Beelzebub 1,195
Posted by Simon Harris on 3rd February 2013
A solve of two halves for me this week: a brisk start followed by fairly slow progress through the remainder.
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Beelzebub 1,193
Posted by Simon Harris on 20th January 2013
This was a particularly challenging week, I found. In fact it’s rare that I’m completely beaten by a clue even as I blog the puzzle, but two have come along at once. At 29ac and 6dn I’ve reproduced the clue and the checking letters.
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Beelzebub 1,191
Posted by Simon Harris on 8th January 2013
A pretty stiff challenge this week, with plenty of unfamiliar words. I was grateful for the extended deadline, as it gave a couple more days to complete the puzzle and blog.
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Beelzebub 1190
Posted by Jed on 4th January 2013
Fiendishly difficult – hidden festive greeting given after the answers
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Beelzebub 1,189
Posted by Simon Harris on 23rd December 2012
A pretty tough week, though everything fell into place in the end. I think I’ve explained everything, but must admit that Chambers got quite a thumbing whilst blogging!
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Beelzebub 1,187
Posted by Simon Harris on 9th December 2012
After a fairly brisk start, this became quite a tough puzzle for me. Still, the usual top qualty crossword with lots of interesting words.
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Beelzebub 1,185
Posted by Simon Harris on 25th November 2012
Quite a tough week, with lots of good vocabulary to discover. Perhaps a grid we haven’t seen before, as I don’t remember ever blogging a Beelzebub with quite so many across clues.
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Beelzebub 1,183
Posted by Simon Harris on 11th November 2012
A fairly tough week here, I think. I made a reasonably sprightly start, but soon had to reach for the dictionary. There are some cracking words in there, all the same. 14dn has me a little puzzled still.
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Beelzebub 1,181
Posted by Simon Harris on 28th October 2012
This was an interesting solve. I started off very smoothly indeed, thinking this would be an “easy” week, but ground to a halt about halfway through, and eventually had to adopt a very liberal interpretation of the concept of cheating just to finish the thing! 16dn still needs clarification, if readers fancy helping out.
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