vb@v2vLights are clued in symmetrically opposite pairs; in each pair one clue is normal while the other merely contains a letter-mixture.[T w@[T w@wThree Four TimewRhombus[T wA@w2wNumerical puzzle with each clue of the form 3x + 4y = 7z, where x, y, z are three 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits; each clue is linked to another involving the reversals of the numbers.[T x@[T x@xMiss Play Theme xApex[T xb@x2xClues are MP; 4 answers are Playfair-coded; unclued lights are PANTOMIME (CINDERELLA, ALADDIN) and DAME (EVANS, ASHCROFT).xBoxing Day[T y@[T y@@yColumnist yBabs[T yh@y15yNarrative concerning a muck-raking journalist.[T z@[T z@"zCyclic Fours and Fives - IV zTopher[T zf@z1zLights in each row and column may run from the last square back to the first; each row and column contains three lights, clued cyclically. For one light in each row the true clue is a single word hidden in the apparent clue; in each column the clues are d6"zefinitions in one sentence.[T {@[T {@{Numerology {Klick[T { e@{2b{Unclued lights, when pluralised, are related to their grid numbers, e.g. 39 Across is STEP.[T |@[T |@|Sea-piece |Dogop[T |@^@|2(|Clues and lights concern the sea.[T }@[T }@@}AnaCyph - VII }Chabon[T }a@ }3R}Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations, with lights all 5-letter, mainly entered jumbled. Letters in outermost circle, obtained from those in adjoining circle by moving them one place forwards or backwards in the alphabet, spell 'IF YOU SEE THE6}SE LINES YOU'LL KNOW I DO NOT VALUE YOU THE LESS' by JOHN BETJEMAN in 'SUMMONED BY bells' (obtained similarly from letters in third circle).[T ~@[T ~@~Prime Ratios~Rhombus[T ~@T@~2~Numerical puzzle with clues of the form a = b / c, with a prime and less than 60, b 5-digit and c 4-digit, with b, c containing the 9 positive digits.[T @[T @All Hearts - III Gong[T `@ 1REither the heart, or the remainder after removing the heart, of each answer is entered; all lights are words, and each clue contains a one-word definition of its light.[T @[T @... and all that Bart[T h@1Answers to asterisked clues have their letters replaced by their successors in the alphabet to form the lights, which are still words (the puzzle number may similarly be obtained from 1066).[T @[T @@A Mariner's Burnt Water Alexis[T  e@1UUnclued lights across and down may be preceded by BLUE and GREEN respectively.[T @[T @Leading Lights Egma[T b@21Unclued lights are terms used for leaders.[T @[T @Topknot Jac[T  e@1Across lights, all words, are formed from the answers by 'tucking their heads into their bodies', e.g. DEMURRER leads to MURDERER, CARSE leads to SCARE.[T  @[T @Back TransferRhombus[T @T@ 1RNumerical puzzle; each clue gives in ascending order three 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits, whose product also contains these 9 digits.[T  @[T @@Not always true sons ffancy[T b@2Unclued lights are all words lacking 'MAC-' initially, but only the down lights have it as a prefix, e.g. DONALD (Down), CLESFIELD (Across).[T @[T @Nesting Birds - V Peto[T b@ 4RThere are six 5 x 5 grids, one light in each being a bird, with 6 central letters spelling a bird. Lights in corresponding positions are clued in random order by definition in doggerel.[T @[T @Diametricode - VII Babs[T  e@ 1R24 circled perimeter and central squares contain the alphabet (except J and Q); each letter encodes that opposite it. Italicised clues are either normal with encoded lights or encoded with normal lights.[T @[T @Head-Hunting - X Zander[T  e@2}The first letter of each answer is entered misplaced; certain diagonals spell 'CARVE A LITTLE BIT OFF THE TOP FOR ME'.[T @[T @@Word Sums - VIII Proton[T b@1Clues are equations made up of words, with each letter representing the same digit throughout the clue; lights are the corresponding numbers.[T @[T @Where the Place? Jeffec[T  l@1^22 lights are placenames mentioned in Shakespeare, clued in random order by quotations.[T @[T @In ReverseRhombus[T E@2Numerical puzzle with clues of the form xX + yY = (x + y)Z, where X, Y, Z are three 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits; each clue is paired with another involving the reversals of X, Y, Z.[T @[T @"Alphabetical Cocktail - VII Sam[T c@1All 26 across answers have an odd number of letters; the centres (all different) are removed and an anagram of the remainder entered (the initials of these all being different as well).[T @[T @@Olla Podrida - II Klick[T  e@2mAsterisked clues lead to words or phrases indicating the lights, e.g. BROKEN PROMISE leads to IMPOSER.[T @[T @Cturenced Parts Bart[T  e@1_All across answers contain IN and are entered as in the title, e.g. PIN-UP leads to UPP.[T  @[T @Abecedarium Dogop[T  e@2Asterisked squares in rows and columns numbered 1, 4, 7, 10 and 13 form a 5 x 5 square containing the letters of the alphabet except J; the centre is isolated and the 13-letter lights in the first and last columns are unclued.[T "@[T @Dicatacrypt - II Jac[T  e@1Each down answer is interpreted literally to form the light (always a word), e.g. GRANDAM leads to GRAM, MONASTERY leads to MASTERY.[T $@[T @@N on Si ns - II ffancy[T @^@2wEach answer loses one letter to form the light, which is still a word; subsidiary indications are to the lights.[T &@[T @Sl-o-o-o-gRhombus[T @T@ 2RNumerical puzzle; in each of the 7 clues, A, B, C are three 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits, with (possibly non-distinct) 'anagrams' a, b, c, such that the products Ab, Bc, Ca each contain three consecutive digits, to be removed to 6form 3-digit lights.[T (@[T @'In Memoriam My best friend is... Apex[T b@4Clues are LL, spelling '... HE WHO TAKES MY MIND TO THE GARDEN OF TORMENT' (puzzle marks the anniversary of Ximenes' death).[T *@[T @Uniformed Guides Peto[T h@2rItalicised clues are 'guides' to the answers, from which the suffix '-IFORM' is removed to form the lights.[T ,@[T @@Roman Style - III Babs[T k@1VAnswers are entered in Roman numerals, e.g. ZEALOUS leads to XXVIVIXIIXVXXIXIX.[T .@[T @Titbits Alexis[T  e@2Theme and variations with theme-words types of TIT: WILLOW (THOMAS, TURNER); GREAT (ALFRED, ABBAS); BLUE (GOOSE, TAIL); COAL (CARRY, NEWCASTLE); MARSH (HARRIER, WARBLER).[T 0@[T @Anacyph - VIII Chabon[T a@ 3RGrid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations, with lights all 5-letter, mainly entered jumbled. Letters in outermost circle, obtained from those in adjoining circle by moving them one place forwards or backwards in the alphabet, spell 'I FOUND ME IN 6[A GLOOMY WOOD ASTRAY GONE FROM THE PATH DIRECT' from DANTE's INFERNO (third circle).[T 2@[T @Hide and SeekSalamanca[T b@2Across clues are pairs of lines of a poem; the first contains a plural definition leading to two words, the second defines a word hidden between the two, to be removed to form the light, e.g. 'beaches', 'pause' lead to SHO(RE ST)RAND.