Seasons Greetings XVI by Eclogue
Radial entries run from the centre to the perimeter, or vice versa,
eighteen of each. Each clue contains an extra word. Taking a specific letter
from each extra word in grid order provides a couplet from the theme. Solvers
must highlight a thematic name in three parts (23 cells in total) and draw two
lines to indicate both a tune and the opening words to accompany it.
Radial (all six letters)
1 Great battle occurring in rolling Dover-Dunkirk setting
2 Scottish lad has not dated in the great toilsome wen
3 Naked Ngonis argued about part of jaw
4 European space project scheduling badly in area
5 Eurasian capital reducing cross on autocratic district out east
6 Horse the French provided in farming land
7 Talents left hidden in soulless markets
8 Dashes mostly attractive countenance, so independent at first
9 Antelopes provoking monkey wind
10 Looks for Christmas carollers after alto refrains
11 Loosely scatters master’s singular trousers
12 Stint in senior common room attacked by mischievous child
13 Skin affliction in city featuring puzzling maze
14 Casual bore of returning ounce to the French person
15 Solid nut holding confused love in flap
16 Areas of expertise where demons replace brave knight with league
17 Narrow inlets having uncertainty reverting on many old points
18 Anglo-Indian banker quietly run over very strong body
19 Aussie leaves Del Trotter in Carnaby Street initially
20 Demonstrations of poetry entering into short composition
21 Unmentionables flabbergasted lawyers
22 Spun wedged fish in claret, say
23 Church official speedily runs on the edge
24 To tease something delightful over metal container for pottery
25 Old Yemeni echoing South African pulse
26 Stem to weep and cheer affectedly
27 In a disagreeable fashion, what belongs to us is taken in by pure cunning
28 It followed on poor sow holding Shetland fiddle
29 Having broken a habit, told dummy is no longer fancied
30 Stated view secure in refined dictionary
31 Hope against nerves in part when first in to bat
32 Recanted backing topless crime in verdant grass
33 Revolutionary, having held regret once, did sketch again
34 River boat eased out into body of water (two words)
35 Note, I have rule of law concerning robber
36 Wrecked, I enter race with educated ladies
To enter this competition, send your entry as an image or in list format, including the highlighted words and an explanation of the final grid, to ccpuzzles@talktalk.net before 8th January 2025. The first correct entry drawn from the hat will receive a book from the Chambers range, which has been donated by Chambers
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