Beelzebub 1,082 (14/11/10)
Posted by Simon Harris on November 25th, 2010
A tough week, I think. At least, I had to rely heavily on Chambers while both solving and blogging. 3dn evades my explanation for the time being.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | TRALATICIOUS – (OUT + SATIRICAL)*. |
| 11 | EXIT WOUND – EX + IT + WOUND. |
| 13 | REAGENCY – A in REGENCY. |
| 14 | AFLAME – AF + LAME. |
| 15 | COHOG – HO in COG. A rare instance of a familiarity with Family Guy helping with Beelzebub. |
| 16 | WROTE – W + ROTE. |
| 17 | SIGNEUR – SIGN + RUE<. |
| 19 | DE REGLE – DERE + G[a]LE. |
| 21 | THEATER – T + HEATER. |
| 25 | MASTIFF – MA + STIFF. |
| 27 | RESTS – [co]RSETS*. |
| 28 | INTER – INT[eg]ER. |
| 29 | JUPATI – PA in (JUT + I). |
| 31 | SCENARIO – (CE + IRAN<) in SO. |
| 32 | DAUPHINE – (PUNISHED A)*. |
| 33 | PHRONTISTERY – (TRY + THE PRISON)*. |
| Down | |
| 2 | REEF – from FREE with its “top”, F, moved to the end/bottom. |
| 3 | ABALONE – Shellfish solely available in July/August?. |
| 4 | LEGATO – LEG + A + TO[ne]. |
| 5 | AXEMEN – ([hendri]X + [pag]E) in AMEN. A great surface reading, though I can say from experience that finding any two guitarists who agree on the “ultimate items from Hendrix and Page” would be very hard indeed! |
| 6 | ITCHIER – I + (CH in TIER). |
| 7 | IONONE – O[range] in IN ONE. |
| 8 | OUPHE – OUP + HE. |
| 9 | UNMOULD – UN + MOULD. |
| 10 | DRAW IT MILD – (RAW + LIMIT*) in DD. |
| 12 | DEGRESSION – DEGRE[e] + (S[ome] I[ncrease] in SON). |
| 18 | THANNAH – T’ + HAN + NAH. |
| 19 | DEFICIT – ICI in DEFT. |
| 20 | GISARME – IS ARM in GE. |
| 22 | A TEMPO – ATE + MP + O[rganise]. |
| 23 | PRUNES – P + RUNES. |
| 24 | REPAST – REP + AS + T. |
| 26 | STOUR – ‘S + TOUR. |
| 30 | TIER – TI[g]ER. |
November 26th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Hi Simon, I think this http://www.infoplease.com/spot/history-of-august.html may explain 3dn AB seems to refer to the crossover from July to August + alone. Nasty clue though.
Flashling
November 27th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Hi Simon
Chambers may help more than infoplease. One entry under ‘ab’ is “The eleventh civil or fifth ecclesiastical month of the Jewish Calendar (parts of July and August)”.