[T 4@[T @@Take-out Doubles Sam[T Y@1Each answer contains a repeated part (between 2 and 5 letters in length); both parts are removed to form the light, e.g. MI(NGLE)-MA(NGLE).[T 6@[T @LiterallyRhombus[T @S@1Numerical puzzle; lights, grouped by length, have clues (in random order) involving their digits, e.g. abc = a + b + c, abcdefgh = (abcd + efgh).[T 8@[T @GBS = 132 Jeffec[T  e@115 lights are venues of modern Olympic Games (GBS = gold, bronze, silver); 5 clues lacking definitions give anagrams of them in threesomes.[T :@[T @Give and Take Bart[T h@2To each across answer is added a letter or letters to the value of the grid number; from each down answer letters are similarly removed.[T <@[T @@Head-Wind Jac[T  e@2Each across answer is entered with its initial letter encoded using a simple substitution cipher, forming another word. Down lights involving encoded letters have clues referring to both original and encoded versions (the latter by definition only).[T >@[T @Before and After X Apex[T b@2Unclued lights are LABOUR (WILSON, JENKINS, CALLAGHAN, STEWART, SHORT) and TORY (HEATH, MACLEOD, MAUDLING, DOUGLAS-HOME, THATCHER) - before and after the General Election.[T @@[T @ 1/1 Leon[T @d@1Each square is split into two triangles; letters clued once belong to the upper triangles, those clued twice to the lower. The upper triangles spell 11 surnames of EXECUTIONERS, with the letters SURE EXIT ONCE before and after the names (a 'thirteenpenceh6alfpenny' is a hangman).[T B@[T @Ten Types of Ambiguity Egma[T b@2(10 unclued lights are type-faces.[T D@[T @@#Down the ladder rung by rungRhombus[T O@2Numerical puzzle; clues are of the form AB = a.b, where A, B, a, b are 3-digit numbers, AB denotes juxtaposition, and each side contains 6 distinct digits (all positive). The second half of each 'rung' is the first half of the next (which would be B6C = c.d).[T F@[T @Arabic Style - III Babs[T  e@1aLights are entered numerically, with one digit per square, e.g. BIFORM leads to 296151813.[T H@[T @Word LadderSumydid[T h@4Lights are rungs, sometimes unclued, of a 6-letter word-ladder in which each rung has five letters in common with the next.[T J@[T @Split two ways Jeffec[T  l@1Each answer is split between two lights, across (numbered) and down; half the answers are entered across and then down, the other half up and then back.[T L@[T @@Catherine WheelSalamanca[T Y@1Grid is circular; middle circle reads NOT TO BE HELD IN THE HAND. ATLAS and TITAN are rockets, FAX and CEREUS Roman candles, FAGGOTS and RAGS Guys, and PEARCING and PEALING jumping crackers.[T N@[T @Give and Take - II Bart[T e@2To each across answer is added a letter or letters to the value of the grid number; from each down answer letters are similarly removed. Certain diagonals spell 'GETTING AND SPENDING WE LAY WASTE OUR POWERS'.[T P@[T @A. P. Trios Jasan[T R@2~Numerical puzzle; each clue gives three 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits and in arithmetic progression.[T R@[T @Seven-a-Side Trand[T H@ 4RNumerical puzzle; each 5-digit number with digits chosen from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 is associated through a weighted digital sum (modulo 7) with a day of the week. Central 5 x 5 square has 13 zeroes already entered; perimeter has 12 days of the week alre6ady entered; remaining squares are to be filled so that each perimeter square contains the day of the week associated with the 5-digit number reading away from it along a row, column or diagonal.[T T@[T @@Two's _______ Apex[T b@2_Diagonals spell 'I'M NOT GETTING MARRIED TODAY' from COMPANY by SONDHEIM (both unclued).[T V@[T @Topped and Tailed Klick[T  e@2FEach answer loses or gains an initial or final letter on entry.[T X@[T @Arcades AmboPoliticaster[T b@1,Unclued lights are Oxbridge colleges.[T Z@[T @ Noel ffancy[T @^@2_All Ls are omitted on entry; certain diagonals spell WE WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS.[T \@[T @ @Justyn Print - III Zander[T h@2Italicised clues are purported titles of books, with the lights being appropriate authors, e.g. 'The Enthusiast' leads to IGOR BEAVER.[T ^@[T  @Heads and Tails II Babs[T e@ 4RPerimeter lights are an endless chain of 6-letter words with 3-letter overlaps; other lights have their heads entered where stated and their (3-letter) tails elsewhere.[T `@[T  @In the looking glassRhombus[T O@2Numerical puzzle; each clue gives three 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits such that the sum of their squares is equal to that of their reversals.[T b@[T @Lapis PhilosophicusPhoenix[T  b@112 unclued lights are philosophers (and XANTIPPE, wife of Socrates) with initial letters B, D, F, H, J, L, N, P, R, T, V, X - the thirteenth to complete the set is ZENO, whose final letter is entered in a separate square.[T d@[T @@To a Word Lark Freca[T f@1Each asterisked clue defines two verbs, one weak and one strong; the light is the 'new' past tense of the weak verb, following the example of the strong, e.g. TRY, FLY lead to TREW.[T f@[T @Sixes and SevensSalamanca[T  e@2Answers to clues are 6- and 7-letter words, which gain or lose a letter to form the light, entered at another location where the same letter is involved.[T h@[T @Count me out Mass[T @^@1812 across and 12 down answers lose MASS on entry.[T j@[T @Fractionary - III UtdtU[T b@2qNumerical puzzle; lights are the repetends of fractions with prime denominators in varying bases up to 10.[T l@[T @@Fractured French Fudge[T @j@1'English' clues are normal; 'French' clues lead to common French words or phrases, but the definitions are 'in the spirit of Fractured French', e.g. 'Charger' leads to HORS DE COMBAT.[T n@[T @Pandore as Boks II Proton[T b@2Across clues lead to words which, followed by AS and the light, form homophones of phrases, e.g. JUDE leads to HOLE, BEG leads to OPERA.[T p@[T @(Refracted and Reflected Lights II Bart[T h@1Grid is blank with co-ordinates; each clue is prefaced by the co-ordinates of an initial square, in an order which determines a direction of entry. However, before entry, the light may be reflected or rotated, the transformation involved being determined 6*by the initial letter of the light.[T r@[T @________ [Hotchpot] Apex[T b@2WThere are 5 clue types, LL (spelling the title), PD, DLM, MP and Right and Left.[T t@[T @@An Alliterative Acrostic Dogop[T c@2hClues are mainly alliterative; initial letters of across lights spell 'SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE'.[T v@[T  @Double NineRhombus[T N@2Numerical puzzle; each clue concerns a permutation of the 9 positive digits, and leads to three 3-digit numbers containing them.[T x@[T !@Square Search VJackdaw[T f@1The 6 'Head-lights', clued normally, comprise the alphabet (except J and Q) and head the rows and columns; each other clue, headed by a letter, leads to a 3-, a 4- and a 5-letter word, and contains the letters in sequence. Finally, (J)OLLIFICATION is form6?ed by cross-referencing alphabetically the head-letters.