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Preamble: Other than those already barred off, there are to be no unchecked letters or further bars in the (nonsymmetrical) final grid. For this to happen, solvers must (i) effect six 90º single … Read more >>

Preamble: Clues contain either wordplay yielding an extra or missing letter or a single-letter misprint in the definition (equal numbers of each). In clue order, extra/ missing/correct letters give a quotation and its … Read more >>

XXXX by Wiglaf Preamble: 15 clue answers must be thematically shortened before entry in the grid. Their clues contain a definition for the full answer; wordplay and letter-counts refer to grid entries, not … Read more >>

Preamble: Three unclued entries have been adversely affected by a plethora of thematic answers which have caused so much confusion that their own clues have become muddled, each giving the wordplay for one … Read more >>

Preamble: Clues to the perimeter entries are normal, but their answers must be modified before entry in ways suggested by an instruction that will appear in the grid when the central square is … Read more >>

Preamble: Five across answers of a kind are entered as anagrams, representing a thematic process: wordplay in these clues leads to original answer, definition to grid entry. From 12 down clues, a letter … Read more >>

Preamble: Fourteen solutions must be thematically adjusted before entry. Solvers must highlight a statement expressing a character’s confidence that the adjustment would be performed for him, and his name. Only real words appear … Read more >>

Preamble: Ten answers, each forming at least a significant part of a member of a larger thematic set, must be modified before entry. Half of these entries indicate progress while the rest display … Read more >>

Preamble: When the unclued light is filled, the completed grid describes the position before the story started. Solvers must then change the contents of nine cells to describe the position at the end. … Read more >>

Preamble: Most clues contain either wordplay yielding an extra or missing letter or a single-letter misprint in the definition (approximately equal numbers of each). In order, the extra/missing/ correct letters give a quotation … Read more >>

Preamble: In a sequel to 1 across, X Y performed 50 (twelve words in total). Solvers should highlight the section of the grid in which the relevant callers are located. In six clues, … Read more >>

Saturday 26th October 2013 in Sheffield celebrating Nimrod’s 50th birthday is where the puzzle in its final form started. But the story really started about ten years ago… I had already had one Independent Weekend … Read more >>

Preamble: Eleven clues each have a single definitional misprint: the correct letters may be arranged to give the two word theme to be written under the grid. Five clues without definition lead to … Read more >>

Preamble: Nine thematic answers (one of two words) should be considered as associating only with ‘34-38s’, with each ‘34-38’ suggested twice. Correctly associated, all are 26s. Eight of these are clued by wordplay … Read more >>

Preamble: Solvers must scale component letters of some entries to match the illusion. This will require some letters to be entered in such a way that one to a cell is not maintained; … Read more >>