Beelzebub 1138
Posted by Jed on December 18th, 2011
This compiler never disappoints – wonder how many people agree
ACROSS
2 Boozy concoction providing animation? TOM AND JERRY dd
10 Person across globe sporting Asiatic names? ANTISCIAN (ASIATIC N)*
12 Refuses no special cures REISTS RE{S}ISTS
13 Maintained? Well-maintained, expending money KEPT
15 Outdoor game or dance I observed around Kansas JUKSKEI KS in JUKE I
16 Rash to imprison King’s bee-keepers? HIVERS R in HIVES
17 Woman left regularly here? SHELF SHE L{E}F{T}
18 Drive on round Rolls-Royce with one following in shock HORRIFY (RR I F) in HOY
23 Line out of place about London college not being well versed ILL SEEN LSE in (LINE)*
24 Girl in flap, returning without volume NOELE ELE{V}ON<
25 Murmur softly, held in strap by Madame ultimately REPINE P in REIN E
27 Protected legume’s utterly without one GUARDED GUAR DE{A)D
29 Androcles neatly encompasses such? ESNE androclES NEatly
30 Recoiled, getting end of rapier in leg SHRANK R in SHANK
31 Spice plant? Desire enclosure to contain fifty CLOVE-TREE L in COVET REE
32 Type of madness ends in lunacy and peculiar language Henry’s rather unwell LYCANTHROPY LunacY CANT H ROPY
DOWN
1 Displaying anger and hurt, he moved, wanting more land EARTH-HUNGER (ANGER HURT HE)*
3 Of the inner cochlea primarily OTIC first letters
4 Man with unknown duty in the past MISTERY MISTER Y
5 Flower festival shunned by European ASTER {E}ASTER
6 Idly stirred about objection regarding two radical groups DIBUTYL BUT in (IDLY)* chemical radicals
7 Bottom card’s last in play JACKSY JACKS plaY
8 Increase in debt? Raised stink REEKED EKE in RED
9 Opening filled with a lot of regurgitated food is distasteful REPELLENT PELLE{T} in RENT
11 What’s secured framing dispute in formal way? STIFFNECKED TIFF in SNECKED
14 This, this could represent your toils! RIOTOUSLY (YOUR TOILS)*
19 Brown cut of beef, then bring in second FILEMOT MO in FILET
20 English accordingly importing some grass ESPARTO PART in E SO
21 Adolescent cuckoo occupying half of nest NEANIC ANI in NE C ani is a black cuckoo
22 Was first in modern uphill skiing style WEDELN (LED in NEW)<
26 Second man interrupting Queen in Surrey town ESHER (S HE) in ER
28 Misinterpret more than half of military expedition WARP WARP{ATH}
< = reverse ( )* = anagram dd = double definition { } = omit
December 18th, 2011 at 9:22 am
Jed
FWIW I agree wholeheartedly. Is it still set on alternate weeks by Phi and Columba I wonder. Perhaps someone will say.
December 19th, 2011 at 12:00 am
Yes, I agree too.
Regarding setters, when I started blogging Beelzebub back in 2009, Eimi was able to confirm that the puzzle was still the work of Phi and Columba. I haven’t noticed a significant change in style in that time, and Phi often drops in here, so I assume that’s still the case.
One slight disappointment today though: the wrong grid seems to have been printed, at least in my copy of the paper. This will make blogging Beelzebub 1,139 particularly interesting!
December 19th, 2011 at 5:07 am
Well, how can one resist such an invitation?
Beelzebub is still 3 x me and 1 x Colin G. This was one of mine – eimi will readily confirm that I have no real idea how the 3+1 pattern works. However I did calculate I wasn’t due to do a Christmas one this year, so I assume the one in he issue dated 18 Dec will be Columba.
I don’t get to see the puzzle for several months, when someone sends me a batch over, so I can’t comment on the grid issue, alas (though I see JACKSY escaped the blue pencil). But I think Jed may have missed a word from the clue at 21d – probably ‘about’ (I’m just being too lazy to open the file on my computer here, of course) – as I can’t see where the C comes from.