[T z@[T #@7A Limerickal History of the 'Listener' CrosswordAnon [Salamanca][T  l@17 limericks form a narrative with many Listener setters as lights. Other answers have two consecutive letters replaced by a third on entry (definitions refer to the answers, subsidiary indications the lights); the letters concerned spell A CROSSWORD MAN C6ALLED SALAMANCA AFTER PUZZLES EXTRAORDINARY DID HANKER; HE SOON SAW THE LIGHT AND THE CLUE TO HIS PLIGHT VIA BARS, WHERE HIS MIND BECAME BLANKER![T |@[T @%@Bridging the Gap Babs[T c@15Latin narrative concerning the game of 'PONS'.[T ~@[T '@Cook's Tour - XI Zander[T  e@2s16 items of food or drink are clued in italics by the names of the regions in which they are normally found.[T @[T (@Wicked Capitalism Bart[T h@1Clues are in three groups. The 26 in set A lead to answers whose initial letters are all different and must be changed to form the lights (with the new initial letters also all different); the 26 in set B each contain a superfluous word defining a set A l6Aight, but are otherwise normal; those in set C are normal.[T @[T *@Chop and Change II Brad[T b@2Half the lights are anagrams of the answers, the others part of the answers. Supplementary (mainly one-word) clues are given in alphabetical order, defining the lights.[T @[T @,@Two in One Sabre[T b@2pEach square may contain one or two letters; in squares containing two, they may be taken in either order.[T @[T .@Nothing Barred Dogop[T h@4Grid is blank with clues across and down given in correct order; across lights lose the letters of the alphabet in sequence.[T @[T /@Enneads VJackdaw[T  m@4MAll lights are 9-letter, entered in and around their numbered squares.[T @[T 1@Body-Snatching Mass[T @^@2^30 answers lose parts of the body to form the lights, e.g. CARMAGNOLE leads to CAGNOLE.[T @[T @3@Link ModuleRhombus[T @T@ 2RNumerical puzzle; lights, all 3-digit, form a chain in which each is obtained from its predecessor by alternately permuting the digits and taking the residues modulo 7, 11 and 13.[T @[T 5@Set to open the ___ Apex[T b@4tClues concern tennis; diagonals (including extra central 2 x 2 square) spell WIMBLEDON LAWN TENNIS FORTNIGHT.[T @[T 6@ The Listener Crossword II Klick[T  e@2Answers to asterisked clues are entered as homophones in two parts, the first at the indicated location and the second elsewhere, e.g. AIRSACS leads to EYRE + SAXE.[T @[T 8@Missing Links - XI Zander[T b@2\15 unclued lights form a chain in which each link is synonymous with its predecessor.[T @[T @:@This is it!Chanakya[T  l@1Unclued lights are CROSSWORD PUZZLE, SEX APPEAL, CLEW, DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN, EXCLAMATION MARK, TWO DOWN, FOUR-LETTER WORD, THE LISTENER, NE PLUS ULTRA.[T @[T <@(Lot 46 - Plaque d'Immatriculation Twudge[T  l@1Unclued lights are French dpartements, each clued by its own number (Lot = 46), most of which are necessarily misplaced.[T @[T =@Quo Vadis? - V Jeffec[T  e@1The initial square of each light is given, but it may run in any of four directions, and if it meets an edge of the grid it can continue from the opposite edge.[T @[T ?@ Recommended Accommodation Babs[T h@120 clues lead to two answers differing by one letter; 10 squares are thus affected. In these squares the letters CHILDREN TV are inadmissible.[T @[T @A@Harbour Lights Dogop[T @^@2>All clues, and some lights, have a nautical connection.[T @[T C@Miss Printer's Devilry Apex[T b@2JAmong lights of a given length, half the clues are MP, the rest PD.[T @[T D@Antigone and Creon Peto[T  e@2P8 answers lose ANTI and 7 gain CRE initially; all lights are still words.[T @[T F@Three Prime Nine Slavko[T X@2Numerical puzzle; clues are equations of the form x + y + z = 9w, where x, y, z, w are 3-digit primes, the first three containing the 9 positive digits.[T @[T @H@Overlaps III Babs[T g@ 1R5 rows and 5 columns comprise three 7-letter words with 3-letter overlaps, e.g. ALLEGRIEVERMINY; clues to these are run together.[T @[T J@Sixes and Sevens - IX Zander[T b@2OClues to 6- and 7-letter lights are given in random order in two groups.[T @[T K@Mark VIII Jeffec[T i@28 isolated squares have their contents spelt out diagonally or laterally leading from or to them: PILCROW, SECTION, ASTERISM, DIESIS, OBELUS, ASTERISK, INDEX, PARALLEL.[T @[T M@Simply Divine ffancy[T b@2KUnclued lights are words lacking the suffix '-MANCY' (also unclued).[T @[T @O@ Variations on a Theme III Alexis[T  e@2Theme-words ACROSS (VICTORIA, KING'S, GREEK; -PATCH, -EYED, -GARTERED) and DOWN (UPSIDE, EIDER, TUMBLE; -GYVED, -SITTING, -HEARTED); all are entered in the appropriate direction.[T @[T Q@Directions EnclosedSalamanca[T b@2Each line of verse is a double DLM clue to a word and a 'direction', which when applied to the word produces the light, e.g. PIOY, DROPSY lead to PIO, RECOVERABLE, ESTOPS lead to RPCOVPABLP.[T @[T R@Displaced Persons III Peto[T @^@2JEach answer loses an anagram of a Christian name to form the light.[T @[T T@Abecedarian Jigsaw Dogop[T b@4Clues are presented in alphabetical order of light, and the initial letter of each light is given; each letter of the alphabet is used at least once initially.[T @[T @V@Firework DisplaySalamanca[T @Z@1Each column (except the centre, which spells A PENNY FOR THE GUY) has a triple DLM clue leading to a 6-, a 5- and a 4-letter word, entered letter by letter; across lights, which run from row to row, are fireworks.[T @[T X@We give thee greeting Apex[T b@4LClues are LL, spelling 'BRIGHTLY DAWNS OUR WEDDING DAY: JOYOUS HOUR'.[T @[T Y@All change Alexis[T a@1Theme-words PADDINGTON (POOH, URSA); MARYLEBONE (BONER, MEALY); VICTORIA (MARY, ANNE); WATERLOO (MOSCOW, NILE); EUSTON (NEREUS, TONNER).[T @[T [@Calloway Strikes Again! Leon[T  l@1q19 unclued lights are halves of journalistic clichs, the other halves of which are given in random order.[T @[T @]@Schizogrammata ffancy[T `@2There are two identical grids. The alphabet is divided into two categories (letters with and without curves) and each light is split between the two grids accordingly. Clues are normal or DLM according as the light begins in the first or second grid.[T @[T _@Key Words 3 Peto[T  l@ 1REach letter is represented by A, B, C, D, E, F or G according to the remainder modulo 7 of its numerical value; unclued lights are VESPRI SICILIANI - VERDI; LE NOZZE DI FIGARO - MOZART; ARIADNE AUF NAXOS - STRAUSS; IL TURCO IN ITALIA - ROSSINI.[T @[T `@3-Cube SquaresRhombus[T H@2BNumerical puzzle with clues of the form Z = w + x + y.[T ¡@[T b@Christmas Crackery - V Zander[T b@2Clues are DLM in the form of jokes, riddles, limericks; certain diagonals spell MAY CORDIAL SENTIMENTS ENSURE A GAY NOEL.[T ġ@[T @d@Heads or Tails Babs[T i@1Twelve 8-letter lights, of the form ...IS..., protrude 5 squares above or below the grid; each provides a code for one of the 6-letter lights, e.g. HIBISCUS means that EXCUSE leads to EXHIBE.