Beelzebub 1,024 (01/10/09)
Posted by Simon Harris on October 10th, 2009
This seemed a bit tougher than in recent weeks, but it all fell into place in the end.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 5 | DEFLATER – DEF + LATER. |
| 11 | RENEW – REN[t] + EW. East and West being the bridge team here. |
| 12 | LECHWE – LECH + WE. |
| 13 | ARMET – AR + MET. |
| 14 | TUTORED – T[ripos] + (TOR in (U + ED)). |
| 15 | SNOW-BROTH – (NOW + BR) in SO[u]TH. |
| 19 | MESA – SAME with “swapped halves”. |
| 20 | ISOTOPIC SPIN – (IS POSITONIC + P[osition])*. |
| 21 | EMBROIDERIES – (MORE* about B) + (I DESIRE)*. |
| 24 | REEF – FREE, “front to rear”. |
| 26 | DEATH-DAMP – D + (HAD PAT + ME)*. |
| 28 | ZWINGLI – ZI[p] “engaging” (WING + L). Ulrich Zwingli. |
| 29 | CREEP – C + PEER<. |
| 30 | BENZOL – BE + NZ + O[i]L. |
| 31 | VERSE – [lin]ES REV[ealed]<. |
| 32 | PEER GYNT – ENERGY* “filling” PT. |
| Down | |
| 1 | BRASSIERE – it took me a moment to figure this rather clever one out. It’s a BRA, which is BAR with one letter shifted, but it’s also BRASSERIE with the same treatment. |
| 2 | KERNES – RN “aboard” KEE[l]S. |
| 3 | AN MO – AN + MO. |
| 4 | PEEWIT – PEE + WIT. A few, now distant, years spent in the erstwhile YoC pays dividends when it comes to solving crosswords. |
| 6 | ENTROPICALLY – (CLEARLY TOP IN)*. |
| 7 | FLUORIDATION – (U in FLORIDA) + INTO*. |
| 8 | LETTUCES – CUT< "amidst" STEEL*. |
| 9 | THREEPIT – this one left me wondering if I was missing something. Is it just that “three pit” would contradict “two mines”? The full clue is “Contradicted in Northumberland, finding only two mines?”. |
| 10 | EWERS – SEWER, “first to last”. |
| 16 | SANS-APPEL – SAP “invested in” PLANES*. |
| 17 | LOBELINE – LOB E + LINE. |
| 18 | GOOSEGOG – GOOSE + GO + G. |
| 22 | REDREW – RED + REW. |
| 23 | ENMESH – [m]ENSH “involves” ME. |
| 25 | ETWEE – WE “packed in” ÉTÉ. |
| 27 | AERY – A[ttitud]E R[arel]Y. |