Posted by Simon Harris on 8th July 2012
Pretty much a mid-paced week in terms of difficulty, I think. Lots of unfamiliar terms to work out, so very satisfying to polish off. I think everything made sense, though I’m not 100% confident in my explanation of 16dn.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 24th June 2012
The usual high quality Beelzebub puzzle, of medium difficulty I think. Just the one at 28ac that I can’t fully explain.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 10th June 2012
A fairly swift solve this week. I had to reach for a thesaurus to fully grasp 23dn, and neither the pasta nor the Italian family at 27ac were familiar, so that one required a brief web search. I still can’t explain 6dn, so I’ve reproduced the clue in case passing readers can do better.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 27th May 2012
A tough puzzle that had me plugging away at it all week, only just finishing in time to crack on with the following week’s Beelzebub!
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Posted by Jed on 18th May 2012
Excellent. Long perimeter clues particularly nifty and the device used in 18a is classic
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Posted by Simon Harris on 13th May 2012
This seemed to be about average difficulty for Beelzebub, though with plenty of long anagrams and a relatively high number of forays north of the border.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 29th April 2012
Quite a tough week, though I think I’ve at least managed to expain everything. There seem to be relatively few anagrams this week, along with a great deal of abbreviations in the subsidiary indications.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 15th April 2012
A rare, completely unaided finish for me, though I did turn to Chambers a modest number of times while preparing the blog post.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 6th April 2012
I think I dodged a bullet here. Blogging the odd-numbered puzzles meant that I didn’t have to contend with the April Fools’ Day special, and instead drew this tractable but satisfying puzzle.
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