[T ơ@[T f@:The First shall be last the Last shall be first III Klick[T  e@217 answers contain the first or last name of a 'celebrity', which must be replaced by his or her other name, e.g. DISANCHOR leads to DIPANZAR.[T ȡ@[T g@ OWWW!Sal & Sim[T b@2Clued lights are entered coded, by moving each letter forward in the alphabet the number of places given by its position in the words, e.g. UNCLAD leads to VPFPFJ; title is thus NUTS, and defines the unclued (and uncoded) lights.[T ʡ@[T i@Parmultumvo Jeffec[T  l@2vTitle is MULTUM IN PARVO; unclued lights are English towns or villages entered in this way, e.g. AR-HENLEY-DEN.[T ̡@[T @k@Double Acrostic Dogop[T b@2wInitial and final letters of across lights spell AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE and ALEXANDER AND CAMPASPE respectively.[T Ρ@[T m@Outnumbered Sam[T Y@1aAll answers lose a number (in one case, two numbers) on entry, e.g. HEIGHTEN leads to HEN.[T С@[T n@O DirctioSalamanca[T b@2All instances of N, E, W, S have been removed from clues and lights. Shaded diagonals (reconstituted) read 'BY INDIRECTIONS FIND DIRECTIONS OUT' and 'I KNOW NO SOUTH, NO NORTH, NO EAST, NO WEST'.[T ҡ@[T p@Interpolation - II Egma[T b@ 2REach light is the centre of 3 consecutive headwords in Chambers' 1972 Dictionary; the other two are clued, one by definition and the other by subsidiary indication.[T ԡ@[T @r@!Variations on a Theme - IV Alexis[T  e@1Theme-words PALACE (FALKLAND, HOLYROOD); SPURS (REINS, CROP); ARSENAL (CARSE, ENALLAGE); ORIENT (GRACIOUS, LIGHT); CHELSEA (KINGS, ROAD).[T ֡@[T t@Same Again, Please! - IV Peto[T l@124 answers form 12 pairs, each pair having in common certain consectuive letters which are to be removed on entry (leaving proper words) and rearranged to form a word entered in an annex to the grid, e.g. NE(CKTI)E, SI(CKTI)RED lead to TICKTICK.[T ء@[T u@Three in One Babs[T b@1Each clue defines two words and hints at a third (the light); the clued words are obtained from the light by adding or inserting a letter in one case and omitting a letter in the other.[T ڡ@[T w@ QbesRhombus[T P@ 2RNumerical puzzle; six digits (3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9) and thirty-two 2-digit numbers are given, with the latter to be arranged into eight foursomes the sums of whose cubes are 6-digit numbers containing the digits given.[T ܡ@[T @y@Quo Vadis? - VI Jeffec[T  e@1The initial square of each light is given, but it may run in any of four directions, and if it meets an edge of the grid it can continue from the opposite edge.[T ޡ@[T {@#Miss Printer's Devilry Theme Apex[T `@2Unclued lights are ZANDER, HEAD-HUNTING, JUSTYN PRINT, COOK'S TOUR, HOUR-GLASS (ROBINS being clued normally); other lights have DLM or MP clues.[T @[T |@'Joys in another's ____' Sam[T b@1|Title continues '... loss of ease'; the only vowel appearing in the answers is E, and is omitted everywhere on entry.[T @[T ~@,A Paschal Crossword Party, thrown ... Dogop[T  e@2xUnclued lights EASTER EGG and VERNAL EQUINOX form a central cross; several Listener setters are among the lights.[T @[T @@Prime TriosRhombus[T @@2Numerical puzzle involving six sets of three 3-digit primes containing the 9 positive digits, given in three pairs of sets: in the first pair the sums are equal; in the second the sums of the squares are equal; in the third the sums of the products are eq6 ual.[T @[T @Heads and Tails III Babs[T  e@ 4RPerimeter lights are an endless chain of 6-letter words (8 clockwise and 8 anticlockwise) with 3-letter overlaps; other lights have their heads entered where stated and their (3-letter) tails elsewhere.[T @[T @Give and Take III Bart[T h@2To each across answer is added a letter or letters to the value of the grid number; from each down answer letters are similarly removed. Diagonals spell 'THE LITTLE MORE AND HOW MUCH IT IS, AND THE LITTLE LESS, AND WHAT WORLDS AWAY!'[T @[T @Correspondence Course Algol[T @c@16Unclued lights are stations on the PARIS METRO.[T @[T @@Small Change Klick[T  e@2fEach light is formed from the answer either by transposing two letters or by moving one letter.[T @[T @Favous Plexus Lascia[T f@ 6RGrid is a lattice of equilateral triangles; lights are 6-letter, entered in 6 triangles forming a hexagon. Perimeter may be arranged to form A STRUCTURE OF CELLS IN WHICH BEES PUT HONEY.[T @[T @Up to Scratch Jeffec[T b@1Unclued lights form MOHS'S SCALE: TALC, GYPSUM, CALCITE, FLUORITE, APATITE, ORTHOCLASE, QUARTZ, TOPAZ, CORUNDUM, DIAMOND.[T @[T @ 1-2-X Mass[T  e@1Unclued lights are 5 homes (COTTAGE, HOUSE, HOVEL, MANOR, VILLA), 5 aways (ABSENT, DISTANT, LEAVE, LEFT, OUT) and 5 draws (ATTRACT, GLANCE, INHALE, LENGTHEN, UNSHEATHE).[T @[T @@<Who's who? (or Six Characters in Search of an Author) Adam[T h@1jUnclued lights are names and titular descriptions of characters from Sherlock Holmes short stories.[T @[T @HearlessSalamanca[T b@2Across clues are paired anagrams of birds, to be entered without their central letters; these spell out 6 more heartless birds, whose hearts spell a heartless seventh. Down lights are jumbled and subsidiary indications are to the jumbled forms.[T @[T @fonetik Ad[T  e@2LAll answers are entered phonetically as in Chambers' 1972 Dictionary.[T @[T @In League Egma[T b@2=Unclued lights are nicknames of football league clubs.[T @[T @@Printer's Pranks Dogop[T b@2.Across clues are PD; down clues are MP.[T @[T @An hour to playPloutos[T h@2Title continues '... and the last mean in'; 11 lights are the 'last men' of the clued answers, e.g. ENGLISH leads to HEREWARD.[T @[T @/4-41, 1-50 [Heads I Win, Tails You Lose] Bart[T b@1The 26 across answers each lose both their initial letters (all different) and their final letters (also all different).[T @[T  @ Face to face - III  Jeffec[T  k@ 2l Grid is the net of a cube and has black squares; all lights are 7-letter, and letters agree at edges.[T  @[T  @@ The French connection  Klick[T   e@ 2 Unclued lights are English words which when paired appropriately and separated by French connectives form French phrases (and CHESTER-le-STREET).[T  @[T  @ Missing-Links Patience  Leon[T  J@  2R Card puzzle; the 52 cards are laid out in 7 rows with each row containing one face-down (a 'missing link'). Clues are given to sequences of ranks and suits (C = 1, D = 2, H = 3, S = 4) around certain points. The object is to remove pairs of the same colou6v r totalling 13 (Kings being removed singly), unblocking by turning over missing links, which are to be deduced.[T  @[T  @ Six before seven  Brym[T   e@ 2 7 unclued across lights are basic SI units; 6 unclued down lights, appropriately numbered, are prefixes indicating powers of ten (1 = DECA, 2 = HECTO, 3 = KILO, 6 = MEGA, 9 = GIGA, 12 = TERA).[T   @[T  @ Take two or three  Adam[T  H@ 1y Numerical puzzle; clues are triples of numbers such that the sum of any two, or of all three, is a perfect square.