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Retro by Encota Stage 1 is somewhat like the old ‘Minesweeper’ game where the solver must locate the ‘mines’. The integer in each cell equates to the number of ‘mines’ that are in … Read more >>

On Track by Phi Nineteen clues are unnumbered and their answers are to be entered where they will fit, after being treated. The mode of treatment is hinted at by the three words … Read more >>

Bandits Scuppered Her Plans by Radler In twelve thematic clues the entry is formed by changing the defined answer in one of two ways. Wordplay and letter counts refer to the entry. Eleven … Read more >>

  Whowasdun by Charybdis 35ac and the title of a detective mystery are to be deduced and the detective (thematically affected) highlighted in the grid. Alas, the person addressed in the title (4, … Read more >>

  For Her Eyes Only by Artix Initial letters of single extra words in 11 clues may be rearranged to give the author of a series of works whose eponym – omitting an … Read more >>

  Across the Board by Opsimath Clues are listed in alphabetical order of their answers, which are to be fitted into the grid wherever they will go. Ten thematic answers (two of 2 … Read more >>

Passing Thought by Nutmeg Each across clue has a single-letter misprint in its definition. Correct letters in clue order form a sequence, stripped of its first and last elements, connected with a celebrated … Read more >>

War and Peace by eXtent Across clues comprise wordplay and definition for answers in symmetrically opposite grid entries, either of which may be clued first. One of the answers in each clue with … Read more >>

  An Alternative Guide to Wonderland by Phi Most clues define the answer that is entered but have wordplay that ignores up to four letters of that answer. The cells containing these ignored … Read more >>

Sign Up Here! by Ploy A group of two or three letters must be removed from each of ten clues, to form new clues to be solved. In the remaining clues, the wordplay … Read more >>

  Death Wish by Serpent The wordplay in 12 clues leads to an extra letter; solvers must use these letters to complete the unclued entries. Each of the remaining clues contains a string … Read more >>

  Observation by Chalicea Nine consecutive clues contain an extra word that is not required for the solution. Read in clue order, the initial letters of those words will identify the observation that … Read more >>

Ground Force by Ifor All clues bar five contain either a single or two consecutive extra letters to be removed, always from a single word, and leaving a shorter word. When read in … Read more >>

  Heavy Metal Band by Harribobs Entries run clockwise in a chain, starting at the peak of 1, with the last letter of each entry being the first of the next. Entries start … Read more >>

  Queen of the North by Phi Several squares will need to contain multiple letters for the clue answers to fit – solvers should replace these with the same appropriate symbol. The solutions … Read more >>