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A good effort from CheeseCracker today, I thought - their best yet and required some Chambers-bashing, unusual for the Speccie.

Not sure about the title though, it strikes me that the unclued entries are athematic more than simply clueless, unless I am missing something.

I think their cluelessness is the point.

Enjoyed the puzzle, felt quite Azed-ish in parts. I don’t see a connection between the unclued entries either.

Very enjoyable- much more like an "old school" Speccie than some of those of the last few years. If there was a theme I couldn't work it out to save my life...

Agreed. Cannot see any commonality in the unclueds, which are however long enough to be unambiguous

But upsetter I think that’s my issue: all unclued entries are of course by nature clueless - but normally there is some kind of connection.

In this case as there is no connection I would have thought some catchy way of saying athemality might have been more fitting.

But nice puzzle all the same!

M

Interesting article by Doc on the Spectator setting team. At the time of writing CheeseCracker was the most recent compiler to have joined the team.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/fifty-years-of-the-spectator-crossword/