[T   @[T  @@ Call my bluff  Apex[T  b@ 2t There are 6 lights of each length: 2 are clued normally, but definitions to the other 4 have been rearranged.[T  @[T  @ Diametricode VIII  Babs[T  c@  1R Unchecked perimeter squares contain the alphabet; each letter encodes that opposite it. Italicised clues are either normal with encoded lights or encoded with normal lights.[T  @[T  @ Cross-mots  Ad[T  `d@ 2H Across clues and lights are in English; those down are in French.[T  @[T  @ Snakes and ladders  Egma[T  Y@ 1 9 snakes and 4 ladders are shown in the otherwise blank grid; two players, spelling out words, move as in the game, descending snakes (ANACONDA, BOA, KRAIT, ASP, SEPS, VIPER - the last three each occurring twice) and ascending ladders (ASCENT, ESCALATOR, 6 STEP, UP).[T @[T  @@% Symphonic theme and variations  Bart[T   e@ 1 Theme-words CECILY (DENISE, EDWINA); GERTRUDE (LAERTES, OSRIC); MAGDALEN (ORIEL, BRASENOSE); MARGARET (PEARL, NACRE); ROSALYS (DILYS, GLADYS) - 'five sweet symphonies' from 'The Blessed Damozel'.[T @[T  @ In other words Salamanca[T  b@ 2 Half the lights are clued with a number of misprints; in each clue the correct forms of the misprints form an anagram of one of the unclued lights.[T @[T  @  XXXX  Jac[T  X@  4R Grid is the net of a 5 x 5 x 5 cube and has black squares; letters match along edges. In each face four 4-letter lights are entered diagonally; clues lead to two 8-letter words with the light being common to both. Finally the central letters of the four n6Z ormal lights in the face are the inner or outer 4 letters of a clued 8-letter word.[T @[T  @ Cyclic permutations Politicaster[T  b@ 1O Each light is a cyclic permutation of the answer (and is rarely a word).[T @[T  @@ Six-all  Dogop[T  b@  2R3 Each clue has 6 words, each light 6 letters.[T  @[T  @ Butterfly Patience  Leon[T  J@  2R Card puzzle; the 52 cards are laid out in 'butterfly' formation. Clues are given to products of ranks and suits (C = 1, D = 2, H = 3, S = 4) in columns and diagonals. The object is to remove pairs totalling 13 (Kings being removed singly).[T   @[T  @ Space-saver III  Babs[T  H@ 1 Each answer is entered in half as many squares as the word has letters, e.g. KIE-KIE leads to K I E, PIPPIN leads to P I P/N.[T  "@[T  @ A.P. Trios II  Jasan[T  R@ 2~ Numerical puzzle; each clue gives three 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits and in arithmetic progression.[T  $@[T  @@ Time to throw a Party  Apex[T  b@ 4a Clues are LL, spelling BIRTHDAY CENTENARY OF WINSTON S. CHURCHILL; clues are all thematic.[T  &@[T  @ Two-sided addition  Sabre[T  @d@ 2 There are two identical grids; at each location, a double clue leads to two words to be 'added' to form the lights, e.g. COWED + BROTH become CRWTH + BOOED.[T  (@[T  @ Crossbird  Eli[T  `h@ 1 Grid covers a map of Britain; narrative with unclued lights names of birds, with initial squares approximately in areas where they may be found (except in one case). Lights run in four directions.[T  *@[T  @- Miss Play the fool (all very seasonal)  Apex[T  b@ 2{ 4 lights are Playfair-coded; other clues are MP; theme-words CHRISTMAS (HOLLY, MISTLETOE) and PUDDING (CAKE, GOOSE). Brazil nuts[T  ,@[T  @ Revised version  Babs[T  @j@ 19 Narrative based on 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'.[T  .@[T  @ Miscues  Adam[T  h@ 1 20 lights, clued by one-line quotations from Shakespearean plays, are formed as an anagram of the name of the speaker together with the next word he or she says.[T  0@[T  @ Triadagrid  Jac[T   l@ 2 In 11 cases the answer to the clue is a member of a trio; one of the other two is entered where indicated, and the third is an unclued light.[T  2@[T  @@0 Clueless crossnumber - a numerical jigsaw Philipontes[T  B@  4Ra Numerical puzzle; lights, all 3-digit numbers, are given and must be fitted into the grid.[T  4@[T  @ Odd job men  Mog[T   l@ 1M Unclued lights are from 'The CLUB of QUEER TRADES' by G.K. CHESTERTON.[T  6@[T  @ Electradition  Badger[T  f@ 1! Unclued lights are actors.[T  8@[T  @ Missing letter  Sabre[T   e@ 2 Answers with an even number of letters are entered with their first half jumbled; initial letters of these lights spell EZRA CHAPTER SEVEN VERSE TWENTY-ONE, which contains all the alphabet except J (to be entered in the isolated central square).[T  :@[T  @@ Fonetik II  Ad[T   e@ 2L All answers are entered phonetically as in Chambers' 1972 Dictionary.[T  <@[T  @ Miss Spot the theme  Apex[T  b@ 2 12 clues are MP; their answers, together with an unclued light, contain the alphabet in second and penultimate letters: WALLABA, SCALADE, SERFS, AGHA, FIJI, SKEWBALD, IMPORTANT, GOOPY, EQUERRY, OSTROGOTH, GUAVA, TWIXT, NYANZA.[T  >@[T  @ General exodus  Babs[T   l@ 1 Unclued lights across and down and military commanders and the places where they died, with each corresponding pair intersecting.[T  @@[T  @ On reflection  Jago[T  b@ 2| Clues are DLM; symmetrically opposite lights read in opposite directions. Unclued lights are owners of magic mirrors.[T B@[T  @" Theme and Variations - VIII  Zander[T  b@ 2f Theme-words FIRE (SACK, SHOOT); AIR (HEIR, ERE); EARTH (SETT, DREY); WATER (CONISTON, DERWENT).[T ! D@[T ! @! Hunt the gowk! Salamanca[T !  d@! 2! Each clue has two subsidiary indications, leading to two spellings of the same word; middle row (unchecked) reads APRIL FOOL.[T " F@[T " @$" Glover-Kind's favourite place " ffancy[T " b@" 20" Unclued lights can be preceded by 'SEA-'.[T # H@[T # @# Reason it out # Nibor[T # b@# 4# From each clue one letter has been removed, and must be added to the answer somewhere to form the light; these letters are ETAONISR (the beginning of the sequence of letter usage in English) repeated 6 times.[T $ J@[T $ @$ Magic cube$ Vatsayana[T $ ;@ $ 4Ri$ Numerical puzzle; grid is a 3 x 3 x 3 cube with faces semi-magic and internal squares fully magic.[T % L@[T % @% Quo Vadis? - VII % Jeffec[T %  e@% 1% The initial square of each light is given, but it may run in any of four directions, and if it meets an edge of the grid it can continue from the opposite edge.[T & N@[T & @& Who's who in the theatre & Fudge[T & h@& 1_& 19 lettered clues lead to Shakespearean characters; the lights are aliases they adopted.[T ' P@[T ' @"' Something tossed up to Babs' Politicaster[T '  e@' 1' Copying Babs' puzzle no. 1523, each light is entered with a pair of adjacent letters transposed; certain diagonals spell ''TIS HARD TO SETTLE ORDER ONCE AGAIN'.[T ( R@[T ( @( The fish is off ( Sam[T ( b@( 2I( All across answers, and two down, are entered with a fish removed.[T ) T@[T ) @) Keywords ) Jago[T ) b@) 2) 10 asterisked clues are double DLM, leading to the light and its encoded form (replacing ABCDEF...Z by QWERTY...M); all other lights are entered encoded.