Beelzebub 1,029 (08/11/09)
Posted by Simon Harris on November 20th, 2009
Now here's a turn up for the books: a Beelzebub that I couldn't actually finish. The Chambers search suggests that the only possible entry for 11dn is BANANALAND, leaving 32ac as RD?EES, which is quite clearly preposterous. That said, my own entry for 32ac doesn't appear in Chambers, so who knows. I also can't make sense of 25ac, so not a great week for me, all in all.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | MOPANE – PAN in MOE. |
| 5 | HOLISM – IS in HOLM. |
| 10 | ASHRAMITES – A + (AS HERMITS)*. |
| 12 | LOGISTICAL – IT’S* in LOGICAL. |
| 14 | SAOLA – A in SOLA. |
| 15 | INGO – [b]INGO. |
| 17 | OSSEIN – NOESIS*. |
| 18 | FAIRINGS – dd. |
| 19 | EVOE – EVO[k]E. |
| 20 | ENSA – [m]EN’S A[musement] &lit. |
| 21 | STEEPENS – (TEE + PEN) in SS. |
| 24 | PATTIE – 1 in PATTE. |
| 26 | SLAV – S + LAV &lit. |
| 29 | USURE – US + URE. |
| 30 | MAN-QUELLER – MANQUÉ + [ki]LLER. |
| 31 | PURESCENT – PUT + (S in RECENT). |
| 32 | ROUÉES – I guess, i.e. ROUÉ with an extra E. The clue is “Degenerates with extra drug and drinks.” |
| 33 | NESSIE – [m]EISSEN<. Meissen china is apparently the same as Dresden china. |
| Down | |
| 1 | MASSIF – MAS + SIF[t]. |
| 2 | PHLOGISTON – (HOPING LOTS)*. |
| 3 | NAGARI – (A + G) in IRAN<. |
| 4 | EMIT – TIME<. |
| 5 | HISTOGEN – (EG ON THIS)*. |
| 6 | OTTO – OTT + O[il]. |
| 7 | LEIRS – IR in LES. |
| 8 | STATIONARY – STAY “binding” RATION*. |
| 9 | MOLINE – MO + LINE. |
| 11 | BANANALAND? – “Sound of ewe takes in stupid male sheep group”. |
| 13 | CHEVELURES – CHEES[e] “importing” VEL[o]UR. |
| 16 | INTEGERS – STEERING*. |
| 20 | EPIMER – EMPIRE*. |
| 22 | EVULSE – (L in US) in EVE. |
| 23 | SVELTE – L in (SEE TV)*. |
| 25 | TOQUE – Another one I can’t explain. “Hat crown almost entirely without crowning quality“. |
| 27 | JUTE – JU[s]TE. |
| 28 | GLEN – G[a]LEN. |
November 20th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Hi Simon
I didn’t do this puzzle but 11dn must be BANANARAMA: NANA RAM in BAA
November 20th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Thanks Eileen, that explains why it isn’t in Chambers! So 32ac must be RAKEES, which I hovered over but inexplicably discounted.
November 20th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Hi Simon, yes, I was just about to say that I’d worked out 32ac from your comment! [I can't see 25dn, though.]
November 20th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Hi Simon
I was typing a comment re 11d and 32a as Eileen added her comment, then I had to go to the shops so belatedly here is 25d:
TO[p] (crown almost) QU[it]E (entirely without crowning quality)