[T * V@[T * @* Crossword and Puzzle * Sabre[T * h@* 2* All lights are entered misprinted, with half the clues indicating the misprinted form. Each of the sixteen 3 x 3 squares into which the grid may be divided contains a jumbled 9-letter word; when these are written in an array, their initial and final lette6* rs spell TAKE IN ORDER THE CLUES' SECOND LETTERS, which gives NOW READ DOWN THE CENTRAL LINE OF THE SIXTEEN WORDS, leading to SEVEN LIBERAL ARTS, which are to be entered in a separate grid so that an arrowed column contains ELITISM.[T + X@[T + @+ He is no longer + Apex[T + q@+ 1+ Grid represents a Memorial, in two (nearly) equal parts; clues are paired, with those down being LL, spelling '... ALIVE THERE IS A GREAT DEAL TO BE SAID FOR BEING DEAD' by EDMUND CLERIHEW BENTLEY (b. 1875, unclued central row).[T , Z@[T , @, Overlaps V , Babs[T , h@ , 1Rr, Six chains of eight 6-letter words with 3-letter overlaps run from the top left corner to the bottom right.[T - \@[T - @- Araucaria imbricata - Peto[T -  e@- 2q- 16 lights are monkeys and appear as letter-mixtures in their clues (which do not otherwise indicate them).[T . ^@[T . @. Tricubicals. Rhombus[T . R@. 2. Numerical puzzle; clues are of the form A, B, C, a, b, c, where both A, B, C and a, b, c are three 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits, the sums of whose cubes are equal and also contain the 9 positive digits.[T / `@[T / @/ Prize selection / Klick[T /  e@/ 2l/ 15 unclued lights are titles of novels (possible selections for those who win book tokens as prizes).[T 0 b@[T 0 @0 Diamond flush0 Salamanca[T 0 b@0 10 In each light at least one square must contain two letters; order in these squares is flexible, but when written correctly they spell famous dogs.[T 1 d@[T 1 @1 Where the place? - II 1 Jeffec[T 1  l@1 1^1 22 lights are placenames mentioned in Shakespeare, clued in random order by quotations.[T 2 f@[T 2 @ 2 Arosti 2 Merlin[T 2 b@2 2^2 Across clues are LL, with omissions each occurring twice, spelling LISTENER CROSSWORDS.[T 3 h@[T 3 @3 A la carte 3 Egma[T 3 c@ 3 13R3 Grid is circular with jumbled radial 5-letter lights; one circle contains the alphabet in order, while the outermost circle contains the 13 card denominations in French.[T 4 j@[T 4 @4 Justyn Print - IV 4 Zander[T 4 h@4 24 Italicised clues are purported titles of books, with the lights being appropriate authors, e.g. 'Continental Breakfast' leads to ROLAND BUTTER.[T 5 l@[T 5 @5 One-way theme 5 Ram[T 5 b@5 2}5 In each across clue the letters of the light are concealed according to some systematic rule; each rule is used twice.[T 6 n@[T 6 @6 Nesting birds - VI 6 Peto[T 6 b@ 6 4R6 There are six 5 x 5 grids, one light in each being a bird, with 6 central letters spelling a bird. Lights in corresponding positions are clued in random order by definition in doggerel.[T 7 p@[T 7 @7 All aboard 7 Jago[T 7 Y@7 27 Clues, unnumbered, are given in the order of numbers on a dartboard; unclued lights are BULLSEYE, TREBLE, DOUBLE, DARTS.[T 8 r@[T 8 @8 Orienteering8 Salamanca[T 8 ^@8 28 Grid is blank with co-ordinates given by letter-pairs. Clues are in groups, preceded by one in capital letters whose solution, taken in pairs, provides the locations for the initial letters of the lights.[T 9 t@[T 9 @9 Two square prime 9 Slavko[T 9 @T@9 29 Numerical puzzle with clues of the form x + y = z with x, y squares and z prime. Some locations are given; the remainder are to be deduced.[T : v@[T : @: Vade mecum : Mog[T : b@: 2: Theme-words (past and present editors of Chambers') DAVIDSON (NATHAN, SOLOMON); GEDDIE (LUCE, LANGUISH); DICKIE (DICK, RICK); MACDONALD (ASQUITH, MACMILLAN).[T ; x@[T ; @; Guinean ; Egma[T ; h@; 2R; Unclued lights are cyclic permutations of snakes (title is really ANGUINE).[T < z@[T < @ < Jane < Babs[T <  l@< 1< Italicised clues all relate Jane Austen (b. 16/12/1775); 6 lead to first names of young ladies in her novels, 6 to words she used in a sense now archaic, and 17 to words with her spelling.[T = |@[T = @ = Twins = Sabre[T = h@= 2Z= Unclued lights are anagrams of some of the clued lights; no clues involve anagrams.[T > ~@[T > @@"> A merry TV Xmas house party > Apex[T > c@> 1> Down clues are LL, spelling (with the central row of the grid) I MUST TAKE ENDLESS TIME WITH XMAS CRACKERS (Ximenes prizewinning clue to 26 Down, MAXIMIST).[T ? @[T ? @? Cook's tour - XII ? Zander[T ?  e@? 2s? 13 items of food or drink are clued in italics by the names of the regions in which they are normally found.[T @ @[T @ @ @ Variations on a theme - V @ Alexis[T @  e@@ 1@ Theme-words ENCHANTERS (MEDEA, CIRCE, PROSPERO); DEADLY (ALLINGHAM, MARSH, CARR); BLACK (ART, DEATH, MARIA) - all NIGHTSHADEs.[T A @[T A #@A Weather reportA Salamanca[T A b@A 2A Grid covers map of England; clues are DLM in paragraphs. 12 crossing pairs of lights contain names of weather symbols, to be entered symbolically.[T B @[T B $@B Topped and tailed - II B Klick[T B  e@B 2FB Each answer loses or gains an initial or final letter on entry.[T C @[T C &@C Group effort C Smokey[T C b@C 2kC Clues are grouped according to light-length, given in alphabetical order of light within each group.[T D @[T D *@D Out of the Ark D Sam[T D @`@D 2<D Each across answer loses an animal to form the light.[T E @[T E +@E Patchwork Patience E Leon[T E J@ E 2RE Numerical puzzle; the pack, apart from 3 cards from different suits, is dealt into a 7 x 7 square. Clues are given to products of ranks and suits (C = 1, D = 2, H = 3, S = 4) in rows and columns. Exposed cards are built onto bases in suits in ascending or6CE  descending order (with Ace following King and preceding 2).[T F @[T F -@F Overlaps VI F Babs[T F f@ F 1RF 4 rows and 4 columns comprise three 8-letter words with 4-letter overlaps, e.g. MINUTESTTUBEROSE; clues to these are run together.[T G @[T G 1@G Dissection G Sabre[T G @_@G 4G Grid comprises octagons and squares. Lights are 5-letter, with each clue also defining a 4-letter word obtained by removing a letter; the letter removed is entered centrally, spelling 'THOU CUNNINGST PATTERN OF EXCELLING NATURE'.[T H @[T H 2@H Disbarred H Zander[T H b@H 4cH Grid is blank; initial letters of clues spell ACROSS MEANS DOWN AND VICE VERSA - APRIL FOOL![T I @[T I 4@I Bent words I ffancy[T I b@I 2WI 12 unclued lights are misprinted names of counties (as in title - KENT, WORCS.).[T J @[T J 8@ J Hex J Jago[T J  e@ J 2RJ Grid comprises hexagons; clues are DLM, with lights 6-letter, entered around numbered hexagons. Perimeter contains WITCH OF ENDOR, MEDEA, CIRCE, HECATE, MERLIN, ARCHIMAGO, FAUST.[T K @[T K 9@K The following names K Babs[T K c@K 1K 18 unclued lights form a chain of proper names: JULIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS JOHN OWEN THOMAS CHARLES CHESTER ARTHUR HALLAM TENNYSON JESSE JAMES LUKE GIORDANO BRUNO WALTER SCOTT.[T L @[T L ;@L AnaCyph - IX L Chabon[T L a@ L 3RL Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations, with lights all 5-letter, mainly entered jumbled. Letters in outermost circle, obtained from those in adjoining circle by moving them one place forwards or backwards in the alphabet, spell 'I'VE A MOUTH L6`L IKE AN OLD POTATO AND I'M MORE THAN A LITTLE SICK', from CELLS by KIPLING (third circle).[T M @[T M ?@M Redundancies M Apex[T M b@M 2M Each across light is paired with that symmetrically opposite; each clue is double DLM, with a separating superfluous word, whose initial letters spell ALL HEARTLESS. Accordingly, each down light omits its central letter.[T N @[T N @@N Seven-a-sideN Rhombus[T N T@ N 4RQN Numerical puzzle with clues of the form 3x + 4y = 7z, with z prime.[T O @[T O B@O An alphabeticO Leiruza[T O  e@O 2jO Clues are given according to the alphabetical order of their lights, starting at a random position.[T P @[T P F@P A difficult matter P Bart[T P  l@P 1jP Unclued lights are THE NAMING OF CATS and names appearing in 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'.[T Q @[T Q G@&Q Leaving their tails behind themQ Machiavelli[T Q b@Q 2Q Each of the 26 across lights can be augmented terminally by a different letter of the alphabet; each clue contains a definition of its light, but belongs as a whole to the augmented version of another light.[T R @[T R I@!R The Listener Crossword III R Klick[T R  e@R 2R Answers to asterisked clues are entered as homophones in two parts, the first at the indicated location and the second elsewhere, e.g. JUPITER leads to JEW + PITTER.[T S @[T S M@S Alphabetical discard S Sam[T S b@S 1;S Across clues are LL, spelling the alphabet in order.[T T @[T T N@T Sounds familiar T Brym[T T c@T 2PT Italicised clues define homophones of the lights, which are proper names.[T U @[T U P@AU Who's who? - II (or Six Characters in Search of an Author) U Adam[T U d@U 1_U Unclued lights are names and titular descriptions of characters from Molire's comedies.[T V @[T V T@V EgocentricV Creighton[T V b@V 2V Across lights are misprinted, with new letters spelling CREIGHTON IS A GENIUS; half the lights in each direction are entered in reverse. 6 down lights are encoded by replacing each letter by that preceding it in the alphabet.[T W @[T W U@W Musical switch - IIW Strebor[T W  e@W 1W Lights are entered letter by letter; a chain of 25 composers, written alternately forwards and backwards and with 1-letter overlaps, forms a spiral.[T X @[T X W@X Two in one X Sabre[T X  l@X 2X The 26 unclued lights each contain a double letter, with each letter of the alphabet used once; superfluous words in 26 of the clues define the unclued lights.[T Y @[T Y [@Y 'Mastermind' Y Apex[T Y @X@Y 2]Y Across clues are DLM; down clues are PD. Playfair-coded forms of two lights are given.Y Galsworthy[T Z @[T Z \@Z Tricubicals - IIZ Rhombus[T Z @T@Z 2Z Numerical puzzle; each clue leads to three 3-digit numbers containing the 9 positive digits, the sum of whose cubes also contains the 9 positive digits.[T [ @[T [ ^@[ Sixes and sevens - X [ Zander[T [ b@[ 2O[ Clues to 6- and 7-letter lights are given in random order in two groups.[T \ @[T \ b@\ Inside out \ Duck[T \ b@\ 4\ Each answer is turned 'inside out' on entry: the 'inside' is an even number of letters at the centre of the word, of which the first half is placed at the front and the second half at the rear.[T ] @[T ] c@] All set for the ... ] Apex[T ] f@] 2] Down clues are LL, spelling first 12 and last 12 letters of ... LISTENER CROSSWORD SETTERS' ANNUAL DINNER (central 12 appear in central row), entered in 'seats' above and below the grid. Setters' names in down clues stand for their initial letters.[T ^ @[T ^ e@^ Two by two ^ Buff[T ^ b@^ 2^ 4 lights are clued numerically using atomic numbers and chemical symbols, taking numbers and letters in pairs, e.g. 182066 leads to Argon, Calcium, Dysprosium which gives ARCADY.[T _ @[T _ i@ _ Odious _ Bart[T _ h@_ 1r_ 20 answers are replaced by the other halves of clichs, e.g. PICTURE leads to PRETTY, SAFE leads to HOUSES.[T ` ¢@[T ` j@ ` Square ` Sabre[T ` b@` 2I` All answers are encoded; the 6 unclued lights are perfect squares.%` Crossword 2401 Square by Sabre[T a Ģ@[T a l@(a 16D(8) 39D(8) [Quantity Surveyor] a Babs[T a  l@a 1'a Narrative including some verses.[T b Ƣ@[T b p@b Four Waysb Generalissimo[T b b@b 2xb There are 4 methods of entry, each used equally often: normal, reversed, with head at tail and with tail at head.[T c Ȣ@[T c q@c Tribasicc Batrachian[T c  l@c 1rc Lights are entered by replacing each letter by its numerical value in base 3, e.g. RADS leads to 200111201.[T d ʢ@[T d s@d Wordplay d Jago[T d b@d 2[d All clued lights lose S on entry; unclued lights are swords (title being SWORDPLAY).[T e ̢@[T e @u@&e A merry TV Christmas tree party e Apex[T e `@e 2Le Answers to asterisked clues omit trees on entry; other clues are DLM.[T f ΢@[T f x@f Double harnessf Leiruza[T f b@f 2Pf Lights are entered along two knight's tours; one row spells THE LISTENER.[T g Т@[T g z@g Lost Rivers g Alexis[T g  e@g 1g Theme-words ROCHESTER (YORK, DURHAM, RIPON); REED (FLUTE, OBOE, CLARINET); EYRE (LINES, COMMODORE, STOP) - all characters of CHARLOTTE Bront.[T h Ң@[T h ~@h Odd man out h Algol[T h b@h 1h 8 groups of 5 words are given; in each, 4 have something in common, indicated by an unclued across light, while the odd man out leads somehow to one of the unclued down lights.[T i Ԣ@[T i @i Olla podrida - III i Klick[T i  e@i 2ii Asterisked clues lead to words or phrases indicating the lights, e.g. RAIL-SPLITTER leads to LAIR.[T j ֢@[T j @j Word Sums - IX j Proton[T j a@j 1j Clues are equations made up of words, with each letter representing the same digit throughout the clue; lights are the corresponding numbers.[T k آ@[T k @k Unlettered k Nibor[T k b@k 4k Clues are to be taken in groups of 8; within each group, the nth letter of the word LITERACY has been removed from the nth clue and must be inserted in its answer to form the light.[T l ڢ@[T l @l Head-hunting - XI l Zander[T l  e@l 2xl The first letter of each answer is entered misplaced; certain diagonals spell 'I HANG 'MID MEN MY NEEDLESS HEAD'.[T m ܢ@[T m @m Sam Long m Nizam[T m h@m 2am Title is meant to suggest 'Long Psalm' (no. 119); unclued lights are its section headings.[T n ޢ@[T n @n Alphabetical extractsn Ploutos[T n b@n 2n Each clue defines one word and gives a subsidiary indication to another (the light), obtained by omitting a letter; each letter of the alphabet is omitted once across and once down.[T o @[T o @o Magic glass o Aelfre[T o i@o 2o Grid represents crossword seen in broken mirror; the theme is 'The Lady of Shalott', with several clues and lights being thematic. Central broken area spells 'THE MIRROR CRACK'D FROM SIDE TO SIDE'.[T p @[T p @p Double acrostic p Adam[T p `@p 2hp Initial and final letters of across lights spell MARTIN CHUZZLEWITT (sic) and GREAT EXPECTATIONS.[T q @[T q @q Counter measures q Bart[T q  e@q 1{q Certain answers contain numbers in English, French, German or Italian, to be replaced by the corresponding numerals.[T r @[T r @r Missing faces r Ad[T r ^@ r 4Rr 36 cubes, with one letter on each face, form a 6 x 6 square with touching faces bearing the same letter. Clues are given to the 6-letter words formed around the edges, across the rows, and on each cube.[T s @[T s @s Schizogrammata - II s ffancy[T s `@s 2s There are two identical grids. The alphabet is divided into two categories (letters with and without a vertical axis of symmetry) and each light is split between the two grids accordingly. Clues are normal or DLM according as the light begins in the first6s  or second grid.[T t @[T t @t Two square prime - II t Slavko[T t e@t 2t Numerical puzzle with clues of the form x + y = z with x, y squares and z prime; they are given in 8 groups, such that within each group any prime on the left and any on the right contain between them the positive digits other than 5. Some locations63t  are given; the remainder are to be deduced.[T u @[T u @u Anonymous u Sam[T u b@u 2u Each across clue defines a word and gives a subsidiary indication to a surname; the corresponding Christian name is subtracted from the word to form the light.[T v @[T v @v A jubilant TV play v Apex[T v e@v 1v Theme-words ELIZABETH (BANJO, NUTMEG, GAMY); PHILIP (LARKIN, SIDNEY); CHARLES (BIBLES, IDLES); ANNE (BRONT, STAL); ANDREW (WARDEN, WARNED); EDWARD (GERMAN, ELGAR). Five of the variations are clued and entered Playfair-coded.v The family group[T w @[T w @w Triplet w Babs[T w b@w 1Aw All lights lose the consecutive letters LET in some order.[T x @[T x @!x Play theme and fairiations x Jude[T x @c@x 2x Theme-words PEASEBLOSSOM (PEASCOD, SQUASH); COBWEB (GOSSAMER, SILK); MOTH (TIGER, PUSS); MUSTARDSEED (HORSERADISH, PEPPER). Six lights are Playfair-coded.x Starveling[T y @[T y @y Un titled y Sabre[T y d@y 2py Four unclued lights have 'nothing in common': GENER-ZERO-AL, F-NIL-REQUENT, ORDIN-NIX-ARY, U-NOUGHT-SUAL.[T z @[T z @z Missing links - XII z Zander[T z b@z 2\z 14 unclued lights form a chain in which each link is synonymous with its predecessor.[T { @[T { @0{ A double harness 'All the Queen's horses'{ Leiruza[T { b@{ 2{ Grid is the net of a 5 x 5 x 5 cube, containing ELIZABETH REGINA, THE SILVER JUBILEE, 19 77; lights are entered along two knight's tours.[T | @[T | @| Take your pick - II| Ploutos[T | b@| 2| Whenever an across light meets a down light they disagree, but by taking one of the two alternatives it is possible to construct a perfect diagram.[T } @[T } @!} You name it, you've got it } Klick[T }  e@} 2} The 16 unclued lights are 8 names and 8 words associated with their possessives: ADAM's APPLE, ARISTOTLE's LANTERN, CHANDLER's WOBBLE, CULVER's ROOT, MACFARLANE's BUAT, PELE's HAIR, PHARAOH's SERPENT, SAMSON's POST.[T ~ @[T ~ @~ Seconds out ~ Ascot[T ~ b@~ 24~ Each answer loses its second letter on entry.[T  @[T  @ Diametricode - IX  Babs[T  c@  1R Unchecked perimeter squares contain the alphabet; each letter encodes that opposite it. Italicised clues have encoded lights.[T @[T  @& A 'Listener' setter's rule book  Apex[T  `@ 4 There are two identical grids; clues are LL (spelling I NEED NOT MEAN WHAT I SAY BUT I MUST SAY WHAT I MEAN), given in pairs separated by superfluous words whose initials spell THE ART OF THE CROSSWORD.[T @[T  @ Side by side Generalissimo[T  b@ 2e Each row contains two words (with the separating bar removed), clued together in either order.[T @[T  @  Adam  Mass[T  b@ 25 8 across and 8 down answers lose RIB on entry.[T @[T  @ Short-sighted Machiavelli[T  b@ 21 Unclued lights are diocesan abbreviations.[T  @[T  @ More or less Virgilius[T  b@ 4 Each clue leads to two words, one showing how to modify the other to form the light, e.g. PAINTER, TERMINUS lead to PAIN. Half the lights are formed by addition, half by subtraction.[T  @[T  @ Old Misery  Alexis[T  e@ 1 Theme-words SCROOGE (MARLEY, GHOST); HARPAGON (CLARSACH, LUTE); VOLPONE (VIXEN, REYNARD); GORIOT (GORDON, PORTEOUS); EUCLIO (EUTERPE, CALLIOPE).[T @[T  @ Lancework Salamanca[T  _@  4R Grid is made of overlapping circles; all lights are 5-letter, with initial or final letter entered in central region, spelling HIS VERBAL PYROTECHNICS ARE ENTERTAINING.[T @[T  @ My cousin's bungle Waterloo[T   e@ 1 Lights are entered any way up, with B, D, P, Q written in lower case and I with extravagant bars at top and bottom; other letters are normal (so that Z rotates to N and W to M).[T @[T  @ No discrimination  Phiz[T  b@ 4p In 15 answers a boy's name must be replaced by a girl's, or vice versa, e.g. MONTROSE leads to MONTCLIVE.[T @[T  @ Sound Cameras  Klick[T   e@ 1 10 unclued across lights, matched in pairs with 5 unclued down lights, give examples (in Chambers' 1977) of certain consonants: LEPRECHAUN, CORONACH, LOCH; CAT, CHORUS, KING; QUITE, COIFFEUR, QUEEN; LANGUOR, LONGER, FINGER; GENTLE, LEDGE, JUDGE.[T @[T  @ Roundabouts Leiruza[T  @f@ 2z Grid is the net of an icosahedron; lights are entered along two spiral paths, each from one vertex to its opposite.[T @[T  @ Curve magic Vatsayana[T  9@  5R Numerical puzzle; grid consists of five circles divided by five spokes, with sums along radii, circles, spirals and cardioids all equal. Some initial clues are given.[T @[T  @@% A _________ box (kindly meant)  Apex[T  `@ 1 6 across and 6 down clues are misprinted; these lights, in pairs, occur in 'Christmas' by Betjeman. Half the remaining clues are PD; shaded squares may be rearranged to spell THE POET LAUREATE.[T @[T  @ A Happy New Year  Duck[T  b@ 2 Four 6-letter across lights (SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER) are Playfair-coded and clued only by the remaining across lights, which have LL clues spelling 'THE FOUR SEASONS'. Chimney-stalk[T @[T  @ Three-in-one - II  Babs[T  b@ 1 Each clue defines two words and hints at a third (the light); the clued words are obtained from the light by adding or inserting a letter in one case and omitting a letter in the other.[T  @[T  @  Maze  Ram[T  b@ 2 Grid is numbered and barred; lights may not cross bars but may turn in any direction. Each square is used exactly twice.[T "@[T  @ AnaCyph - X  Chabon[T  a@  3R Grid is circular; clues are incomplete quotations, with lights all 5-letter, mainly entered jumbled. Letters in outermost circle, obtained from those in adjoining circle by moving them one place forwards or backwards in the alphabet, spell 'WEARILY THE SE6w NTRY MOVES MUTTERING THE ONE WORD 'PEACE'' from PICKET by ALDINGTON (last 12 letters occurring in third circle).[T $@[T  @ Musical chairs  Smokey[T   e@ 2 Each across clue is a subsidiary indication to a word with a musical connection, which must lose its initial and/or final letter on entry.[T &@[T  @  Q.E.D.  Jude[T  i@ 4 Three square grids surround a 6, 8, 10 tria